The Symbolism of Freemasonry

Contents: Preliminary--The Noachidce--The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity--The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity--The Ancient Mysteries--The Dionysiac Artificers--The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon--The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages--Disseverance of the Operative Element--The System of Symbolic Instruction--The Speculative Science and the Operative Art--The Symbolism of Solomon's Temple--The Form of the Lodge--The Officers of a Lodge--The P...