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The Rites Op Freemasonry.
Grand Lodge " Royal York ' of Friendship , " at Berlin , revised the statutes and regulated the proceedings of the Lodges under his jurisdicdiction . He also created , or perhaps more properly speking , selected , nine degrees for this rite , they Avere—Entered Apprentice , Fellow Craft Master , Holy of Holies , Justification , Celebration , Knight of the Passage , Fatherland , and Perfection . The ritual was drawn from the " Golden Rose Croix , " the " Strict Observance , " and the " Chapter
of Clermont . " Clavel says , it was the most abstrusely learned and philosophical of all the degrees in-Masonry . It was abandoned with the intention of bringing the Ancient York Rite into unison with the Constitutions of England . We may here remark , that degrees in Prussia are not passed through with the same rapidity as in some other countries—tAvelve months being requisite between each ofthe symbolic degrees . The Rite of Mizravm was . first promulgated in Italy , we believe at Milan , in 1805 , and Avas said to have been brought from Egypt by a learned philosopher of that country , named Ananiah . It is said
that its founders were some Masons who had been "refused admission into the Supreme Council of the Scotch Rite then organised at Milan . It was established in France in 1814 , and is continued in some lodges in Pars at the present time , but the Grand Orient of France has never recognized it . It consists of ninety degrees , which are divided into four series—symbolic , philosophic , mystical , and cabalistic ; and in each series are seventeen classes . The names of the degrees , in this more than any other of the rites , prove that the founders must have sorely tested their inventive faculties . Thev appear indeed to have been
driven to their wit ' s end , for the 49 th and 50 th bear the very expressive titles of " Chaos the First and Second , " while the 52 nd rejoices in the somewhat profane designation of " Supreme Commander of the Stars ! " At the 55 th and 56 th the comic element predominates ; they are the Washer and Bellows-blower ! " Many of the degrees pretend to be founded upon and borrowed from the rites of ancient Egypt , but allowing that the rite may have in many degrees an eminently philosophical character , it is altogether too complicated and diffuse ever to be practised . , One of its chiefs , Marc Bedarride , in 1835
published an elaborate work , exponent of its principles , under the title of " De TOrdre Macomiique de Mizraim " from which Ave learn that the legend of the third degree is abolished in this rite . II . A . B . is ? said to have returned to his family , after the completion of the Temple , and to have passed the remainder of his days in peace and opulence . The legend substituted for that admitted by all the other rites , is carried back to the days of Lamech , whose son Jubal under the name of Hario-J ubal-Abi is reported to have been slain by three traitors , Maeava , Hakima , and Ilaremda ! !
The llite of the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes of Berlin . In his " Historical Landmarks , " Bro . Oliver [ says , "At this time , ( about j 775 ) , the increasing innovations , " as our account of these varied rites shows , " covered pure Masonry with disgrace ; and with a view of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Rites Op Freemasonry.
Grand Lodge " Royal York ' of Friendship , " at Berlin , revised the statutes and regulated the proceedings of the Lodges under his jurisdicdiction . He also created , or perhaps more properly speking , selected , nine degrees for this rite , they Avere—Entered Apprentice , Fellow Craft Master , Holy of Holies , Justification , Celebration , Knight of the Passage , Fatherland , and Perfection . The ritual was drawn from the " Golden Rose Croix , " the " Strict Observance , " and the " Chapter
of Clermont . " Clavel says , it was the most abstrusely learned and philosophical of all the degrees in-Masonry . It was abandoned with the intention of bringing the Ancient York Rite into unison with the Constitutions of England . We may here remark , that degrees in Prussia are not passed through with the same rapidity as in some other countries—tAvelve months being requisite between each ofthe symbolic degrees . The Rite of Mizravm was . first promulgated in Italy , we believe at Milan , in 1805 , and Avas said to have been brought from Egypt by a learned philosopher of that country , named Ananiah . It is said
that its founders were some Masons who had been "refused admission into the Supreme Council of the Scotch Rite then organised at Milan . It was established in France in 1814 , and is continued in some lodges in Pars at the present time , but the Grand Orient of France has never recognized it . It consists of ninety degrees , which are divided into four series—symbolic , philosophic , mystical , and cabalistic ; and in each series are seventeen classes . The names of the degrees , in this more than any other of the rites , prove that the founders must have sorely tested their inventive faculties . Thev appear indeed to have been
driven to their wit ' s end , for the 49 th and 50 th bear the very expressive titles of " Chaos the First and Second , " while the 52 nd rejoices in the somewhat profane designation of " Supreme Commander of the Stars ! " At the 55 th and 56 th the comic element predominates ; they are the Washer and Bellows-blower ! " Many of the degrees pretend to be founded upon and borrowed from the rites of ancient Egypt , but allowing that the rite may have in many degrees an eminently philosophical character , it is altogether too complicated and diffuse ever to be practised . , One of its chiefs , Marc Bedarride , in 1835
published an elaborate work , exponent of its principles , under the title of " De TOrdre Macomiique de Mizraim " from which Ave learn that the legend of the third degree is abolished in this rite . II . A . B . is ? said to have returned to his family , after the completion of the Temple , and to have passed the remainder of his days in peace and opulence . The legend substituted for that admitted by all the other rites , is carried back to the days of Lamech , whose son Jubal under the name of Hario-J ubal-Abi is reported to have been slain by three traitors , Maeava , Hakima , and Ilaremda ! !
The llite of the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes of Berlin . In his " Historical Landmarks , " Bro . Oliver [ says , "At this time , ( about j 775 ) , the increasing innovations , " as our account of these varied rites shows , " covered pure Masonry with disgrace ; and with a view of