The Symbolism of Freemasonry

Written in the late 1800's, it is still easy enough to read if you have a decent vocabulary.



What is so interesting is that it isn't just about Freemasonry symbolism, but traces the symbolism back even further to some societies and shows how it could have evolved through history.

Contents



              Preface   

I             Preliminary

II            The Noachidae  

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 Instruction 

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

XXXI      The Lost Word  

              Synoptical Index