James Anderson - The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734)
Edition of the the first Masonic book printed in America, which was originally produced in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin in 1734, and was a reprint of a work by James Anderson (who is identified as the author in an appendix) printed in London in 1723. This is the seminal work of American Masonry, edited and published by one of the founding fathers, and of great importance to the development of colonial society and the formation of the Republic. The work contains a 40-page history of Masonry: from Adam to the reign of King George I, including, among others, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Solomon, Hiram Abif, Nebuchadnezzar, Augustus Caesar, Vitruvius, King Athelstan the Saxon, Inigo Jones, and James I of England. It is a celebration of the science of Geometry and the Royal Art of Architecture. The work also includes five songs, one of which—“A New Song”—appears in print for the first time and may have been composed by Franklin.
51 page, 0.98 MB, PDF.
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Cornelius Moore - The Craftsman and Freemason's Guide (1854)
Containing a delineation of the ritual of Freemasonry, with the emblems and explanations so arranged as greatly to facilitate in acquiring a knowledge of the rites and ceremonies of the several Degrees, from Entered Apprentice to that of Select Master, and the Order of Priesthood.
340 pages, 19.6 MB, PDF. Scan.
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A. S. MacBride - Speculative Masonry, Its Mission, Its Evolution and Its Landmarks (1914)
CONTENTS
PART I: THE MISSION OF SPECULATIVE MASONRY
CHAPTER I: THE MISSION GENERALLY CONSIDERED
1. The Meaning of the Words "Mission" and “Masonry"
2. The Quest of the Ideal
3. The Variation of the Ideal
4. T he Masonic Ideal
5. The Nature of the Mission
6. Is Masonry To-day True to Its Mission?
II: THE LAW OF THE SQUARE
1. The Law of the Square in Nature
2. The Law of the Square in Material Building
3. The Law of the Square in Moral Building
4. The Law of the Square in the Point Within the Circle. ...
5. The Law of the Square in the Cross
6. Summary of the Law of the Square
III: THE QUARRIES, OR THE SELECTION OF THE MATERIAL
1. The Material Suitable
2. The Quarries Available
3. The Process of Selection
IV: THE LODGE, OR THE PREPARATION OF THE MATERIAL
1. The Nature of Its Work
2. Its Relation to Religion
3. Its Relation to the Outer World
4. Its Ideal Plan
5. Its Course of Instruction
6. Its Chief End
V: THE TEMPLE, OR THE CONSUMMATION OF THE MISSION
1. Retrospect and Prospect
2. The Temple of King Solomon,
3. The Ideal Temple
PART II: THE EVOLUTION OF SPECULATIVE MASONRY
CHAPTER I: ORIGINS ASCRIBED TO MASONRY
1. The Historical Difficulties,
2. Some of the Theories Advanced
3. Its Evolution Most Likely Along the Lines of Operative Building
II: ANCIENT SYMBOLISM AND MYSTERIES
1. Antiquity of Masonic Symbolism
2. The Ancient Mysteries
III: THE ROMAN COLLEGIA AND MEDIEVAL GUILDS
1. The Roman Collegia,
2. Identity of the Collegia with the Guilds in England
3. Identity of the Collegia with the Guilds in France.
IV: THE FRENCH COMPANIONAGE
1. The Three Organisations and Their Traditions
2. Interesting Customs and Rules
3. The “Wolves" of the Sons of Solomon and the Masonic “Lewis"
4. Similarities of the Companionage and Freemasonry
V: THE GERMAN STEIN-METZEN
1. The Name and Origin of the Organisation
2. The Culdees
3. The German Guilds and Stein-Metzen
VI: THE OLD BRITISH LODGES
1. The Old Charges
2. The Speculative Element in the Old Lodges
3. Degrees in the Old Lodges
VII: SUMMARY
1. Characteristic Points Common to the Organisations Considered
2. Conclusion
PART III: THE LANDMARKS OF SPECULATIVE MASONRY
CHAPTER I: THE NATURE AND DIVISIONS OF THE LANDMARKS
1. What Landmarks Are
2. The Divisions of the Landmarks
3. First Division, Section A.-A Secret Mode of Recognition by Its Members
4. First Division, Section B.-The Tyling of the Lodge
5. First Division, Section C.-The Qualifications of Candidates
6. Second Division, Section C.-The Conditions of Advancement
7. Third Division, Section A.-The Principal Points in “Opening," and in “Closing" a Lodge
8. Third Division, Section B.-The Principal Points in “Entering," "Passing," and “Raising"
9. Fourth Division, Section B.-The Powers and Duties of the Master, and Officers, and of the Lodge
II: MISCONCEPTIONS REGARDING THE LANDMARKS
1. That the Landmarks Are Fixed and Unalterable
2. That the Landmarks Fix the Lodge Ceremonies Verbatim et Literatim
3. How Misconceptions Have Been Formed,
III: THE LANDMARKS AND PROGRESS
1. The Landmarks No Hindrance to Progress
2. The Teachings of History and Nature
3. The Temple of Brotherhood and Peace is the Great Landmark
APPENDIX
PART I: THE MISSION OF SPECULATIVE MASONRY
The Law of the Square in the Cross
The Temple of King Solomon
The Pillars
PART II: THE EVOLUTION OF SPECULATIVE MASONRY
The Historical Difficulties
INDEX
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Thomas Paine - On the Origin of Free-Masonry (1810)
It is always understood that Freemasons have a secret which they carefully conceal; but from everything that can be collected from their own accounts of Masonry, their real secret is no other than their origin, which but few of them understand; and those who do, envelop it in mystery.
The Society of Masons are distinguished into three classes or degrees. 1st. The Entered Apprentice. 2d. The Fellow Craft. 3d. The Master Mason.
The Entered Apprentice knows but little more of Masonry than the use of signs and tokens, and certain steps and words by which Masons can recognize each other without being discovered by a person who is not a Mason. The Fellow Craft is not much better instructed in Masonry, than the Entered Apprentice. It is only in the Master Mason's Lodge, that whatever knowledge remains of the origin of Masonry is preserved and concealed.
44 pages, 4.54 MB, PDF. Scan.
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Ritual of the Independent Order of Good Templars for Subordinate Lodges (1864)
The IOGT Internatinal (formerly known as the International Organisation of Good Templars and International Order of Good Templars and the Independent Order of Good Templars) is an international non-governmental organisation working in the field of temperance. It is based in Sweden, a country which had very strict alcohol policies and laws in the past.
The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organisations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modelled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race.
56 pages, 2.98 MB, PDF. Scan.
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J.S.M. Ward - The Masonic Handbook Series
176 pages, 1.18 MB, PDF.
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Samuel L. Knapp - The Genius of Masonry,
or A Defence of the Order, containing some remarks on the origin and history; the uses and abuses of the science, with some notices of other secret societies in the United States, in Three Lectures (1828)
118 pages, 6.8 MB, PDF. Scan.
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John Sherer - The Masonic Ladder or the Nine Steps to Ancient Freemasonry (1876)
Being a practical exhibit, in prose and verse, of the moral precepts, traditions, scriptural instructions and allegories of the degrees of entered apprentice, fellow craft, master mason, mark master, past master, most excellent master, royal arch mason, royal master and select master.
286 pages, 37 MB, PDF. Scan.
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George Oliver - The Star in the East (1825)
The Star in the East, Shewing the Analogy Which Exists Between the Lectures of Freemasonry, the Mechanism of Initiation Into Its Mysteries, and the Christian Religion.
205 pages, 3.22 MB, PDF. Scan.
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