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Article LIBERORUM LATOMORUM PRIMORDIA ET RECENTIORA VERA. ← Page 11 of 12 →
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Liberorum Latomorum Primordia Et Recentiora Vera.
The matter could not , hoAvever , be given up , and in 1646 a feAV learned men AVIIO held Bacon ' s idea , that philosophical and physical truths should be imparted to all reflecting men , united for the purpose of following out Bacon ' s ideas . Amongst them we find the names of John Wallis , John Wilkins , Jonathan GoddartSamuel FosterFrancis Glissonwhoabout fourteen
, , , , years later- ( the date is important as the restoration of Charles IL ) , founded the Royal Society . There was , hoAvever , about the same period of 1646 , another society formed , Avhich , for various reasons , differed from the principles of the former one , consisting principally of men who thought to arrive at the true verity , ancl the secrets of nature , easier and surer by the
study of astrology , alchemy , & c . ; ancl amongst them Ave find Elias Ashmole , William Lilly ( Butler ' s Sidrophel ) , Drs . Wharton and Hewson , with others , Avho had some early meetings at Warrington , before the society was finally settled in London . Then purpose Avas to construct , in the literal sense of the word , the House of Solomon on the island of Bensalem , in secret , and they clothed their purpose in symbols . They first erected
the pillars of Hermes , from Avhose holy sentences Jamblichus answered all the doubts of Porphyry . They advanced then , by a ladder of seven steps , to a chequered pavement , and Avere shoAvn the symbols of the Creation , or the work of six days , the secrets of Avhich Avere the aim and purpose of Bacon to fathom . To cover their secret and mysterious meetings they
got admitted , in London , into the Masons' Company , and held their meetings at the Masons' Hall , in Masons' Alley , Basinghall Street , and as freemen of London they could take the name of FUEE Masons ; this would also account for the reception of the principal Masons' tools for their symbols . Though both the Royal Society and this of Masons' Hall had
the similar purpose of rebuilding the House of Solomon , by different methods , the latter soon took another and political direction ; for as most of its members were strongly opposed to the dominant Puritan principles , and in favour of the royal cause , their meetings , ostensibly for scientific investigations , were taken to cloak their secret political endeavours in favour of royalty , and after the execution of Charles to bring about the restoration of his son .
This is the mere historical account of Nicolai ' s theory , which will no doubt meet with much opposition at the present day . It cannot , however , be denied that it is ingenious , and some coincidences with the Masonic ritual are pointed out by himself . The death of their murdered master was bewailed , and a sign of recognition was chosen , which ivoidd represent the
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Liberorum Latomorum Primordia Et Recentiora Vera.
The matter could not , hoAvever , be given up , and in 1646 a feAV learned men AVIIO held Bacon ' s idea , that philosophical and physical truths should be imparted to all reflecting men , united for the purpose of following out Bacon ' s ideas . Amongst them we find the names of John Wallis , John Wilkins , Jonathan GoddartSamuel FosterFrancis Glissonwhoabout fourteen
, , , , years later- ( the date is important as the restoration of Charles IL ) , founded the Royal Society . There was , hoAvever , about the same period of 1646 , another society formed , Avhich , for various reasons , differed from the principles of the former one , consisting principally of men who thought to arrive at the true verity , ancl the secrets of nature , easier and surer by the
study of astrology , alchemy , & c . ; ancl amongst them Ave find Elias Ashmole , William Lilly ( Butler ' s Sidrophel ) , Drs . Wharton and Hewson , with others , Avho had some early meetings at Warrington , before the society was finally settled in London . Then purpose Avas to construct , in the literal sense of the word , the House of Solomon on the island of Bensalem , in secret , and they clothed their purpose in symbols . They first erected
the pillars of Hermes , from Avhose holy sentences Jamblichus answered all the doubts of Porphyry . They advanced then , by a ladder of seven steps , to a chequered pavement , and Avere shoAvn the symbols of the Creation , or the work of six days , the secrets of Avhich Avere the aim and purpose of Bacon to fathom . To cover their secret and mysterious meetings they
got admitted , in London , into the Masons' Company , and held their meetings at the Masons' Hall , in Masons' Alley , Basinghall Street , and as freemen of London they could take the name of FUEE Masons ; this would also account for the reception of the principal Masons' tools for their symbols . Though both the Royal Society and this of Masons' Hall had
the similar purpose of rebuilding the House of Solomon , by different methods , the latter soon took another and political direction ; for as most of its members were strongly opposed to the dominant Puritan principles , and in favour of the royal cause , their meetings , ostensibly for scientific investigations , were taken to cloak their secret political endeavours in favour of royalty , and after the execution of Charles to bring about the restoration of his son .
This is the mere historical account of Nicolai ' s theory , which will no doubt meet with much opposition at the present day . It cannot , however , be denied that it is ingenious , and some coincidences with the Masonic ritual are pointed out by himself . The death of their murdered master was bewailed , and a sign of recognition was chosen , which ivoidd represent the