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

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less aware of these facts, and of the great difficulty
attending all efforts to recover the Lost Word, and
to rebuild the City and Temple of the Lord,—
glyph that has many meanings. The author of
this book desires to aid all that he can in this noble
and glorious undertaking.
In the effort to bring about such a result it is not
contemplated that any innovations whatever should
be introduced into Masonry as now organized. If
the sublime philosophy which is the heritage of
Masonry shall become universally diffused and rendered
capable of apprehension by all intelligent
persons, not only among Masons, but everywhere,
its beneficent influence may thus become universal
among men. In this way may be hastened the rise
of that Great "Republic of which every Nation is
a family, and every individual a child."
It will be very naturally questioned whether any
thing can be definitely ascertained regarding the
Greater Mysteries of Antiquity, inasmuch as they
were always concealed, never revealed to the profane,
never published to the world, and only recorded
in glyph, parable and allegory. It has already
been shown that all attempts to discover the
real secret by running backward from parable and
allegory have resulted in confusion and discourage-