FREEMASONRY SECRET RITUALS Pre Civil War MASONIC Knights Templar OCCULT Antique

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FREEMASONRY SECRET RITUALS Pre Civil War MASONIC Knights Templar OCCULT Antique:
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THE FREEMASON’S MONITOR. By Thomas Smith Webb, Past Grand Master, Etc. Etc., To Which is Added, A MONITOR OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE, THIRTY-THREE DEGREES, INCLUDING THOSE GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE INEFFABLE DEGREES. By E.T. Carson. Published in 1860 by Applegate & Company, Cincinnati. 7.5” x 5” embossed cloth binding decorated with gilt cover motif and spine title. 418 pages.

Condition: Exterior as shown in photo with surface and edge wear, a bit heavier at corners. Firmly bound with strong, secure hinges. Text block is solid. Text is clean and complete. No torn, loose or missing pages. Sporadic foxing as to be expected in a book that pre-dates the Civil War. Original owner\'s signature inside front cover: Dr. R. Peardon, Palmyra, Wis. Quite good overall.

DESCRIPTION:

This rare volume is a 154-year-old, pre-Civil War illustrated guide to the secret ceremonies, teachings, symbols and emblems of Freemasonry, This historic work is divided into two sections: THE FREEMASON’S MONITOR by Thomas Smith Webb, and A MONITOR OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE, THIRTY-THREE DEGREES, INCLUDING THE INEFFABLE DEGREES, by E.T. Carson. It features many engraved illustrations throughout the text.

FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORLD, WE MAY TRACE THE FOUNDATION OF FREEMASONRY. EVER SINCE SYMMETRY BEGAN, AND HARMONY DISPLAYED HER CHARMS, THE ORDER HAS HAD A BEING.

DURING MANY AGES, AND IN MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, IT HAS FLOURISHED. IN THE DARK PERIODS OF ANTIQUITY, WHEN LITERATURE WAS IN A LOW STATE, AND THE RUDE MANNERS OF OUR FOREFATHERS WITHHELD FROM THEM THAT KNOWLEDGE NOW MASTERED BY SO MANY, FREEMASONRY DIFFUSED ITS INFLUENCE.

FREEMASONRY REVEALED ITSELF TO THE WORLD IN LONDON IN 1717, BUT ITS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND RITUALS HAD BEEN USED IN SECRET FOR CENTURIES.

ONCE REVEALED, FREEMASONRY QUICKLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ATTRACTED KINGS, EMPERORS, AND STATESMEN TO TAKE ITS SACRED OATHS. IT ALSO FOUND MANY OPPONENTS, INCLUDING PERHAPS ITS GREATEST ENEMY, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

FREEMASONRY IS A WORLDWIDE SCIENCE CONFINED TO NO PARTICULAR COUNTRY. WHEREVER ARTS FLOURISH, THERE FREEMASONRY FLOURISHES TOO.

ADD TO THIS, THAT BY SECRET AND INVIOLABLE SIGNS, CAREFULLY PRESERVED AMONG THE FRATERNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, MASONRY BECOMES A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT TRANSCENDS CULTURAL DIFFERENCES.

THUS, THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF MASONRY, WHICH IS RECONCILABLE TO THE BEST POLICY, ALL THE DISPUTES WHICH EMBITTER LIFE AND SOUR THE TEMPERS OF MEN ARE AVOIDED; WHILE THE COMMON GOOD, WHICH IS THE GENERAL DESIGN OF THE CRAFT, IS ZEALOUSLY PURSUED.

DO NOT MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THIS RARE VAULT OF ANCIENT MASONIC WISDOM AND RITUAL!!!

CONTENTS ARE:

THE FREEMASON’S MONITOR By Thomas Smith Webb:

CHAPTER ONE ~ ORIGIN OF MASONRY AND ITS GENERAL ADVANTAGES

CHAPTER TWO ~ THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRATERNITY EXPLAINED

CHAPTER THREE ~ THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SECRETS OF MASONRY DEMONSTRATED

CHAPTER FOUR ~ GENERAL REMARKS

CHAPTER FIVE ~ THE CEREMONY OF OPENING AND CLOSING A LODGE

CHAPTER SIX ~ CHARGES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOR OF MASONS: Ancient Charges * On the Management of the Craft in Working * Laws for the Government of a Lodge * Charge on the Behavior of Masons out of the Lodge

CHAPTER SEVEN ~ PREREQUISITES FOR A CANDIDATE: Form of a Petition to be Presented by a Candidate for Initiation * Declaration to be assented to by a candidate, in an adjoining apartment, previous to Initiation

CHAPTER EIGHT ~ ENTERED APPRENTICE DEGREE: The First Section * The Second Section * The Badge of a Mason * The Third Section * Of Brotherly Love * Of Relief * Of Truth * Of Temperance * Of Fortitude * Of Prudence * Of Justice * Charge at Initiation into the First Degree

CHAPTER NINE ~ FELLOW CRAFT: Remarks on the Second Degree * The First Section * The Second Section * Operative Masonry * Speculative Masonry * Of the Globes * The Use of the Globes * Of Order in Architecture * Of Its Antiquity * The Tuscan * The Doric * The Ionic * The Corinthian * Of the Invention of this Order * The Composite * Of the Invention of Order in Architecture * Of the Five Senses in Human Nature * Of the Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences * Of the Moral Advantages of Geometry * Charge at Initiation into the Second Degree

CHAPTER TEN ~ MASTER MASON: Remarks on the Third Degree * The First Section * The Trowel * The Second Section * Prayer at Raising a Brother to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason * The Third Section * The Pot of Incense * The Bee-Hive * The Book of Constitutions, Guarded by Tyler’s Sword * The Sword, Pointing to a Naked Heart * The All-Seeing Eye * The Anchor and Ark * The Forty-Seventh Problem of Euclid * The Hour-Glass * The Scythe * The Three Steps * Charge of Initiation into the Third Degree * Funeral Dirge

CHAPTER ELEVEN ~ MARK MASTER: Remarks on the Fourth, or Mark Master Mason’s Degree * The First Section * The Second Section * The Chisel * The Mallet * Charge to Be Delivered when a Candidate is Advanced to the Fourth Degree

CHAPTER TWELVE ~ PRESENT OR PAST MASTER: Observations on the Degree of Present or Past Master * The First Section * Of the Manner of Constituting a Lodge of Master Masons * Ceremony of Constitution and Consecration * Ceremony of Consecration * Ceremony of Installation * The Senior Warden * The Junior Warden * The Treasurer * The Secretary * The Senior and Junior Deacons * The Stewards * The Tyler * Charge upon the Installation of the Officers of a Lodge * Ceremony observed at Laying the Foundation Stone of Public Structures * Ceremony Observed at the Dedication of Masons’ Halls * The Ceremony Observed at Funerals, According to Ancient Custom; With the Service Used on the Occasion * The Funeral Service

CHAPTER THIRTEEN ~ MOST EXCELLENT MASTER: Remarks on the Sixth, or Most Excellent Master’s Degree * Most Excellent Master’s Song * Charge to Be Delivered to a Brother Who is Accepted and Acknowledged as a Most Excellent Master

CHAPTER FOURTEEN ~ ROYAL ARCH MASON: Observations on the Seventh, or Degree of Royal Arch Mason * The First Section * The Second Section * Prayer rehearsed during the Ceremony of Exaltation to the Degree of Royal Arch Mason * Closing

CHAPTER FIFTEEN ~ ON THE ORDER OF HIGH PRIEST: Observations on the Order or High Priest * Ceremonies and Charges upon Constituting and Dedicating a Royal Arch Chapter and Installing Its Officers * Charge to the King * Charge to the Scribe * Charge to the Captain of the Host * Charge to the Principal Sojourner * Charge to the Royal Arch Captain * Charge to the Master of the Third Veil * Charge to the Master of the Second Veil * Charge to the Master of the First Veil * Charge to the Three Masters of the Veils, as Overseers * Charge to the Treasurer * Charge to the Secretary * Charge to the Chaplain * Charge to the Stewards * Charge to the Guard * Address to the High Priest * Address to the Officers Generally * Address to the Chapter at Large

CHAPTER SIXTEEN ~ ROYAL MASTER’S DEGREE

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN ~ SELECT MASTER’S DEGREE: Charge to a Select Master * Order of Ceremonies in Constituting and Dedicating Councils of Royal and Select Masters; with the Form of Installation * Declaration of Constitution * Dedicatory Declaration * Charge to the Deputy Illustrious Grand Master * Charge to the Treasurer * Charge to the Recorder * Charge to the Captain of the Guard * Charge to the Sentinel

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN ~ ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS: Prayer at Opening * Lesson First * Lesson Second * Lesson Third

CHAPTER NINETEEN ~ KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AND KNIGHTS OF MALTA: Observations on the Orders of the Knights Templars, and Knights of Malta * Exhortation * Lesson * Hymn * Lesson

CHAPTER TWENTY ~ KNIGHTS OF MALTA: An Address to a Newly Created Sir Knight Templar and Knight of Malta * An Exhortation at Closing an Encampment * Ceremonies and Charges upon the Installation of an Encampment of Knights Templar and the Appendant Orders * Installation Charge to the Most Eminent Grand Commander * Charge to the Generalissimo * Charge to the Captain General * Charge to the Most Excellent Prelate * Charge to the Senior Warden * Charge to the Junior Warden * Charge to the Treasurer * Charge to the Recorder * Charge to the Standard Bearer * Charge of the Sword Bearer * Charge to the Warder * Charge to the Three Guards * Charge to the Encampment

PART TWO ~ MONITOR OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE By E.T. Carson:

MONITOR OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE Containing Ample Illustrations of All the Grades From Secret Master to Sovereign Grand Inspector-General, Including the Series of Eleven Grades, Known as the “Ineffable Degrees.” Intended for the Use of Officers and Members of Lodges of Perfection, Councils of Princes of Jerusalem, Chapters of Rose-Croix, Grand Consistories, and Supreme Councils. Arranged According to the System of Work Practised Under the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of the 33d Degree for the Northern Mason Jurisdiction of the United States. By E.T. Carson.

CONTENTS ARE:

Secret Master

Perfect Master

Intimate Secretary

Provost and Judge

Intendant of the Building

Master Elect of Nine

Master Elect of Fifteen

Sublime Knight Elected

Grand Master Elected

Grand Master Architect

Knight of the Ninth Arch

Perfection

Knight of the East or Sword

Prince of Jerusalem

Knight of the East and West

Sovereign Prince of Rose-Croix

Grand Pontiff

Grand Master of All Symbolic Lodges

Noachite, or Prussian Knight

Knight of the Royal Axe, or Prince of Libanus

Chief of the Tabernacle

Prince of the Tabernacle

Knight of the Brazen Serpent

Prince of Mercy, or Scotch Trinitarian

Sovereign Commander of the Temple

Knight of the Sun, or Prince Adept

Knight of St. Andrew, or Patriarch of the Crusades

Knight of Kadosh

Grand Inspector-Inquisitor Commander

Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret

Sovereign Grand Inspector-General

Remember folks, this is an 1860 original. This book is 154 years old.

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