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R I TE S o f A N C I EN T
R ELI GI O N S
AND
M e d i e val an d M o d e rn
S ec re t O rd e rs
By
DR . O T T O HENNE AM
S ta t e A r c h i v i s t f S t Ga l l
o .
S S SS S S S S S S S
ST O C K H A M P UB LI S H I NG C O M PA NY , I nc .
C H I CA G O I
, L LI N OS
I
TR A N S LA TOR S ’
,
N O TE .
J O S E P H FITZ GE R ALD .
C ON TEN TS .
O F B ARBAR O US NATI O N S .
Intro d u ction
The Go d s
l i gi o n
A Reformation in the La nd o f Nile
'
I H ellas
.
3 T
.h e H e l l e n i c Mysteries
4 T
. h le Ele u sinian M ysteri es
5 Th
. e Mysteri es of Samothrace
6 Th e Mysteries o f Crete
.
7 The
. D ionysia
8 The Ro man B acchanalia
.
V D ! .
vi CON TE NTS
I . Pythago ras .
3 Th e O.rp h i c i
4 . Mysterious Personages of An cient Times .
2 .
94
3 Ch ri stianism
.
9 6
4 J esus
. .
5 The
. Early Ch risti ans
6 Th e N e w Testament
.
P A RT
fi FI FT H —A PSEUD O M ESSIAH
.
-
. A L Y I NG
PR O PH ET .
I . A po llonius of Tyana
2 . Alexander the Fal se Prophet
,
4 .
P A RT EI GHTH —
‘
TH E M I D D LE AGE .
P A GE
3 . Frenc h Craftsmen 1 69
FREEMAS O N R Y .
1 . Rise o f Freemason ry
2 . Constit u tion of th e O rder
3 . The Lodge
PART TENTH .
—
S O CI ETI ES O F TH E
SECRET
EI GH TEENTH C ENTURY .
“ ”
3 Th. e H igh D egrees S w m d l e
4 Apostles
. o f Non sense
5 The
. Sw e dish Rite
6 The N ew Ro s i cru s i an s
.
I The I ll u minati
. 216
2 I mitation s of I lluminism
. 2 26
OF
VARI O US KI N D S .
1 . Societies o f Wits
2 . I mitation s o f Ancient Mystic Leagu es
3 . Imitations o f Freemasonry
M Y S TE R I A .
P AR T F I R S T .
My s t e ri e s of th e Ea s t an d o f B a r b a r o us
N a ti o n s .
1 . I N T R O D U CT I O N .
”
o f cre ation .At last wh en Faust after manifold crosses ,
, , , .
, , en
and to worship as truth what man s own self con c eit has ’
-
’
Thus are mysterie s of man s invention propagated
fro m generation to generatio n The love o f myste ry is .
will have for its ob j ect the B eautifu l and will create works
,
( collegia ) and,
th en the English and German gilds o f
M YS T E R I E S O F
’
TH E E A ST 5
—
casso c k and four cornered hat eyes sanctimoniously
‘
-
,
j usti fi ed ?
2 . TH E GO D S .
b lazing and s c orc hing heat and at night th e m ild fac ed,
-
fl o we d the plain .
an culture .
Earth are for the I sraelite the fi rst work s o f the Eternal ;
“ ”
for the Chinese they are father and mother of all things ;
for the H ellene s and the Teuton s the fi rst divine b eings
( Urano s and u aea Wodan and Ertha ),
As men fu rther .
.
tions the same hero b eing now the Sun again H eaven
, , ,
and the same heroine being now the Moon anon the ,
,
8 M YlS TE B lI A
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' ‘ ’
wars are the subj ect of epics tragedies and romances and , , ,
and G ree c e .
3 . EG YP T .
invaded the Nile land p rob ably fro m Asia made them ,
ri g i n es
. The great moving cause of Egy p tian civiliza
tio n was always the Nile called in Egypt H api ; for the
,
e , ,
tended .
OF TH E E A ST 11
o my
. Th e regular o ve rfl ow o f the Nile , whi c h -involv ed
a p re c ise divi sion o f the year into seasons must at an ,
re g i o n , ,
A m on o f Theb es and so o n ,
.
4 . TH E HI G H E R DE V E L O P M E NT OF EG Y P TI A N
R E LI G I O N .
TH E E A ST 13
’
o f the Nile valley imagined to themselves the sun s course
not as the p ro g ress o f a c hariot like that in which the
Mithra o f th e Persians and the H elio s o f the G reeks
were bo rne b ut as th e voyage of a Nile b ark o n which
,
d ark Set he f alls and dro p s into the netherwo rld in the
West b u t the youthfu l H oro s sun g o d of the coming
, ,
-
Thi s ever rej uvenescent sun god who through all trans
- -
,
“ ”
sign of the i d ea god and in w ritin g that sign was at ,
for a cow
"
—
that is to say the reli g ion o f the p riests was slowly pro
,
for For a while thi s develo p ment halted at the sun god
.
-
,
and reached its first sta g e in the city Anu ( in lower Egypt) ,
, ,
o f the sun and also o f the fructi fying N ile Thi s b ull .
the head was that of some king and the whole figure ,
p pro s that sustain the sky Shu was followed b y the god .
god creator of the universe ; and this was due to the fact
,
,
—
god self c reated sole obj ect o f the worship paid to the
,
5 . A RE F O R M A TI O N I N TH E LA N D O F NIL E .
“
S p lendor of th e S und i s k q uit Thebes and built in
”
, ,
To draw them awa y from the true god the p riests taught
them to worship deceased kings and q ueens at the same ,
—
from the p eo p le and t h e Pharaos were hough not of
t
, ,
( adyton ) ,
were guarded the mysteries o f the p riests while ,
6 . TH E E G YP TI A N REA LM O F TH E D E A D
and the relative s must supply to the dead meat and drink
and c lothing The sp irit of the deceased went to O si ris
.
,
—
lord of the other world a luxuriant p lain (Aaru) in the
West where the earth s products required no toil but
,
’
lead a glorio us life in the other world and walk amid the ,
all the gods are one god The route of the dead toward
.
’
the other w orld is the sun s track fro m Ea st to West ; but
on hi s j ourney he needs the hel p o f th e sorcerer s art ’
tools and u tensils were laid in the grave with the dead
,
“ ”
for their se rvice Under the new emp ire the rep re
.
-
—
bunal with two and forty assesso rs i n who se p resence the
- -
com p assed the death o f any man never have I killed any ,
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7 . TH E S E C R E T T E A C HI N G O F TTI E PR EI S TS O F
-
N ILE LAND .
ference .
22 ‘
mysteri es .
p ruden ce an d d i p l o mati c s ; wh i c h in fa ct gi ve s p l ay
rather to h y p o th esi s and arbitrary opinion to m
l , ,
ysticism ,
aten and that unlike him the p riests b elieved the tru e
, , ,
’
god to b e not a material thing the sun s di sk but the u n
, , ,
”
the D ead and in lat er writings mention o f a demiurge
( or ar c hitect ) o f t h e universe ”
to who m no sp ecial divine
,
“
an all u sion to zo olatry ; and again : There is only one
rational b eing that o rders all things b ut one ruling p rovi ,
fore must one take philo sophy for his m ystagogue (guide
t o the mysteries) in order to have a true understanding
,
”
o f all the teachings and all the rite s o f the mysteries .
”
Initiates e g Plutarch ( I si s and O siris c 3 ) writes :
, . .
,
“
, .
“
Not the white vest u re and th e shaven b eard make the
servant o f I sis : he alone is truly that who receives due ,
“
There i s in the rites of the Egyptian p riests nothing i rra
t i o n al n othing fa b ulous or superstiti ous
, I nstead o f .
, ,
for me to name the one for whose sake they b eat them
”
selves were impiety .
8 . B Al
E YL T
ON A ND N I- I V E
‘ '
N .
”
was B a u a name signifying p rimo rdial water or chaos
-
, ,
.
” “
After B a u came the daughter of the heavens named
-
,
The s cene of the life after death was laid in the realm of
shades ( s h u al u in Hebrew Sheol ) This religion was
,
.
( moon ) Ramman ( go
, d o f storm s ) Similarly Anu spirit .
, ,
after the king and the king was high priest ; in the Baby
,
lightn i n g thunder , .
”
t e n ti al p sal m s and h y m ns to gods I n the following .
0 L ad y, fo r ti by s e rva n t th e cup is fu l l .
Sp eak th e wo rd t o h im , Le t th y h e a rt b e t ra n q u i l
—e v i l h v I
.
Th y s er v an t a e d o ne
Gi v e h im a s s ur a n c e o f m e rc y “
T u rn th y co un te n anc e himw a rd .
C o n si d er h i s e n t re a t y .
Th y s er v an t, t h ou a rt a n g r y wi t h h i m,
B e to h i m g ra c i o u s .
0 L ad y, my h ‘
a n d s a re ti e d .
I cl i ng to th ee .
MY ST E R I E S O F TH E
’
EA ST 29
su
( pp o sin g him to have been an histori cal person age )
some p ortion s o f the ancient traditions and folklore o f
the Chaldaean s H ere i s a frag m ent o f the B a b ylonian
.
W he n th e sk y ab o ve wa s no t yet na med .
E a r tl h ben ea t h h a d y e t n o n am e,
and th e w at e y
r d e e p, t h e n e e r- e
g i n n i n g, v b
was t h ei r p ro d u c e r,
t he c h ao s o f th e s ea , g e n d e re s s o f t h em all,
fo r h er w a t e rs
'
uni t ed t o g e t h er in o n e.
T h e d a rk n e s s wa s no t y et done a wa y ,
no t a p l an t h a d y et u d d ed b .
A s o f t h e g o d s n o n e h a d y e t go ne fo r t h ,
an d t h ey y et h a d no na me
t h en th e g rea t g o d s , too , we re c re a t e d , etc .
what they had done B ut after seven days the storm was
.
”
o f flies Then the g o d B el wh o had o rdered th e flo od
.
, ,
lenie H erakles and the H era clean m yth perhap s had its
, , ,
To th t h w‘h etn e e m e s fo rt h th a t e n t e rs ,
‘
a o us e n o ne co
On th t pa a th t h
a t allo v
w s a d a n c e b u t re g r e s s ,
. ne v er
To th t ha o us e Wh o s e h h
i n m a t es l ig t s a l l s e e n e v m o re
er ,
To t hat p l a ce w h e re d us t is th i vi e r c t ua l an d o r d u re t h ei r
m ea t , et c .
,
32 M Y S TE R I A
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9 . Z O R OAJS TE R AND TH E P E R I A S NS .
10 . B RA HM A NS AND B UDDHISTS .
p riests,
then a s now the highest caste ( B rahmans
, ) were ,
o f the state and its laws and have l aws o f their own ,
.
”
Beda (book o f ceremonial l aws ) give li fe to both worlds ; ,
also the most num erous ) durst not read them at all
,
.
not p erfect enough for them for that was attained by the ,
B rah mans hit upon the idea that the universe is only a
phantasm a D ream o f the So ul o f the Universe and as a
, ,
creator but the p art played b v him was only passive and
,
Vishnu and dread Siva Long afterw ard the three gods .
wholly eth ical and its p rofoundest p rinciple was that only
,
after the death o f B uddha when first himself then seve ral , ,
II . S E CRE T L E A GUE S O F B A RB AR O US PE OP LE S .
Even am ong
Savages s o called are found se cret doc -
p ents that other K affi rs will not touch at last rece i ves .
o f co nsecration .
Th e Gr e c i a n M y s t e ri e s an d th e R o m an
B a c ch a n a l ia .
1 . H E L LA S .
t i al ly fro m the religions o f the O rien tal p eop les who had ,
serp ents .In time the human and animal forms were
united and there were deities with heads o f animals or
,
—
th eir neighb ors oversea at least for th e mass o f the p eo
—
ple the natural p owers transformed into go ds were
simply fetiches exi sting only in the matter out o f which
they were made—o bj ects o f dumb reveren ce or o f mad
terror ; for the man o f H ellas they be c ame changed into
38
TH E I
GR E C A N M Y ST E R I E S 3 2!
in bea u tiful form s that were to him not obj ects o f fear
at all b u t beings with whom he might converse as with
,
c h i s i n g o r revelation
,
I n their eyes if a man did but honor
.
,
when the where the how o ften were matters left to the
, , ,
Pers i ans and the I sraelites but human existen ces that
,
c l i n at i o n s
,
and p assions The G reeks knew no Y ahve :
.
2
. H E LL E N I C DIVIN E W O R SHI P .
Philoso p hers
. and Initiates o f
the myst e rie s fearlessly expre ssed t h e ir convictions how ,
ever much oppo sed the same might b e on one side or the
other to the o ffi cial theology : nay comedy and even the , ,
e rn m e n t)
“
transacted b usiness with the gods for ex
”
,
in forests .
All co nsecrated places whether temples o r ,
sisted in :
.
I I nvo c ation comprising
,
Prayers addressed ,
—
,
.
3 Sa c rifices mostly
,
meat and drink o fferi ngs b ut ,
3 D ream O racles
. O f these there we re m any in .
,
Argolis .
3 . TH E H E L L E NI C M YST E R I E S .
Th e two .
*T
he o ri g n a l G o e t t e rg l ia u b e , b e l i e f i n g o d s , a nd W un
'
h as
d e rj g l a u b e , be l i ef in m i rac l es , i n a l l us i o n t o t h e p re c e d i n g se c
M Y S TE R I A
‘
.
and the b eautiful ; the y p onder and b rood over the l ost
god and are ever seeking him They would su b o rdinate
, .
, ,
t io n 2 . Go e t t e r g l a u b e i s o f c o u re e q iv u alen t to t h eo l o gy ,
an d if so, t h en W u n d e rg l a u b e is e q iv u a l e n t -t o t h a u m at o l
o gy
”
fro m G ree k th aum a ta, m i ra c l e s , an d l o g o s , d i s c o u rs e .
TH E GRE CI A N M YST E R I E S 47
were then what they had ever b een and still are to wit , , ,
self introspection
-
interp retation of divine things a
, ,
mourning over the lost god and searc h after the same , ,
, , .
~
,
”
sin even to glance unwittingl y .
and to that end of knowi ng a deity free fro m all sin and
, , ,
4 . TH E E LE USINIA N MY ST E R I E S .
Know th o u t ha t th e h i gh es t o f al l th e g o d s i s n a m e d J ao ,
an d in W i n ter A id es , an d Z eu s in o p en i n g S p ri ng,
t h en H el i o s in S u m m er , an d o n ce m o re J ao s in F all .
sun which rip ens the grap e ; and b esides B a c chus was , ,
—
allied to D emeter ( originally Ge m et e r Ea rthmother) wh o
was the p atroness o f husbandry The name o f the city .
,
the same festivals and the same secret cult ; but Ele u sis
al wa y s held the supremacy The buildings at El eusis in .
,
monkish fanatics .
E u m o l p i d ae and K e rytae
,
The repo rt on the celebra
.
4 1 1 B C the p
. oet D i ag o ra
. s of M elos who threw a figu e ,
r
the personifi cation of the sun that goes down in the west ,
him to the realm o f shades where she o ccup ies the throne ,
.
—
the earth the mother of the plant world and so too p ro ,
~
ter B ut at last the gods take p ity on the hap less wanderer
.
i s signified the fecundity o f the soil and also the res u rrec ,
tion of man after his body has been dro p ped like a grain
"
in Sprin g .
q u e t s,
an d m aking the customary solemn p ro cession s .
ing from the S acred Gate wended along the Sacred Road
,
bandry and torches ; for though the p ro cession set out '
the mys tae took p a rt onl y in the external cere m onies and ,
, ,
”
as to fi ll the m with fear and tremblin g and dread ama z e
“
.
5 . TH E M YST E R I E S O F S A M O TH R A C E .
, ,
“
otus ( I I I
.
, t h ey were wo rshi p ed as sons o f H ep h
aestus (he means Ptah god o f M em p his) ; an d were like
, ,
”
their fat h er figured in the sh ri ne a s Py g mies
, That in .
“
the language o f Phoenicia Kab i ri m m eans the great the ,
” “
priest replying To the gods ,
Then said the penitent .
, ,
“ ”
give way I will tell it to the g o dhead alone
, Men .
,
p h e u s,
A g amemnon O d y sseus etc that th
, e y were Ini ,
6 . TH E M Y ST E R I E S O F CRE TE .
the g ods and lord o f all the wo rld to foil the design s of .
Mt Ida and nouri shed with m ilk and hone y by the p eople
.
,
7 . TH E DI ONY SI A .
o f b odily p leas ure the a p p etite for foo d and the s e xual
i s o ne o f the fa c to rs o f c ivilization an d as th e D ra m a h ad .
o f the former clas s had their c hief seat in Attica, the others
else where O f these non mystic festival s of D ionysos in
.
-
It marked the time when the wine was racked o ff into the
earthen p ots It was at this festival that the B asilissa
.
enter it) and there made a secret o ffe ring wi th mysti c rite s
,
an d vows .
, .
with ivy an d vine leaves with hair dish eveled and as the
, , ,
b ac c hantes hands ’
This festival which o ccurred in the
.
,
—
double pip e and the b razen tymbal nay as the ( man i , ,
all the anxiou s searching was vai n and hope was c entered ,
o f sno w o n t h e summit .
8 . TH E R OM A N } B A CC H A NA L I A .
the resources o f the state for its sup pression The circu m .
M Y S TE R I A
youth put out of the way or to get him u nder his power ,
.
, ,
“
ship were ordered to be destroyed exce p t there b e here ,
”
or there an ancient altar or consecrated image of the god .
9 . DE B A SE D MY ST E R I E S F R O M TH E EA ST .
W
cries their long locks disheveled and in th e i r hands b ear
, ,
and death in the Fall its new b irth and resurrection in the
,
-
68 M Y S TE R I A
At
'
time s the Initi ate s were required to fast and those o f the ,
the empire had b een chri stianized , Julian the apo state
co n secrated in Constantinop le a sanctuary to Mithras .
ras ,
and he was hono red with p u blic inscription s in t h e
words Soli Invicto (to the un conquered sun ) ; a festival
,
e ry god ,
all the resourc es o f his c au stic sarcasm .
it was seen that their rites were not only of the earth
earthy b ut as time went on that they were b eco me mis
, ,
Th e P y th a g o r e a n L ea gu e an d Oth er S e cr e t
A s s o c i a ti o n s .
I . P Y TH A G O RA S .
“ ”
for the distin c tive note o f such so cieties i s that they make
a sp e c ial sele c tion of their me m bers and have a specifi c
,
72
TH E P Y TH A G O R E A N L E A GU E 73
5 8 0
,
or ,
a c cording to some authorities 6
5 9 H e i s re p re ,
.
- o
—
edge his y ears o f travel followed And whither should .
’
horns and hawks heads Nevertheless the doctrin e o f
.
,
him com p letely ; and hence it was his task as it was the ,
p h i l o s c h c r deported
p with other
, captives to B abylon , ,
o s o p h er
. Cro t o n a a ffo rded a more promising field for
his work and there the labors o f Pythagoras b efore long
,
stituted by him .
lived To Pythago ras and his school are credited the dis
.
—4
ent scale o f seven musical notes the octave B ut his .
—
heavenl y b odies farthest o ff the heaven o f the fixed stars ,
then the five planets known to anti quity then the sun , ,
“ ”
moon earth and lastly the counter earth which re
, ,
-
,
alo n g with the earth the coun ter earth i s always inter
,
-
posed between the earth and the central fire : light c omes
to t h e earth only indirectly by reflection fro m the sun , .
2 . TH E P Y TH A G O R E A NS .
( G. r ,
autos e p h e L at
,
i p se dixit ) A
, nd this reverence .
—
conveniences o f plain living gardens groves pro me , ,
( esoterici,
insiders ) : tho se before the curtain e x o t e ri k oi ,
’
ter s ideas As matter o f fact the y appear to have at
.
,
,
-
n i fi c e n t city .
o r
g e an s The aged Master because o f the hostility man i
.
,
wisely rej e c ted the demands o f the demo c rats and there ,
!
- 1
.
3 . TH E O R P H I C I .
” “
ism with th is exception that in stead o f the lord Jesus
, ,
m ysteries or O rpheus
,
Such inane babblement as this
.
,
that they had the power o f curing the insan e their method ,
death for b rewing p hilters : she was the one sole victi m of
wit c hcraft trials in all anti quity Thus did the O rphi c .
4 . MY ST E R I O US P E R S O NA G E S O F A N C I E N T TI M E S
'
.
systems ,
monotheism mysticism Th e ,
.
“ ”
in po sitive Chri s tianit y : it was neither absolutely p oly
theistic nor a b solutely monotheistic b ut compact of these ,
,
88 M Y S TE R I A
th e learned .
sip that was in circu l atio n aro und the rest o f the gods
—
,
keep ing the pro du ction o f oil from the o live etc as
, ,
.
,
craft (like his brother Aes c ulap ius) sub duer o f th e winds , ,
s h ip e d b y a n cient Greece .
’
personage named Ari steas H e was Apollo s p riest as .
,
-
.
,
,
—
native p lace in a fulling mill Th e pl ac e having b e en .
him self b ecame the ind e fati gabl e herald o f the mysti c
,
do ctrines Says D i o d o ru s (V
.
“
We al th! i s a gift i m .
respe ct b etter ”
Thus does J asio n figure as son of the
.
‘
being fro m the same root as i at ro s (heal er) and the verb ,
and Jason (i e , I as o n ) . . .
sour c e s o f Ch ri s ti an i s m .
P A R T F O UR TH .
S on of Man . S on of Go d .
1 . H E LL E NIS M AND J U D A IS M .
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M Y S TE R I A
GO D 93
“
translated the whole of the five books o f Mo ses the ,
’
was God s first work the world his second : this p assed ,
”
ning was the word etc H e understood the histo ry of
, .
’
man s creation to mean that the first human creature was
immortal ideal p erfect but that b y the c reation o f wo m an
, , ,
2 TH E E
. SS E N E S .
p arty ,
standing between the Ph arisees an d th e Sadducees .
at
craft but they sternly refused to have anything to do wi th
,
was such as necessity required and was prep ared stri ctly ,
from marri age and main tained its numeri cal strength by
a d o p tin g o utside children ; anot her faction however dee m , ,
s t i t ut i o n
o f marriage though under severe restri ction s
,
.
—
,
p ar t
. With Judaism their only b on d o f union was in
their p ractice o f sending to the templ e at J eru s alem o ffer
ings ; but by reason of their condemnation o f blood y sacri
fi c e s they were self ex c luded fro m the temple No r was
-
. .
3 . C H R ISTI A N IS M .
result was two fold : first a certain indi ffer en c e for religious
,
, , ,
—
Gre cian Rom an had c omp letely ex hausted themselve s
,
n o n e b ulous la c kadaisical , ,
g o d
,
thi s doct rine o f i mm ortality t o fin d a p erso n
, ality that
would b e the middle term b etwee n the t wo .
fact) they had pro sel y te s in every large city esp ecially in ,
4 . J E SUS .
”
all the nati o ns the Messiah longed fo r by I srael th e
, ,
t ati o n of the m irac les is that they rep resent the e ffo rt o f
,
, ,
of J esu s .
—
.
,
, ,
,
’
Peter s draught o f fishes are pictures of the imagination
’
designed to show the power of the Son o f God over the
waters the ai r the world of pl an ts and of animals So
, ,
.
,
the goo d As for the tran s fi gurati o n that typ ifies the
.
,
vast su p eriority of the new law over the old : the old m ust
d o hom age to the new
-
.
M Y S TE R I A
m i racles that followed his death the resurre c tion and the
,
are eaten b y the moth and the rust ; serve two m asters o r
m ore see the mote though blin d to the b ea m throw th e
, , ,
am o n g th e m ,
5 . TH E E A R L Y C H R ISTI A N S
that system was too simple too unado rned t o o little flat , ,
by evolving n ew mysteries .
c u m ci s i o n ,
thus b ecomin g by adoption a J ew Th e .
o a .
,
” “ “
ing to which the Gen tile Ch ristian s an d the Je wish
”
C hri sti an s st o o d on an e quality The intell e c tual le ader .
ing raid and thencefo rth was a zealous ap ostle of the new
,
'
c é n s i o n et c
,
Furthermo re a foundation was in this way
.
,
, , .
righteou s .
than the spiritual bond whi c h united them with the sc h ool
o f Pythagoras This party di d not regard J esu s as G od
.
,
H e it was that imp orted int o Christi anis m the Al exain '
d ri ne d o ctri ne o f th e Lo go s o r Wo rd .
6 . TH E N E W T E S TA M E NT .
“
b ri d e o f the lam b ”
Afte r th e destru ction o f J eru sal e m
.
’
, ,
“
synopti c s ( i e agreeing) are b ased on one older o ri gi
”
. .
, ,
é
, ,
a s m an M .
ark s Go sp el i s the b asis
’
o f the other t wo
’
tree Peter s d raugh t o f fishes etc ; or th ey are of a still
, ,
.
B ut the W ord o f th e J o an n i n e Go sp el be c a m e th e
“ ”
that had b rought tho usan ds o f Gen tiles into the Chur c h
were all too strong for t h e resistan ce o f th e J u d aeo Chri s -
the sec ond century sep arated the a p o c ryphal fro m the ,
”
elation together with several o f the Ep istles was till
, ,
b e inspired .
7 . TH E E L E M E N TS O F TH E C HU R C H .
the Christian s had been excluded fro m the syn agog ues
were distinctive rites develop ed among them Th ere .
—
, ,
“ ”
Th e wo rd s i n meeting and the Lord s Supper (or Love
’
. .
,
A P s eu o M es s i ah
d - . A Ly i n g P r o p h e t.
1 . AP O LL O N IUS O F TY A N A .
117
1 18 M Y S TE R I A .
l o s trat u s wr o t e a heathen go s p el o f t h e l i fe of t h is
,
“
,
'
s ac red leagues .
c ul ap i u s go d of healing
, Unwo rthy o fferers of gifts t o .
—
manly soul and a patient spirit and many another vir
tue named he Th e sullen taxman who had no mind for
.
,
”
maids are all down in the bo ok B ut Ap ollonius calmly .
“
went hi s way with the b ri ef remark : They are n o t
,
”
maids but high b orn dames ; nor p aid h e impost o n his
,
-
also men who were half whi te an d half black d ragons too , ,
’
of th e p rophet s genius woul d not we ar the crown in his
,
her evil intent At the O lympian Games also this a pos tle
.
“
Asked what h e thought o f N ero B etter than you do , ,
The .
”
made con q uest o f me and thereafter em p loyed Ap ollo
,
him .
2 A I I E XA N D E R T H '
. E FA L S E P R OP H E T .
p s eud o p ro p h et s .
A P SE UD O - ME SSIA H 1 25
“
a co mpound of m endacity fraud perj ury and low tri c ks , , ,
”
of every kind I n hi s boyhood h e was app renticed to
.
eight o b oli (ab out 2 5 c ents) and the an nual rec eipts
,
l i eve d that enj oy m ent was the only end in life worth
thinking o f m anifested their ho stility to th e p ro p het and
, ,
t ians .
afeguard his reputation he adde d to his
To s
reperto ire First h e be gan t o give o ra c les viva vo ce a
.
, ,
sp e c t of the p eople .
, ,
p lenty ,
and p eople c am e i n c rowds for initiation T h e .
“ ”
Golden As s o f Ap uleius i s a striking satire on thi s
mystery furo re .To this p eriod b elong th e Gno sti c s '
,
Th e K n i gh ts Te m p I a r .
1 . TH E
“
M IDDLE AGE .
the H oly Gho st pro ceeds only fro m the Father o r equally
fro m him a nd th e Son ; whether the soul is saved b v
goo d works o r by g race o f Go d and so on inte rm inably ,
and knights were the two great classe s o f that time with ,
on the other .
p e ro r,
marched to the Holy Land and conquere d i t .
obed ie n ce .
, , .
2 TH E
. TE M P L A R S ‘
of posts to th e Saracens .
p l i c,
i t y even treason . O riginally all Templars were o f
—
one rank and degree that o f knights B ut in tim e e c .
p l a rs w a s elected by a college o f e i
“
g h t k n i g h t s four ser ,
3 . TH E S E CR E T S O F TH E TE lM P I JA R lS '
.
r
c o ss
,
for example — a cc usation s like that are grave not
only fro m the point of view of th e Church b ut even of ,
did not pret end to mira culous p owers nor declare hi mself
the M es siah . The clerics of the order must have ap
proved these h ereti c al opinion s and p ra c ti c es There .
any sa cri fic e .
’
image of John the Baptist typified the o rder s oppositio n
to the Church s creed ’
The other image j ealously
.
,
, ,
“
it the savi o r o f th e order .
m i tte d
. I n the secret rite o f ad m issio n the Re c epto r
“
showe d to the c andidate the I dol with the se wo rds : B e ,
, ,
. .
tio ns of the Temp lar s and such was the h ypo c risy of t h e
,
order : for th o ugh they had apo statized fro m the c r eeds
,
M Y S TE R I A
4 . T H E D O VV N F A I J L OF TH E K N I G HTS T E M P L A R ‘ '
.
advice .
”
s l au gh t The Master o f the H ospitalers was unable to
.
’
contrary to the Pope s advice came to France esco rte d ,
Paris whose p artial ity for the Templars was fea red were
,
,
asse m bled before the royal palace and there were labored ,
”
ple the Pari s h ous e o f th e o rder in whi ch was hid the
, ,
’
o f th e order s tre asury and t o annihilate a so ciety who s e
existen c e was a cau se o f an xiety to the King H e th e re .
,
m i tt e d
. D enis King o f Portugal refused t o institu t e a
, ,
Pop e and the French King was in c reasing and the tri al s ,
complain of th at .
o f the B ishop s p ala c e and t h ere the accusa tion was read
’
—
cleri c s p rotested i n the name o f all against th e treatment
they had re c ei ve d and de m an ded the release of all
,
TH E K N I G HTS T‘E lM P LtA R 145
c ee d i n gs ,
was now for instant action H e sharply ré .
the greater part of Ital y the Temp lars fared as i n Fra nce ,
to save the pro p erty o f the Temp lars fro m falling into
” “
secular hand s and so by the bull s Vox in Excelso and
, ,
“
Ad P ro vi d am Christi Vi c arii published April 3 and
”
,
c ep t e d .
M Y ST E R I A
' “
cite d the two murderers o f hi s b rethre n P h ilip an d “
n a me
“
O rder o f Jesus Christ and continued in existen c e
”
,
.
'
l s either wandered ab o ut as fugitives or entere d the
”
p a r
,
’
o rder of H osp italers The seizure o f the orde r s estate s
.
remai nder o f the p rop erty was p lundered by the nob ility
and th e Chur c h ; an d the Pop e surely was not fo rgetful o f
his o wn interest The H osp italers afte rward succeeded
.
to their rights but that did the m hardly l ess har m than
,
'
Th e F e m g e ri cb t e .
‘
I . C O U RT S O F
‘
J USTI CE IN TH E M I D D LE
l A GE .
’
towa rd thi s end was taken whe n society s task was dis
“
St B enedict o f St Colum b a
.
,
while on the
.
, ,
t i n g u i s h i n g right an d wrong .
Re c h t s s p ri ch two e rt er Re ch ts s c h wo e rn k e Re ch t s s ag e n )
, ,
.
ge
ri chte and they owed their rise to th e fact tha t there the
,
—
original c ha racter as in W estphal ia a geograph i c al ex
pression o f various meanings indeed b ut in general it , ,
W h at fi o flllo tws
i
r e ga rd i n g th e F e mg e ri ch t e is b as ed
“
on
T h eo do r I J i nld r
nie r
’
s wo rk ,
“
i i oh t e ,
D i e F ehn g x ef
"
M ii n s lt e r an d Pa
—
d e r b o rn ,
'
18 8 8
( V h a t erver .
V'
h v
m a y la e b ee n t h ’
e o ri g i n a l m e an i n g
o f th e wo r d fe m i n fem g e ri eh t
“ ” “
,
”
it i s e mo wg h i
to k n ‘o nw t a t h
in q ui va l e n t “ ”
fem -geri o h t
‘
u s ag e . it is e to e e o re t ; h en ee s ee re t
j u d g m e nlt , o r s e c re t tr i b u na l ) .
TH EE! F E M G E R I CH TE
‘
15 1
free grafs was held yearly at Arn s b erg and hen c e the ,
2 TH E
. S E CR E T TR I B U N A L .
“
Th e rly fre e co urt s were i n a c e rtain: s en s e pri
ea
“ ”
a ss o ciate j udges ( Fre i s ch o e ffen ) were c alled wissende
(w i s e m en knowin
,
g ones ) which in old times meant, , ,
“
j udges .
”
Th e p rivate trib unal o f th e Feme b e c ame
“
.
”
easte rn c ou ntry m en .
M Y ST E R I A
‘
‘
an i m ad ve rs i o n ) —
f were a cc ording t o th e list drawn up at
,
3,
ro b b ery o f a wo man in child b ed or o f a dyin g p erso n ;
4, plundering the dead ; 5 arson an d murder
,
:
—
o f the 1 6th 1 9 th c enturi es in which t h e j udge: mad e i n
,
to b e hanged ; and the same fate b e fel the one who hav ,
p ear ,
i f he was a wissender before the secret tri,
b unal if ,
did not ob ey the sum m ons then four s ch e e ffen sum m oned
,
“
now was called the war nin g Th e delay allowed .
21 ,
resp ectively and of free grafs 2 4 and 7
, ,
.
were in greater p eril o ften than the sum m oned : o fte n the y
lost their lives .
, ,
”
pronounced upo n him Pop e Nicolas V in 1 452 c o n
. .
“
dem med as dead an d said that no on e had the right to
,
”
awaken th e de ad The Emp eror Sigmund could think o f
.
3 . TH E E N D O F TH E P M .
costs o f c ourt with fi nes and fees and eve n with moneys
, ,
:
1 . M E D I E V A L A RC HIT E C T URE .
the a gri cultural laborer this is true without any res e rva
ti o n : b ut the artisan was more favo ra b ly situated as soo n
’
”
tion s o f the t rad e gil d s derive partly fro m t h e collegia
o f arti san s in anc ien t Rom e and p art ly fro m the m o
TH E ST O N E M A S O N S 163
that con spired to raise the stru c ture did not s ac ri fic e their
M Y S TE R I A
2. TH E ST O N E M A SO NS ’
LO D GE S O F GE R M A N Y .
“ ”
o r lodge s we re at an early p erio d leagu e d togeth er
, ,
”
'
( meister p
,
arl i re r gesellen
, ) and to these
,
wer e added ,
( Thuringia Saxony , , b e rs
of the league : as matter o f fact they were su b ordin ate
to non e o f these lodges b ut they adopted a spe c i al o r,
“
”
der for themselves at To rgau in 1 462 I n thes e regula .
,
.
—
th e secret sign s of the b rotherho od password s grip , ,
“ ”
the answer was Go d thank the worthy masons and ,
“ ” “
these : Who sent you forth ? My ho nore d mas
’
ter hono red sureties and th e whole honored masons
, ,
“ ” “
lodge at X What for ? For dis ci p lin e and righ t b e
.
havior ” “
W at is discipline and ri ght b ehav i o r
h .
?” “
Th e
”
usages of the craft and its customs .
’
highly p robable that in the medieval mason s lo dges the
technical de tails of the craft and its sec rets p l ave d th e
chief p art in the c ere m onies o f initiation The medieval .
, ,
“
tian institution : the members were required by the Or
”
dinan c es to co mp l y with all th e us age s o f the Ch ur c h .
j o ri ty
, o f th e m acquire d a s p iri t o f o p p osit i on to Roman
ecclesias t i cism and it was very plainly m anifested in their
,
,
.
,
3 . F RE N CH CR A F TS M E N .
c o mm o rn b o nd o f un i o n n o r an c o mm on prop rt t h e
y , e y ;
c ra fts m en fo rm stron g societies with secret c on stitutio n s ,
and usag es .
t re d o f ea c h other ea c h c lai m i ng p ri o ri ty
, E ach of the m .
TH E ST O N E M A S O N S 171
'
cas e is worse t h e ho stile leagu es o ften en aging i n
,
g .
fac ul t y o f P aris .
4 . TH E E N G‘ I J I S H
‘
O
S T N E MA S O NS .
dri p fro m the roo f till th e water ran out of their shoes ”
,
etc .
p e are d ,
o and contra
pr I n this battle o f g o o s e qui l l s the
.
gen (b 1 58 6 d.
,
took a ve ry p ro minent part
.
.
”
t e m i t at i s Ro s eae Cru ci s ( Fame o f the B rotherhood o f th e
“ ”
Rosy Cro ss) and Confessio Frat e rn i tati s ( Confession of
Faith o f th e B rotherhood ) traced the p retended societ y
back to a monk named Chri stian Ro senkreu z who , ,
with the rule o f the o rder was kept se c ret b ut whi c h was
, ,
“ ”
Ch y m i s c h e H ochzeit Chri stiani Rosenkreuz (al c h ym i c
nuptial s o f Christian Ro s enkreuz) which appeared i n ,
,
M Y S TE R I A '
” “
logia Christiana and Turri s B abel to p rov e that the
, ,
’
, ,
( H o sp italers ) At their
. lodge meetings they wor e a b lue ri b
b o n on whi c h was a gold cro s s insc ribed with a rose and
, ,
1 . R IS E O F F R E E M A S O N R Y .
, ,
—
-
,
1 78
FRE E M A S O N R Y 179
p oliti cal and religious were in the lodges the order suf
, ,
M Y S TE R I A
,
.
“
league of the Freemasons that Toland drew in his S o
cratic Society which however he clothed in a , ,
mortality .
Acco rdingly every lodge was o p ened an d
clo sed with p rayer to the Almi ghty Architect o f th e uni
"
verse ; an d in the lodge o f mourning in memo ry o f a de
“
ceased broth e r this formula was u sed : H e has passed
,
Over into the ete rnal East —to tha t regi on when ce light
”
M Y S TE R I A
1 744 etc
, . A lodge was instituted at B o st o n Mas s in , ,
’
one man s will Freemasons are under maj o rity rule
, .
p en d e n c
, e Free m ason s to b uild i t up .
2
. C O N STITUTI O N O F TH E OR DE R .
, ,
“ ”
al i t i e s
,
i s divided into a numb er o f systems differing
one from an other in t h e c ere m onies o f initiation o f p ro ,
-
C hur c h .
M Y S TE R I A
’
most ancie n t are b o rrowed fro m th e stonemason s lodges ,
’
and therefore rep resent mason s tools and i mplements ;
, ,
all o ther p ersons the o rder ha s none and the cl aims that
, ,
3 . TH E L O DG E .
, ,
a re
'
also known as the Saint John degrees and the lodge s ,
th e same lodges .
o ut a ny p ra c ti cal aim . Th ey a re d i s t a s t e fu l f o rm s o f t h e t ru e
.
,
h
fre e m a s o n ry ; t e y d i ffe r a s t o n a m e a n d nu m ber b et o ne
t h
s y s em an d an o t e r ; a n d t h e t r u e l o d g e s o f Sain t J o h n free s
ma s o n s rec o gn i ze no s ue h “
s up e rg ra d u a t i o n .
”
Th e hi gh er de
g r ee s are co n si d e re d in ano t h er p ar t o f this
. wo rk .
FR E E M A S O N R Y 19 1
her after life she was noted for her acts o f b enevolen ce ,
S e cr e t S o ci e ti e s o f th e Ei gh t e en th Ce n t u ry .
1 . M IS C E L L A N E O US S E C R E T S O C I E T I E S .
m emb ership .
’
,
193
19 4 M Y S TE R I A
“
ward of Saint Joachim) q u alified as fo r True and Per ,
” “
feet Friendshi p o r fo r the D efense of th e H onor o f
,
”
D ivine Provid e n ce I ts end would seem to have been
.
dan c e ( esp eci ally the waltz) and fro m games o f chance ; ,
memb ers b elonged to the high er classes had for its motto ,
“
Co urtesy Ste adfastness and Silence (Wil l faeh ri gk e i t
,
”
, ,
”
was borrowed fro m travel The O rder o f Argonauts
“
.
'
“
Fe ne lo n found ed at D ouai an order called the Palladi
um its se cret diale c t was tak en fro m hi s ro m an c e Tele
,
” “
”
masque .
knightly order and con c erned itself chi efly wi th reli gious
'
, ,
‘
,
. , ,
Ro s yl o rd s an d Ro s yl ad i e s ( Ro s e n h e rre n Ro s e n d am e n ) ,
.
himself the very lib eral contri b utions and all oth er i n
co me : for that en d alone were the so cieties established .
2 . O B S C U R A N TIST IN F LU E N C E S .
c o rp o rat e d
,
and that could be no other than th e society
o f the Freemasons But the experience o f th e Pop es and
.
were all p ractical masons (archite c ts) all the suc c eeding
“
so n ry
— ceremonies and mysticism hierarchic degrees and , ,
b e cap tured and w ith the help of its forme r champ ions
,
not b e carried out all at once The work had to pro ceed b y .
3 . TH E HI G H D E G R E E S S W IN D L E .
’
master s degree afterward as an indep endent degree Its .
“ ”
let and purple The meeting was called a chapter ; the
.
c hildish p lay .
,
'
, ,
’
’
grees and the lo d ges S cottish o r Saint Andrew s lod ges
,
.
—
pa pal and royal p erse c ution among the m Grand Co mp
—
troller H arris and M arshal Aumon t reach ed S cotl and “
see the sto ry took more than one diffe rent shap e after
, .
“
Clermo nt) th e Clermont chapter its members were for ,
the Jesuits also H ere it was that the story o f the won
.
“ ”
t he Scottish Masters ( unknown both in England an d
Scotland) were to have oversight o f the work .
4 . AP
’
O ST L E S‘
OF
, ,
“
voted heart and soul : he was commissioned M as ter o f
”
the H ost in Germany H e founded a lodge on one of .
“
Ab out this time says a contemporary writer the , ,
, .
r e
g at man y Freemason s o f the higher degrees and some ,
M Y S TE -R I A
’
.
”
H alle As h e traveled up and down th e land the lodge
.
,
“
th e acknowledged head o f th e order and ruled it as ,
”
riors o f th e order as though his p olicy was guided by
them ; b ut the Sup e riors who imposed e d the guilele s s
“ ”
, ,
“ ”
Professed Knight (one who has p ro fessed o r taken the
‘
few of the lod ges had th e spirit to sp eak out against the
”
O b s c urantist innovations
“
Chief among the few was the .
’
was to acquire great wealth H und s finan cial a ffairs .
claves an d the m
, emb ers wo re s u rp l i ce s La ter at Pari s .
, ,
kept and handed down to that time ; furt her tha t th e true ,
“ ”
And many Knights ob eye d this singul ar invitation ,
p h e r
,s Chri st himself and his apo stles finally po p es Th e ,
.
masonry .
mem b ers went b ack to the old fas hi oned m asonry ; others
-
5 . TH E S W E D ISH R IT E ’
.
6 . TH E N E W R O SI CR U C I A N IS M '
A ND AL LI E D SY S T E M S .
not even the first three were name d after the m asoni c
degrees Several discontented members of the Strict
O b servance j oined the new order The memb ers as .
“ ”
The motto was : M ay God an d H i s Wo rd be with us .
’
would understand all nature s secrets and possess suprem e
'
ade and so on
,
Th e o rder b ecame sho ckingly corrupt
.
in Austria .
an d artists ,
conducted their business in Latin and of ,
—
w h ich i s wo rthy of mention that of the Brethren o f the
Cro ss ( Kreu zb ru e d er) or D evotee s o f the Cross ( Kreuz
fromm e) founded by Count Christian von H aug wi tz
,
“
a so ciety which was describ ed by a contemp orary as a
cons p iracy of des p otism against liberty of vice against ,
“ ”
in that it has led to a vicious growth o f high degrees .
1 76 1 ,
introduced into the United States the 3 3 degrees :
they entered France again in 1 8 03 an d were regarded as ,
Th e I l l um i n a ti an d Th e i r E ra .
1 . TH E ILL U M I NA TI
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c i e ty
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o f I lluminism .
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cared only for the ends of the society all else b ein g in his ,
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working on the lines o f the Freemasons o f that day ,
der.
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( 1 8 0 4 1 8 3 )
8 had under him four Grand Vi cars fo rE u rop e ,
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th e memb ers must swear to defend this b elief with th eir
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d es s 1 26 ; h e c l a i m s t o b e P au l th e A p o s tl e 109 ; t h e
h h h
,
,
a re i n c a r n a t i o n of P y th a C ri s t i a n c u rc h ow d e ,
1 27 ve l o p e d 1 15 .
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,
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h
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.
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,
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d i t e P an d em o s .
23 1 ; L u d l am s h o eh l e 23 1 ; ,
A pis , s a c re d h ul l of M em A l l s c h a r a ffi a 23 1
. .
p h i s 1 4 C re t a n m y s t e ri e s 59 .
T h h
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 .
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s aint,m y s ti c a n d t h a u m a ,
b
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,
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B aa l le n es .
40 .
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,
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28 an d w a rr i o rs 1 0; r e l i g i o n
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b
as i l eu s , as i l i s s a, 51 ; E u b 33 sqq
F F
.
m o l p i d a e K e ry t a e 5 1 ; i e ro h G ra c e s , a te s , uri e s 8
h
, ,
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v
d e i l s , 4 0; h
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ei g h go d s , 4 0; w o rs i p , a h
g re a t e r E l e u s i n i a ,
,
5 4 ; p ro St a t e fu n c t i o n , 41 ; ri t u a l
c es s i o n t o E l e u s i s 55 ; m y s an d s a c ri c e , fi
43 ; s e e r s h i p
t a e e p o p t a e , 5 0; t h e M y s t i c
,
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H
,
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G re e k i n i ti ates o f E gy p ti an
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,
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.
s a p er
c al l ed al s o e ra p e u t a e , 9 5 ;
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ri t e s of ad m is s ion , 96 ; s o n a ge 209
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t w ee n th e G re c i a n mys H v ea en an d
E a rt as go d s 7 h
fe r i e s a n d C r i s t i a n i s m 98 h . . H ll e e n i c m y s t e ri e s , 45 s q q
E ve r g e t e s , l e a g u e o f 227 an a n o m al y , 47 ; E uri p i d es ,
h i s p r a i s e o f t h e m y s t e ri e s ,
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,
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,
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g a n i z a ti o n 1 80; r s t g ra n d fi d e g re e s , 203 ; L e rn a i s ( M a r
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, . S b v ,
c re e d 18 1 : i n s t i tu t i o n o f t h e 205 s q q ; fa n t a s t i c ti tl es
h h h
.
.
t re e d e g r e e s , 1 8 2 ; d i ffu s i o n K n i g t o f t h e C o c k c a fe r ,
o f t h e o r d e r , 1 83 ; i t s a i m s , e tc 206 ; J o n A u g h
t a rk S
v T
.
1 84 ; s i g n s , r i t u a l sym ol s, , b i n e n t s c l e ri c a l e m p l a ri s m ,
1 8 6 ; g ra n d an d p a rti c u l a r 207 ; Gu g o m o s t ra c e s th e
l o d g e s , 1 8 7 ; wo m e n n o t a d
’
h i gh d e g re e s a ck to b
m i t t e d to th e l o d g e , 1 90 M o se s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 209
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a o ns of a n ci en t m y s ti c Mit ra s w o rs i m p o rt e d
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,
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23 2 : b
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,
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ni t i a te s 5; i n i t i a ti o n i n to 7 0; M i t r a s c o up l ed w i th
,
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a g re u s an d A t ti s , a n d th e
co m p o u n d d e i ty c a l l e d S a
I s t a r, Ch al d a e a n g o d d e s s , h er b azius 7 0; i n i t i a t i o n
,
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t h e S a a i a n m y s t e ri e s
in to
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re a l m
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.
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,
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91
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sed
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s r o r cl u bs 85 ; ,
m a d e go d s 17 .
be c a m e n e s t s o f m e n d i c an t s
Klob b e r g o l l .
3 7 .
a d n s wi n d le s r 85
Kn i gge, B a ro n A dolf vo n ,
O s i r i s m y s t e ri e s o f 14
fo u n d e r o f l l u m i n i s m , 21 ; I ,
a p o s t at i es z .
225 h
P a n t ei s m o f B r a h m a n s 34
K n i g h t s T e m p l a r , 1 29 s q q ; .
h
P e r s e p o n e ra p e o f , 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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h h H h h
.
w l t d p o w e r 1 3 4 ; P ilo , el l e n i s t J ewi s
e a a n ,
p il
s e c re t a i m s a n d c ry p t i c b e o so p h er . 94 .
l i e fs 1 3 5 ; c o n t e m p t fo r t h e P l a to i n E gy p t 22
h
.
,
c ro s s , 1 3 6 ; w o rs h i p o f an P l u t a rc on E g y p ti an re
i d o l 13 8 ; a c c u s e d o f
,
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n ui s i ti o n 1 41 ; m a n y c o n P o s ei d o n
h
,
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,
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,
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.
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I ND E X
ma th em a t i c a l s ci e n ce , a s t ro O rd e r A rg o n a u t s , i h ; o f
of .
no m i ca l k n o wl e d g e , 77 ; t h e M u s t a rd s e e d , 1 9 5 ; o f t h e
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.
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,
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h
.
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i b ; t h e o rd e r cl a i m e d t o b e b e rtu s M a g n u s , 1 69 ; u s a g e s ,
h
.
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o rd e r o f th e H
o s p i t a l ers 1 7 7 . t i l i t y t o e cc l e s i a s t i c i s m , 1 7 2
R o s i c ru c i a n i s m , t h e n e w , s to n e m a s o n s an d o th er
211 sqq .
c r a ft s m e n in r a n ce , 1 73 F
sqq ; th e olomo nic my t , S h
v
.
1 74 ; ri a l o rg a n i a t i o n s z
S a b a z i u-
s : s ee M it h ra s C o m p ag n o n n ag es , 175 ; E n g
S
.
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h
.
l is hs t o n em a s o n s , 176 s q .
S a m o t ra c e m y s t e r i e s o f; 5 7
b
,
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s e r a n ce v sqq
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. .
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°
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.
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a t y rs . .
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. .
c u a rt , J o h n C h r i s t i p ro s o n ry , 201 23 3 ; s ee
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fra u d 206
S e c re t L
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ag es . 36
S e c re t S o ci e tie s , m i s c el l a n e W e i s haup t A d am , fa t e r o f h
W o o d s p l i t t e rs Il l
,
o us : Th e 1 92 um i n i s m 21 6 s q q
H S
, .
Ord er o f o p e , 1 93 ; o f ai n t
J 0n a t h a n ( o r J o ac hi m) , 194 ; Z a ra t h u s t ro t e m a
-
32
32s q q
.
th e P i l g ri m s Z o ro a s t e r
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