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Article THE FREEMASONS LEXICON.* ← Page 8 of 13 →
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The Freemasons Lexicon.*
that of Duke Cagliostro . Under the last title , he gave himself out for a teacher of how to prepare the philosopher ' s stone , as well as a manufacturer of the tincture of life and water of beauty . He afterwards led his scholars into the depths of magic , in which he was greatly assisted by his wife ; and every one of them was thus duped out of considerable sums of money . He further gave himself out as a restorer of the ancient Egyptian masonrystating that he was Grand Coptha in that order . But
, he was taken into custody at Rome on the 27 th December , 1789 , for an impostor—thrown into prison—convicted , and died in the prison at St . Leo in the summer of 1795 . Calender . Almanack or Calendar . —Nearly every Lodge gives out on St . John ' s day a so-called Lodge Calendar , or causes it to be appended to the list of the members . This calendar merely edntains the days from St . John to St . John on which it is intended to work , and the different
degrees which will be wrought in on those days . This calendar is especially useful to those brethren who reside at a distance from the Lodge , and cannot be invited by the regular circulars . Without very important reasons , it is not allowed to alter the days nor tlie work mentioned in the calendar . A peculiar Freemason ' s Almanack has been published since 1775 , in the shape of a pocket-book , by the Grand Lodge in London ; and this book contains a great deal of useful information and instruction . Similar almanacks are also published in France and Germany , and those
as well as the English may be obtained of a bookseller . Candidat Candidate . —A candidate for initiation into Freemasonry , is a person who has been proposed by a Brother , ancl whose name is written upon the tables of the Lodge , that the brethren may be reminded ' to make the necessary enquiries into his moral aud social character ; for which purpose four . weeks is generally allowed . Canxler Carl Christian . — -Charles Christian Canzler was born at Burkardtsdorfnear Chemnitz 30 th September 1733 ; and died librarian
, , , at Dresden , 16 th October , 1786 . In the Magazine of Ancient Literature and Modern Lectures , published by him ancl Bro . A . G . Meissner , from 1783 to 1785 , he has given some very , excellent essays upon , the Order , particularly upon Masonry , and upon the origin of Freemasonry , and ofthe African Lodges ., ; ,,, : -, '¦ . - ¦ . ¦ , . ' ,. ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ . >' ' Capitel oder Capit , el : halten . ; Chapter , orholding ' a Chapter . —^ The word chapter means the ; divisions of a bookor of information into various
parts ., But as in the . assemblies of the brethren such information is generally given , so are those assemblies themselves called Chapters . But there is difference made even in those assemblies ; and those are particularly distinguished by . the name of Chapters which are composed of those who are capable of voting , and are called Capitulares . Carbonari . —A political society , which distinguished itself in Italy in the years 1810 to 1814 , . ancl is here and ; there falsel y given out as a Masonic society . The name Carbonari ,-literally , translated , means a charcoal burner . . . . .-. " . .,-.- .,-,,. ...:-.- ; -i , ...
Carl Frederick , Grand Dlike of Baden , was born the 22 nd November , 1728 , and died on the 10 th June , 1811 . He was a zealous patron of Freemasonry until the day of his death , when the Lodges in Baden ceased to meet . Carl Ludwig Frederick , Grand Duke of Meeklenburg-Strelitz , was born the 10 th October , 1741 , and died the 6 th November , 1 S 16 . Held the office of Provincial Grand Master from the Grand Lodge in London for many years ; and before he began to reign over Hanover as its vice-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons Lexicon.*
that of Duke Cagliostro . Under the last title , he gave himself out for a teacher of how to prepare the philosopher ' s stone , as well as a manufacturer of the tincture of life and water of beauty . He afterwards led his scholars into the depths of magic , in which he was greatly assisted by his wife ; and every one of them was thus duped out of considerable sums of money . He further gave himself out as a restorer of the ancient Egyptian masonrystating that he was Grand Coptha in that order . But
, he was taken into custody at Rome on the 27 th December , 1789 , for an impostor—thrown into prison—convicted , and died in the prison at St . Leo in the summer of 1795 . Calender . Almanack or Calendar . —Nearly every Lodge gives out on St . John ' s day a so-called Lodge Calendar , or causes it to be appended to the list of the members . This calendar merely edntains the days from St . John to St . John on which it is intended to work , and the different
degrees which will be wrought in on those days . This calendar is especially useful to those brethren who reside at a distance from the Lodge , and cannot be invited by the regular circulars . Without very important reasons , it is not allowed to alter the days nor tlie work mentioned in the calendar . A peculiar Freemason ' s Almanack has been published since 1775 , in the shape of a pocket-book , by the Grand Lodge in London ; and this book contains a great deal of useful information and instruction . Similar almanacks are also published in France and Germany , and those
as well as the English may be obtained of a bookseller . Candidat Candidate . —A candidate for initiation into Freemasonry , is a person who has been proposed by a Brother , ancl whose name is written upon the tables of the Lodge , that the brethren may be reminded ' to make the necessary enquiries into his moral aud social character ; for which purpose four . weeks is generally allowed . Canxler Carl Christian . — -Charles Christian Canzler was born at Burkardtsdorfnear Chemnitz 30 th September 1733 ; and died librarian
, , , at Dresden , 16 th October , 1786 . In the Magazine of Ancient Literature and Modern Lectures , published by him ancl Bro . A . G . Meissner , from 1783 to 1785 , he has given some very , excellent essays upon , the Order , particularly upon Masonry , and upon the origin of Freemasonry , and ofthe African Lodges ., ; ,,, : -, '¦ . - ¦ . ¦ , . ' ,. ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ . >' ' Capitel oder Capit , el : halten . ; Chapter , orholding ' a Chapter . —^ The word chapter means the ; divisions of a bookor of information into various
parts ., But as in the . assemblies of the brethren such information is generally given , so are those assemblies themselves called Chapters . But there is difference made even in those assemblies ; and those are particularly distinguished by . the name of Chapters which are composed of those who are capable of voting , and are called Capitulares . Carbonari . —A political society , which distinguished itself in Italy in the years 1810 to 1814 , . ancl is here and ; there falsel y given out as a Masonic society . The name Carbonari ,-literally , translated , means a charcoal burner . . . . .-. " . .,-.- .,-,,. ...:-.- ; -i , ...
Carl Frederick , Grand Dlike of Baden , was born the 22 nd November , 1728 , and died on the 10 th June , 1811 . He was a zealous patron of Freemasonry until the day of his death , when the Lodges in Baden ceased to meet . Carl Ludwig Frederick , Grand Duke of Meeklenburg-Strelitz , was born the 10 th October , 1741 , and died the 6 th November , 1 S 16 . Held the office of Provincial Grand Master from the Grand Lodge in London for many years ; and before he began to reign over Hanover as its vice-