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TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE ROYAL ARCH MASONRY 49 HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS 50 MASONIC EXHORTATIONS FROM TUB GERMAN ... 50 PRESENTATION TO BRO . DEVISON ( S 98 ) ... ... 51 GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND 51 GRAND LODGE OI * MARK MASTERS . 51 LAYING FOUNDATION ST . INE OF NEW

MAKON-TI-•HALL AT QUEENSTOWN 51 THE CRAFT—Metropolitan aud Provincial 52 THE ROTAL Ancn—Provincial 52 MASONIC FESTIVAL AT DEWSBURY 53 SPECIMENS FROM A MASONIC QUARRY 53

MASONIC BAZAAR AF SKIDBEREEN 53 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 54 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 51 SPURIOUS MASONIC BODIES 54 OBITUARY— '

Bro . John Irvine Hozlett , W . M ., Lodge 69 ... 51 UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND 55 NOTES AND QUERIES 55 PAPERS ON MASONRYNo . XVII . —Masonry in Franco 5 G

FREEMASONRV VEIISUS MASONRY 5 G SUPREME COUNCIL , NEW YORK 57 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK ... •... 57 MASONIC PICNIC AT SUNDERLAND 5 SS . ADVERTISEMENTS 53 59 & GO

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BY THE SON OI * SALATIIIEL . ( Continued . ) [ The ritjlds of translation and reproduction reserved . ' ] The Hebrew Scnhirotli aro alluded to in

Rosenberg ' s "Explication du Tableau intitule Sapicntia General ' s , " which was published at Pans in 1811 . In this curious work thc author follows the system of tho celebrated Father

Sabathicr , whose ideas are tinged with tho mysterious doctrines of Gnosticism , as also with thc occult speculations of tho Rosicrucians . The main object of Rosenberg ' s publication was

to obtain support for tho cardinal points of his creed , namel y Liberty and Equalit y for all forms of reli gious worshi p , and the subject has a peculiar interest at the present time . Rosenberg .

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although we believe a professor of the Hebrew faith , speaks with the greatest reverence of Christ , whom ho describes as the " summary , or perfection of nil things . " Like the renowned

Kabbi Maimomdes , whose writings wo have already quoted , Rosenberg recognises the ternary or triple influence in the operations of nature , and his " Tableau" is a splendid illustration of this belief .

It is well known that the same majestic conception pervades and permeates the writings of the much-abused , because little-understood , mystics of the 17 th century , such as Jacob Boehme and other members of tho Rosicrucian

Fraternity . Amidst a host of inchoate thoughts and crude imaginations , glimpses of a divine light may be discerned in the bulky tomes of the old alchymists and natural philosophers , and the namo ol Elias Ashmole alono ought to redeeih

their speculations from ridicule and contempt , without going b : ick to the days of Paracelsus 01 Roger Bacon . The true objects of tho Rosicrucians have never been fully revealed to'the world and even diligent

students , minus tho true key , havo failed to unlock the treasury of their secret science . Thero can bo little doubt , however , that spiritual teachings and revelations constituted a portion of thoir formula ) : and wo are informed

that this curriculum of stud y is still observed in a society existing in London , which claims to represent , by a chain of intellectual affinity , the ancient Rosicrucian fraternity . From the organ of this body wc extract the following account of its formation .

" 11 ns extraordinary society received its name from Christian Itoscncrcut ;' , who was born in Germany , in tlie year 1359 . IIo was educated in a monastery , and excelled in most ancient and modern l . uigiiiiges . A powerful desire urged him to seek a more extensive

range ol information than could be obtained within the precincts of a cloister , and lie determined to travel . The religious feelings , common about the close ol * the fourteenth century , led him to visit the holy land . Having seen the holy sepulchre , he proceeded to

Damascus , where he was in great danger of losing his life . This circumstance , however , was the cause of all his fame and greatness ; for ho learned from the physicians , or ( as they are sometimes called ) philosophers , who undertook and completed his cure , the

existence ot many extraordinary secrets , by which his curiosity was so highly excited , that he spent much time travelling over most of the eastern parts , till he

became master of those most wonderful secrets , which had been preserved by tradition from ( he ancient Egyptians , Chaldeans , Brahmins , Gyiunosopliists , and thc Magi .

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Addison in the " Spectator" gives a sketch of a well-know tradition , respecting the tomb of Rosencreutz . The system was anciently , and is to this day in the English Society , divided into nine degrees ,

viz .: —1 , Zelator . 2 , Theoricus . 3 , Practicus . 4 , Philosophus . 5 , Adeptus Minor . 6 , Adeptus Major . 7 , Adeptus Exemptus . 8 , Magister Templi . 9 , Magus . . Their name , according to Moslieim the

ecclesiastical historian , is derived from the latin ros , dew , and crux , the cross , as a hieroglyphic of light , which he thus explains : — " Of all natural bodies dew was esteemed tho most powerful solvent of gold ; aud the cross , in chemical

language , is equivalent to light , because the figure of a + exhibits at tho same time three letters , of which the word LYX , or light , is composed . Hence a Rosicrucian philosopher is one who , by the assistance of thc dew , seeks for light ,

or the philosopher ' s stone . " Rosicrucianism , like tho Royal Arch degree , is based upon thc Hebrew mysteries , and thc symbolism of the Sephiroth is common to both , as

each professes to have discovered tlie great Name— -tho King-attribute of God by which thc world is ruled , and , which tli 2 Jews consider inspires tho very angels with' astonishment and

terror . The Esscnes , it is alleged , knew the name , which they always pronounced in a whisper , and it is said to havo been engraved on tho rod of Moses , thus enabling him to perform tho most

stupendous miracles . The Cabalists state , according to Manassoh Ben Israel , that thc name denotes the Aziluthic , or sphere of emanations , in which tho ten Sephiroth or emanations from tho Divine Being aro

contained . Tho significations of tho Sephiroth , both in tho Masonic and Rosicrucian systems , possess , therefore peculiar interest , and aro well worthy of

study and earnest consideration , and to enable our readers to judge by comparison , we will p lace them in juxtaposition . ( To be continued . )

THE ROYAL , ARCII / KOLOGICAL I . VSTITUTK . —Tho Koyal Archaeological Institute on Tuesday closed its summer meeting at Bury St . Edmunds , which has passed off successfully . Next year the Institute will meet at Leicester .