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The symbolism of Freemasonry : Illustrating and explaining its science and philosophy, its legends, myths and symbols

Mackey, Albert Gallatin

Read by Brother Michael · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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00 - Preface (6:33)
01 - Preliminary (23:33)
02 - The Noachidae (5:06)
03 - The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity (8:25)
04 - The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity (11:15)
05 - The Ancient Mysteries (8:10)
06 - The Dionysiac Artificers (20:00)
07 - The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon (5:21)
08 - The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages (5:31)
09 - Disseverance of the Operative Element (7:24)
10 - The System of Symbolic Instruction (7:32)
11 - The Speculative Science and the Operative Art (11:44)
12 - The Symbolism of Solomon's Temple (22:47)
13 - The Form of a Lodge (6:10)
14 - The Officers of a Lodge (5:14)
15 - The Point within a Circle (7:17)
16 - The Covering of the Lodge (9:30)
17 - Ritualistic Symbolism (3:10)
18 - The Rite of Discalceation (6:38)
19 - The Rite of Investiture (9:55)
20 - The Symbolism of the Gloves (9:00)
21 - The Rite of Circumambulation (8:02)
22 - The Rite of Intrusting, and the Symbolism of Light (16:30)
23 - Symbolism of the Corner-stone (24:43)
24 - The Ineffable Name (32:52)
25 - The Legends of Freemasonry (24:30)
26 - The Legend of the Winding Stairs (23:16)
27 - The Legend of the Third Degree (28:28)
28 - The Sprig of Acacia (23:10)
29 - The Symbolism of Labor (29:48)
30 - The Stone Foundation (33:25)
31 - The Lost Word (20:50)

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