Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

-lettered Greek na

omega, the om

ied unit

Kabalah ascribes

e Jews to hate and

world and man in hi

es, the Demiourgos, pr

e, had children, angels

the Egyptian idea o

t the heavens and sph

al Soul

the Reflections of

name of the Supr

a, has a dialogue c

cient Art

niverse in potence; the

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and spirituality

isting in Deity as real

look up to is true, bu

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irst, preferred t

spond to the Ferouer

perpetual De

s not respected

d picture same as

an Absolute Deity out

f all evil, according t

e Atheism pos

much foothold among th

n by the early Sc

he confounding of the

ized,

ed by Chinese till a

ans "imag

agna, a book of the S

prosopos

statement that the lef

, 76

e statements that God

th Him

ntinuance of things d

d femal

the Principle called

od,

is Darkn

s of phenomena of dail

nce of Magnetism, hea

ndoned to a power

the generative and con

orn, the Creative Agent

ce above the Alohayim

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the Absolute E

ce or Very Self, Alohay

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d to Deity, rep

rom Hu-Hi by tra

one of the names of De

by Deity in his communi

cludes all things, the

rment,

rammaton or Ineff

h the many are and out

be relieved if the w

ts, 7

e became the reason for

rries its cone

the vulgar were coa

Elu) of the Fifteen

conveys the idea vividl

esire to express the Inf

Mother and F

eeling, an adjunct of s

the Druids; also man's

iness symbolized by

gorical questions

with a belief in an i

ted by the law of mer

the perception and tho

ll of phenomena used a

ible if required by ab

Soul taught in the

a fundamental principl

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oul acknowledged by

ophers

ul based on the neces

uality

Soul taught in the

the second Truth of the

y the tendency of th

Infinite,

mbolized by a

lized by the spri

ow of God, whose sha

ible if God's Justice

can not be don

only rules in

right conduct the third

veloped out of

and Buddha represents

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uld be tessera, or i

is as one of their

er much of the Pri

religion originally pra

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, maxims fro

eremonies and descr

claimed to have origi

salt,

ve birth to the Egyp

ad through Persia and

of the One Deity ma

d convenience can not

usion according to t

a-Mazda is the brig

glittering firmament,

rs,

r wholly unfr

y of Forces or Impuls

ersion and division, b

s the idea of the Abso

the idea of the Male and

n its esoteric or i

that of the Very Essen

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of the Absolute manifes

eity represented by

upon the Delta known t

d given to the initi

ries,

r Tetragrammaton

manifested Deity, Yod

, 3

ng source of all things,

conditions of our bein

, 2

s Finite present i

necessity create and pr

e points until lette

of the triangle teache

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Himself by flowing for

6-

ons to man's knowl

aximander an ide

om can harmonize Necess

nfinite time are two

rinciple of a living U

ace inconceivable; e

ite Space, uncompreh

are unfolded

within Himself duri

ehensible, only in

irst Truth of the Sac

Time known, but the

works live a

d over mind; man

great dead on the

d the great Future

he very Head of Macro

Kadmon

per, but its success i

7-

r prepared for initi

ries,

ion forbidden to eat an

8-

ys was led to the San

death and

ys participated in a co

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ests implored forgivenes

ed, and celebrated the

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Christ who will shine

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steries purified his s

ysteries crowned, puri

5-

Mysteries received on

st,

thirteen robes represe

6-

as the favorite

ed to be free f

ace in the Universe an

yes,

of Scottish Master trav

5-

ilosophers and legi

on of Philo, the Gr

s, dispersed to Greece a

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of Euripides and Arist

thed in linen

ysteries followed rule

teries practiced contemp

n Mysteries received

Mysteries arranged in

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Mysteries placed in a b

0-

elieved the Sun blazed

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invested with cord of

tow,

ries regarded as f

ere considered as rele

teries, ecstatic con

e pure as indicated by

0-

o be favored by stor

ture and objects of the

to respect Justice an

aught th

ew explanations, but l

5-

eriously concerning

d by the blaze of the

us matter; qualifi

to Clemens, was a re

n of moral purity; inte

osophy,

uctory to the great c

and Heavenly Bodies cl

became complicated,

remonies of th

low citizens to brothe

performance of duties a

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d errors and gave ho

s of, requirements

les applied to Eu

les defines the gr

s represents the death

, 4

es at dead of night wit

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the Mysteries of

e Mysteries as nec

p the Soul with ray

ok place in pyramids,

to science the problem

, 82

ns, degrees, developed

and Aristides state

termed Li

aid to be regenerated a

3-

principles of life l

ase and decrease of t

of the

e of Deity who was the

2-

l in which were taught

ere, to suffer death an

sidered to be a my

objects of the; tended

d in Temples of Elepha

ysteries took place ge

s tried in the Sa

inoxes were connecte

ouls from mortal life

, 52

asons, "Judge n

results from t

gland lost her

two kinds

ities of this life com

, 8

in finding compensati

rences to the tor

s of a member of th

us meanings

Grand Inspector, Inq

isitor, the 31

to every faithful

ted by race, or sect

e or creed; Philo and

ds ordered b

compared with the

, either the animal its

4-

animals come from the

reach understanding th

5-

om the 4th to the 8th De

explain, expound to th

etics to separate the

igence

uilding, 8th Degre

ng to pass the bounds o

ought to explain the n

de of perpetuating Free

1

and beyond the Universe

f some persons absor

the soul became disen

9-

mmunicated to man by Sup

conjoined and one shin

egorical question

s the world and accurat

to the Holy Ghost of th

ies necessary fo

Strength and Force is t

6-

ed in the soul in wh

erever the Divine soul

Universe, emanations f

nce, undistinguishable

4-

he soul directs the mov

5-

possible withou

erceives where the Go

ishes i

n emanation from the

ling the principle

Christ and the Spiri

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ce of the oil of

eme is necessaril

e, type of that mani

by the Pentagram or fi

, represented by the

ncement, revelation cf

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e Supreme Being

ted from a Primary

God displays Hi

Spirit emanating from

, 5

Stars, divided into the

the Word, Creative Utt

, 5

Stars have dominion o

lding, 8th Degree, l

ll men have

passions clash in a w

requiring the sacrific

3-

between Gods and men

ls,

6th Degree, specia

ous belief, a great e

affected by Aquarius as

account for mo

the Visible at the

in Eden, Sinai, Burni

4-

sured by the

gnizable through

combat Evil and make m

ettered Scandinavian

cture represents degre

2-

hip those of nature, es

1-

o have originated na

Cross on ancient Bud

carved on Buddhist

supposed to have erec

8-

author of Pneumatica

im,

rence to the creation

quired tomb, pilla

charged with s

y Plutarch, speaks my

ines,

an Mystery teaching t

journey by animals rep

6-

Lucius according t

cius and promises

ch for Osiris by Anubi

6-

civilization, laws,

as a beautiful female

7-

s Osiris; her allegoric

of the body of Osiris e

5-

o Knowledge by

ning herself on columns

a procession of the

e Mysteries judged by

of Osiris from a colum

Osiris at Byblos marked

6-

with her Anubis and Nep

8-

was attended by women c

ure, the Qu

rtha or Wertha, Virgin

e she was the wife

eemed it unlawful to

s, the Feast of Lights

e, 3

nification of t

nurse to the child of

of Saturn, the most

untain, dressed the h

t, 3

acob concerning the t

servant to the Stars,

rshipped a Star God, ac

d to the north for the r

o an ass, has for a

f old churches is the

3-

muzd, offices of the

in the mysteries of p

nisms,

el lines, point in circ

6-

of the bi-sexuality of t

e celestial globe symbo

an,

ary; Boaz is

mn on the right of the e

olumns of the Temple

e Princip

ed to symboli

Victory, one of th

Sephiroth, is unli

descending a seven-s

m, the ladde

, say the ancient relig

, 6

silly song helpe

istry utilized by the

ilosophy

eated to deceive the

Supreme Invisible Bein

es or-,

ancient gods and

nty years probation for

Being styled Amid

ered for their justi

Deity inst

ge, to be opposed

erence to tria

hropomorphis

et in the character

uers the Dra

tinct astrologica

the Hosts of Heaven,

l than the Gods of o

rews expresses abstr

f all things, prospe

thor of evil, commissi

etragram, formed by a

to Yod,

y which all things

ional God of th

xes the Crooked

nst the infringement of

Persian Sun Heroes, c

asunder by a f

ws in Arabian desert;

tuted to the gods of S

hesy by Isaiah

Degree; emblems of t

born of a Virgin

ing Spirit, assists A

inciple

of God, the Saviour,

, 54

in, united to Christo

orld,

ng disappeared, a cros

lace,

isdom the perfect kno

e and given an etheri

om,

and Mary, to whom t

itself,

Ialdaboth the Sou

pantacle commands the

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six in number, movabl

tions with the Orien

egories concealing pr

of Alexandria; w

of God in the form of

4-

an with Ahriman and

rue Name of God lost

tery,

licy of exclusion, but

7-

h the doctrine of

r in the month Nisan,

ined in Babylon, esta

ng residence in Assyr

d, the veil of the Tem

ce between the Jews of

lous of those of

rines harmonize with th

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imbibed the Orient

Lodges for the e

knowledge of the Kaba

of,

all things consis

under the fifth rib

itial of Yod, He, is

gle,

s, the Kabalah of the

laimed to be the only

med the title Christos,

7-

errupted succession of p

erning the Gnostic

to the allegories o

propriated to the

e Bapti

ed by Masonry to avoid

8-

; parents of; te

ed in the desert near w

1-

gious systems approxim

of, 2

eligious thought at

t some creed older tha

concerning Christ

ts of Jesus, to whom W

4-

into the Egyptian

raoh's dream of the se

e vestments of the Hi

der and calumny

pying is disho

ce whose grip after othe

1-

Brother," playing

the 31st Degree all

sly and chari

hear patiently, weig

ially,

er as you judge

ble, because all things

5-

seen in the Indi

rld by Vishnu, Osi

s, faults or crimes

rom the Mother towar

urn,

s prevent the process

d on,

s and initiate of th

od and the Trinity; was

1-

ry during the rebuilding

y the Mysteries were ce

1-

re celebrated at the Equ

umn represents Teph

ight hand the head

presents the Sun

ning and emb

resents Jus

third gate of the ladde

tude and dut

to be taken by a

l; everything beautiful

eir side Power, Wisdom a

uman debt, a universa

racteristics of a Prin

in equilibrium

ilibrium give Infinite E

and man is that which i

amount; all affairs mu

sympathy is selfish

universal as that o

solute, may be affect

atest numb

pensable to n

nderstood better than i

of God flying from

tion or fundamental law

9-

object of the c

st relations bet

seeks to enforce

quire self sac

ence; there is no pri

m though an ideal rule o

ecides whether or no

reigning the creation

ible,

e law of merit and de

n faith

an affairs, must work

e impeached because we

be measured by our sta

om of God are on the si

8-

e of envy, represent

ight, a rule of condu

ions,

informed Mason is

e, and a part of it, be

fidelity to our facult

tions,

a life in obedience to

tions,

ertainty of

which is

l, though wickedness

Pythagoras as declari

eld no of

der the Ca

lliance of the Universal

4-

ctrine logical, simp

a source of many

he counterpoises of opp

ing,

material for the Ro

asonry secrets an

to understand and expl

8-

fect, unique Theology i

he,

fected by the omnifi

Leniency as Light a

Persians, Gnostics,

to the

ctrines of

scholastic theology o

7-

ation, the Magic of Work

tradition and rests on

ciple of the Hierarch

3-

velopment of the Holy

n of the mysterious pa

erence to the Justice

d-, 8

f, aided by the

m of lights accor

y of God and embodied a

manation of all from

Days existed before ev

rew traditional

f Israel and the secre

occult sciences and gav

6-

tradition of the sing

Being is the "Unknown

kiel veiled by enigmati

es known to the

as learned the Sacredot

Cross of the East, ma

trowel

the Tarot indicates t

7

Hermetic Rose

e Apocalypse closed b

hed the doctrines of th

2-

contain the meaning of

ed on Deity without lim

5-

ealed under its emblems

tained in the Sepher Ye

1-

ke Masonry, tends towar

2

by the Pharisees at the

the dogma of the Ma

he religion of the Sa

emanations, the origin o

2-

; sources of our kno

alluded to in the four

4-

: in the chiefs of th

tolate o

e Infinite Deity and

concerning the

on of the Seven Sephiro

r furnished the myste

Hebrews

ocess of crea

ained in the ternarys o

0-

e of Yod, type of the

in regard to the In

rresponds to the Heb

e four worlds, Emanatio

ation,

e. Necessity, Libe

as the Intelligent, Ani

7

studied the questions

ning of the U

cerning Souls is Plato

eans,

ity as the Primordial

flows,

nspeakable word, Ihuh,

8-

opitiatory was mi

with the Supreme Crown

in the Corona of the Wo

configuration nor can

t, 7

according to the Pneuma

l of Deity, or De

listic meani

anium of Adam

treated of as a pers

tions,

ivine Will or Potency, t

ns in Macroprosopos, th

gregate of the te

ed and thereout proc

is the Sohar which o

ts,

the Apocalypse are thr

8-

um, misrendered i

f God," at the battl

ers,

ndence to Egyp

end word, Huare

i, meaning

tion of Light and th

artificer, meaning o

the Mysteries to the de

hree gates by Capricornu

the East, West and

ly called Hiram,

first performed annual

ys in the grave and wa

on of Le

with more ancient ones;

d, Bal, found in name o

ideas of Deity in t

m, derivation and

ion's grip after that

iled,

Sun killed by the thre

received no wages

, the symbol of hu

rtist of the columns

origin of names, rel

or by the other nine sig

ich, though not of th

grandeur

but altogether, Binah p

to fragments were t

those knowing the incon

ed, had no root in

heir roo

the Good Spirit, repres

ent God of the

the Temple, first Ch

f the Temple, the

h Degree, th

n the practice of the v

7-

zen Serpent, the

rpent, the 25th Degree,

d West, 17th Degree,

of the Sword, 15th Deg

e, Prince of Libanus,

or Prince Adept, th

originated in the

g called so if true t

ruth, Hon

re symbols of the nine

Andrew,

d qualities found in m

ires mercy, clemency, a

s, gaudy habiliments i

7-

essions and d

nerosity, Clemency, Char

3-

Humility, Patience,

ties,

f Virtue, Truth, Hon

ties,

revived by the 2

e in number, consecrat

5-

mitate the old Knigh

uis,

k to the ancient days

Honor

w vowed to defend th

ors to just

d of the East and West

6-

t and West so call

and 16th Degrees,

consistent with our

dignity a

sufficient to fit

vertible into

into power and axiom

uty,

o initiates of Mithr

ncient Symbolism ma

ies of

, the development

ble, moral, and will

Soul because we feel

xistence through the

the Wor

ood and evil c

limited to its d

le use unless it adds to

6

al things through

solute itself possi

tations

of things, the attribut

sence of things imp

f the Nature of the Gods

1-

of many things comes wh

runner of liberty a

ifying Beauty and O

Heri, Shepherd a

Hindu Sun

anos were abov