The wisdom of the Freemasonry

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Albert Mackey. The wisdom of the Freemasonry

Albert Mackey

Table of contents

Preface

I. Preliminary. The Origin and Progress of Freemasonry

II. The Noachidæ

III. The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity

IV. The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity

V. The Ancient Mysteries

VI. The Dionysiac Artificers

VII. The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon

VIII. The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages

IX. Disseverance of the Operative Element

X. The System of Symbolic Instuction

XI. The Speculative Science and the Operative Art

XII. The Symbolism of Solomon's Temple

XIII. The Form of the Lodge

XIV. The Officers of a Lodge

XV. The Point Within a Circle

XVI. The Covering of the Lodge

XVII. Ritualistic Symbolism

XVIII. The Rite of Discalceation

XIX. The Rite of Investiture

XX. The Symbolism of the Gloves

XXI. The Rite of Circumambulation

XXII. The Rite of Intrusting, and the Symbolism of Light

XXIII. Symbolism of the Corner-Stone

XXIV. The Ineffable Name

XXV. The Legends of Freemasonry

XXVI. The Legend of the Winding Stairs

XXVII. The Legend of the Third Degree

XXVIII. The Sprig of Acacia

XXIX. The Symbolism of Labor

XXX. The Stone of Foundation. 216

XXXI. The Lost Word

Synoptical Index

Footnotes

Colophon

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A masonic lodge is, therefore, a symbol of the world. This symbol is sometimes, by a very usual figure of speech, extended, in its application, and the world and the universe are made synonymous, when the lodge becomes, of course, a symbol of the universe. But in this case the definition of the symbol is extended, and to the ideas of length and breadth are added those of height and depth, and the lodge is said to assume the form of a double cube. 68 The solid contents of the earth below and the expanse of the heavens above will then give the outlines of the cube, and the whole created universe 69 will be included within the symbolic limits of a mason's lodge. By always remembering that the lodge is the symbol, in its form and extent, of the world, we are enabled, readily and rationally, to explain many other symbols, attached principally to the first degree; and we are enabled to collate and compare them with similar symbols of other kindred institutions of antiquity, for it should be observed that this symbolism of the world, represented by a place of initiation, widely pervaded all the ancient rites and mysteries. It will, no doubt, be interesting to extend our investigations on this subject, with a particular view to the method in which this symbolism of the world or the universe was developed, in some of its most prominent details; and for this purpose I shall select the mystical explanation of the officers of a lodge, its covering, and a portion of its ornaments.

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