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Article HINTS ON THE SECRET LITERATURE OF FREEMASONRY. ← Page 3 of 10 →
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Hints On The Secret Literature Of Freemasonry.
erudition and acquaintairce AAith all departments of the Order , could help us on our road , but , alas ! his knoAvledge * will perish with him , and yet he has pointed out the road and Ave , at a humble and respectful distance , have determined to endeavour to make such a commencement that it may stimulate others ,
better qualified , to begin an earnest search after the truth of a Masonic history which has only been fitfully revealed , —and then in dark sayings , —during many centimes . Of those who would engage in this study many things are required . Patient , plodding , industry is , perhaps , the most
needful . The most heterogeneous elements must be pressed into the service and collations , and explanations , diligently sifted and compared before the inquirer will be able to say Avith honest Verges , —
" 'Foxc God , they are both of a tale I " Our study is one full of coincidences ; the Avorld abounds in them , and Freemasonry is hut an epitome of the greater cosmopolitanism . There is a grand desigir in all Ave do , in every act
of man , and these designs are being constantly reproduced in cycles . Freemasonry is one of these grand designs , and , in obedience to the laAA r s of coincidences that govern the profane Avorld , so our craft has had , and still continues to have , its
reproductive eras and its vast cohrcidence of design . Availing ourselves freely of what has been clone in support of this theory , let us endeavour to realize Avhat Freemasonry is , historically . A secret society , A \ hose origin is lost iir the mysterious tAvilight
of Oriental religions , has continued , from tire earliest historical era , from Avhence its AA'orkings can be traced , to exercise an almost universal influence on the condition of the civilized Avorld . These mysterious esoteric doctrines , Avhich in Egypt , in Persia , iir
Greece , and Italy , preserved the speculations of the wise from the ears and tongues of air illiterate multitude passed with slight , but necessary , modifications into the possession of the early Christian heretics . The Gnostic schools of Syria and Egypt transmitted to their successors , the Manicheans , a scheme of discipline which became more and more necessary from the L 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Hints On The Secret Literature Of Freemasonry.
erudition and acquaintairce AAith all departments of the Order , could help us on our road , but , alas ! his knoAvledge * will perish with him , and yet he has pointed out the road and Ave , at a humble and respectful distance , have determined to endeavour to make such a commencement that it may stimulate others ,
better qualified , to begin an earnest search after the truth of a Masonic history which has only been fitfully revealed , —and then in dark sayings , —during many centimes . Of those who would engage in this study many things are required . Patient , plodding , industry is , perhaps , the most
needful . The most heterogeneous elements must be pressed into the service and collations , and explanations , diligently sifted and compared before the inquirer will be able to say Avith honest Verges , —
" 'Foxc God , they are both of a tale I " Our study is one full of coincidences ; the Avorld abounds in them , and Freemasonry is hut an epitome of the greater cosmopolitanism . There is a grand desigir in all Ave do , in every act
of man , and these designs are being constantly reproduced in cycles . Freemasonry is one of these grand designs , and , in obedience to the laAA r s of coincidences that govern the profane Avorld , so our craft has had , and still continues to have , its
reproductive eras and its vast cohrcidence of design . Availing ourselves freely of what has been clone in support of this theory , let us endeavour to realize Avhat Freemasonry is , historically . A secret society , A \ hose origin is lost iir the mysterious tAvilight
of Oriental religions , has continued , from tire earliest historical era , from Avhence its AA'orkings can be traced , to exercise an almost universal influence on the condition of the civilized Avorld . These mysterious esoteric doctrines , Avhich in Egypt , in Persia , iir
Greece , and Italy , preserved the speculations of the wise from the ears and tongues of air illiterate multitude passed with slight , but necessary , modifications into the possession of the early Christian heretics . The Gnostic schools of Syria and Egypt transmitted to their successors , the Manicheans , a scheme of discipline which became more and more necessary from the L 2