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CONTENTS

 

 

PAGE

 

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF SYMBOLICAL FREEMASONRY

15

 

 

 

 

PART ONE: THE FIRST STEP

 

CHAPTER

 

 

I

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST STEP

41

II

THE PETITION FOR MEMBERSHIP

47

III

THE BALLOT

55

IV

"WORTHY AND WELL-QUALIFIED"

61

V

THE HOODWINK

70

VI

THE CABLE TOW

76

VII

THE LODGE

83

VIII

THE ENTRANCE

87

IX

THE SHARP INSTRUMENT

93

X

INVOKING THE BLESSING OF DEITY

95

XI

CIRCUMAMBULATION

98

XII

APPROACHING THE EAST

102

XIII

THE ALTAR

107

XIV

THE OBLIGATION

110

XV

THE THREE GREAT LIGHTS

117

XVI

THE LESSER LIGHTS

124

XVII

"LUX E TENEBRIS"

127

XVIII

WORDS, GRIPS AND TOKENS

131

XIX

THE RITE OF SALUTATION

137

XX

THE APRON

140

XXI

DESTITUTION

148

XXII

THE NORTHEAST CORNER

152

XXIII

WORKING TOOLS OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE

156

 

 

 

 

PART TWO: THE SECOND STEP

 

XXIV

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND STEP

165

XXV

PASSING

171

 

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PART TWO: THE SECOND STEP (Continued)

 

CHAPTER

 

PAGE

XXVI

SQUARE ON THE BREAST

175

XXVII

THE SCRIPTURE READING FROM AMOS

177

XXVIII

THE OBLONG SQUARE

180

XXIX

DUE FORM

183

XXX

WORKING TOOLS OF A FELLOW CRAFT

185

XXXI

THE ASHLARS

194

XXXII

THE MIDDLE CHAMBER

198

XXXIII

OPERATIVE AND SPECULATIVE

201

XXXIV

THE TWO GREAT PILLARS

206

XXXV

THE GLOBES

213

XXXVI

THE ASCENT

216

XXXVII

THE BUILDERS

225

XXXVIII

THE FIVE SENSES

230

XXXIX

THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

235

XL

THE EPHRAIMITISH WAR AND CORN, WINE AND OIL

239

XLI

THE LETTER G

242

 

 

 

 

PART THREE: THE THIRD STEP

 

XLII

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD STEP

249

XLIII

THE VITAL PARTS OF THE BREAST

253

XLIV

THE GOLDEN BOWL AND THE SILVER CORD

256

XLV

THAT WHICH WAS LOST

259

XLVI

THE TROWEL

264

XLVII

THE HIRAMIC LEGEND

268

XLVIII

ETERNAL LIFE

274

XLIX

THE LION'S PAW

279

L

THE EMBLEMS

283

LI

THE EMBLEMS (Continued)

290

LII

THE EMBLEMS (Continued)

295

LIII

THE EMBLEMS (Continued)

298

LIV

CONCLUSION

302

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX: QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

309

 

 

 

 

INDEX

353


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