1853 Antique FREEMASONRY MANUAL Occult KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Masonic ILLUMINATI Mason

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1853 Antique FREEMASONRY MANUAL Occult KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Masonic ILLUMINATI Mason:
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THE FREEMASON’S MONITOR: Containing a Delineation of the Fundamental Principles of Freemasonry, Operative and Speculative, As Well in a Religious As a Moral View. With Explanations and Plates of All the Emblems of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, Master Mason, Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, Royal Arch Mason, Royal Master, Select Master, High Priesthood, Knights of the Red Cross, Knights Templars, and Knights of Malta. Also, Constitutions, Regulations, Etc. Compiled and Arranged from the Most Approved Writers. With Additions, Notes and Remarks; Also Charges and Songs. By Z.A. Davis. A New Edition Revised and Enlarged. Published in 1853 by Clark & Hesser, Philadelphia. 8” x 5” grayish cloth hardcover decorated with gilt emblems on front and spine. Illustrated with plates. 380 pages.

Condition: GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. Exterior as shown in photo. Cloth faded by time and light, gilt on spine somewhat rubbed, wear at corners and spine ends. Short horizontal split in cloth at foot of spine. Text is clean and complete. Moderate foxing, heavier on plates. No torn, loose or missing pages. Overall quite good, highly collectible. Description:

This is an early and beautifully illustrated Monitor of Freemasonry from the year 1853, a time in America when Freemasons were still struggling to cast off the widespread anti-Masonic feeling of the 1820s and 1830s.

A handsome book despite some wear from 162 years of use, it seeks to educate and instructs the reader in the history of Freemasonry, its degrees, ceremonies and philosophies. For Freemasons, this monitor served as a vital reference regarding Lodge conduct and decorum, as well as everyday behavior. For non-Masons, whom the author anticipated would read this book too, the book attempted to furnish a transparent view of the workings of the Order in the hopes that non-members might see and understand its moral and upstanding nature.

To prove the authenticity of the order – that is, to prove that the order is not only of an ancient date, “but replete with moral instructions which cannot but elevate the human character to all that is good and holy” – Davis compiled matter “from authentic sources and writings of eminent men of the past and present age,” including Masonic authorities such as Cole, Webb, Cross, Locke, Dermott, Thomas Preston, and many French writers.

In the introduction to the first edition, Davis wrote:

That the Institution is of Divine origin, leaves not a shadow of doubt on my humble mind. It bears on its front the impress of an Almighty Architect; the tide of time has dashed against its walls in vain; the storms of persecution in all ages and countries, and particularly in our own happy and free land, have passed over it with harmless fury; the shafts of malice, even in a political view, have fallen innoxious at its threshold, and the assaults of its enemies have ended in their own disgrace. What but the work of a Divine Master could thus have withstood the all-subduing influence of time, the rage and malice of human passions, or the ceaseless revolutions of all mortal things.

For the education and instruction of buyers who may be interested in this early Masonic manual, I have provided some helpful details below, starting with a thorough accounting of the book’s Contents, the degrees and ceremonies it discusses, etc. Further down the page, you will find a selection of handsome illustrations chosen from the many in this book.

I hope you will take a few moments to have a look.

Contents Are:

PART ONE ~ INTRODUCTION

Origin of Masonry * Opinions of Modern Writers * General Regulations

PART TWO ~ CONSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER ONE ~ OF THOSE WHO WOULD BE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS: Of God and Religion * Of Government and the Civil Authority * Of Private Duties* Of Prerequisites * Instructions for the Candidate * Of Proposing Candidates * The Candidate

CHAPTER TWO ~ OF A LODGE AND ITS GOVERNMENT: Of a Lodge * Of Officers and Members in General * Of the Master, his Election, Office and Duty * Of the Wardens of a Lodge * Of the Secretary of a Lodge * Of the Treasurer of a Lodge * Of the Deacons of a Lodge * Of the Stewards, or Masters of Ceremonies * Of the Tyler of a Lodge * Of the Number to Be Initiated * Privileges of the Lodges

CHAPTER THREE ~ OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF MASONS, AS MEMBERS OF A LODGE: Of Attendance * Of Working * Of Behaviour in the Lodge while open * Of Behaviour after the Lodge is closed

CHAPTER FOUR ~ CONCERNING THE BEHAVIOUR OF MASONS IN THEIR PRIVATE CHARACTER: When a number of Brethren happen to meet, without any strangers among them, and not in a formal lodge * When in the presence of strangers who are not Masons * When at home and in your neighbourhood * Of behaviour towards a Foreign brother or stranger * Of behaviour towards a Brother, whether present or absent * Concerning Differences and Lawsuits, if any should unhappily arise among Brethren

CHAPTER FIVE ~ OF GRAND LODGES IN GENERAL

PART THREE ~ THE DEGREES CHAPTER ONE ~ ENTERED APPRENTICE: Charge at Initiation * Dalcho’s Explanation of the Working Tools * Entered Apprentice’s Song

CHAPTER TWO ~ FELLOW CRAFT’S DEGREE: Remarks on the Second Deree * On Operative Masonry * On Speculative Masonry * Of the Use of the Globes * Of Order in Architecture * Of Its Antiquity * The Tuscan * The Doric * The Ionic * The Corinthian * The Composite * The Five Senses of Human Nature * Grammar * Rhetoric * Logic * Arithmetic * Geometry * Music * Astronomy * Charge at Initiation into the Second Degree

CHAPTER THREE ~ MASTER MASON DEGREE: The Pot of Incense * The Bee Hive * The Book of Constitution * The Sword Pointing to a Naked Heart * All Seeing Eye * The Anchor and the Ark * The Forty-seventh Problem of Euclid * The Hour Glass * The Scythe * The Three Steps * Charge at Raising to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason

CHAPTER FOUR ~ MARK MASTER DEGREE: King Solomon’s Letter to Hiram * Hiram’s Reply * Charge Read in Lodge * Remarks on the Fourth Lecture * Charge on Advancement in This Degree * Mark Master’s Song * Parable * Prayer at Closing

CHAPTER FIVE ~ PAST MASTER’S DEGREE

CHAPTER SIX ~ MOST EXCELLENT MASTER: Remarks on the Sixth or Most Excellent Master’s Degree * Most Excellent Master’s Song * Charge to a Most Excellent Master

CHAPTER SEVEN ~ ROYAL ARCH MASON’S DEGREE: Observations on the Seventh Degree * Prayer at Exaltation * Ahabath Olam, another Prayer * Charge to a Newly Exalted Companion

CHAPTER EIGHT ~ ROYAL MASTER

CHAPTER NINE ~ SELECT MASTER: Charge to a Select Master

CHAPTER TEN ~ HIGH PRIESTHOOD: Ceremonies And Charges Upon The Installation Of The Officers Of A Royal Arch Chapter * Prayer * Address to the High Priest * Address to the King * Address to the Scribe * Address to the Captain of the Host * Address to the Principal Sojourner * Address to the Royal Arch Captain * Address to the Master of the Third Veil * Address to the Master of the Second Veil * Address to the Master of the First Veil * Address to the Masters of the Three Veils as Overseers * Address to the Treasurer * Address to the Secretary * Address to the Chaplain * Address to the Stewards * Address to the Tyler * Address to the High Priest * Address to the Officers Generally * Address to the Chapter at Large

PART FOUR ~ CONSTITUTION OF THE GENERAL GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF THE U.S.A.

PART FIVE ~ ENCAMPMENT DEGREES: Knights of the Red Cross * Titles, Stations and Decorations * Prayer at Opening, &c. * Knights Templars * Decorations and Stations of Officers * Uniform * Prayer at Opening * Charge at Opening * Knights of Malta * Charge to the Candidate * Exhortation at Closing

PART SIX ~ CEREMONIES AND CHARGES UPON CONSTITUTING AND DEDICATING AN ENCAMPMENT

PART SEVEN ~ CEREMONIES AND CHARGES UPON CONSTITUTING AND DEDICATING AN ENCAMPMENT, AND INSTALLING ITS OFFICERS: General Grand Encampment * State Grand Encampments * Subordinate Councils and Encampments * Hymns, Songs and Odes * Forms of Applications, Petitions and Reports Thereon

PART EIGHT ~ HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA: Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania * Grand Lodge of New Hampshire * Grand Lodge of Massachusetts * Grand Lodge of Rhode Island * Grand Lodge of Connecticut * Grand Lodge of Vermont * Grand Lodge of New York * Grand Lodge of New Jersey * Grand Lodge of Kentucky * Grand Lodge of Virginia * Grand Lodge of Delaware * Grand Lodge of North Carolina * Grand Lodge of South Carolina * Grand Lodge of Ohio * Grand Lodge of Georgia * Grand Lodge of Maryland * Grand Lodge of District of Columbia

ANCIENT CEREMONIES

CHAPTER ONE: Ceremony of constituting and consecrating a Lodge: installing the officers

CHAPTER TWO: Ceremony observed at Laying the Foundation of Public Buildings

CHAPTER THREE: Ceremony at the Opening of a Bridge

CHAPTER FOUR: Ceremony observed at the Dedication or Consecration of Masons’ Halls

CHAPTER FIVE: Ceremonies observed at Funerals, with the Service used on such occasions * Another Funeral Service * Service at the Grave

CHAPTER SIX: Processions * No. I – For one Lodge on common occasions * No. II – Grand Procession when the Ceremony of Consecrating and Constituting a Lodge is performed in public * No. III – At the Laying the Foundation Stones of Public Buildings

Remember Freemasons, this is an 1853 original. This book is 162 years old.

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