Mystic masonry, or, The symbols of freemasonry and the greater ...

The Secret Doctrine. 117
CHAPTER IV.
THE SECRET DOCTRINE.
"The true Mason is a practical Philosopher who,
under religious emblems, in all ages adopted by
wisdom, builds upon plans traced by nature and
reason the moral edifice of Knowledge."* "As
Grand Master of all Symbolic Lodges, it is your especial
duty to aid in restoring Masonry to its primitive
purity."t
"Among all the ancient nations there was one
faith and one idea of Deity for the enlightened,
intelligent, and educated, and another for the
common people. To this rule the Hebrews were
no exception.''^ "It (Masonry) is philosophical, because
it teaches the great Truths concerning the
nature and existence of one Supreme Deity, and the
existence and immortality of the soul."|| "The
•Morals and Dogma, p. 268. t Ibid.
$Ibid. 303. I [Ibid. 221.