Gary Lee Heinmiller - Onondaga and Oswego Masonic District ...

Free Masonry and the Perennial World Philosophy
1999
Table of Contents
About the author
Preface
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations and Figures
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Introduction
The Hidden Mysteries of Freemasonry.
II Morality, Symbology and Allegory
Section I The Prevailing View.
Section II The Language of Symbol and Allegory.
Section III The Perennial Philosophy
III Operative and Speculative Masonry - Then and Now
Section I Behold.
Section II The Masonic Charioteer.
Theo and the Horse/Lions
Further Light
IV The Ritual of Freemasonry
The Aprons of Blue Lodge.
V Preparation
Section I Passage - The Quarry.
Theo and the Brass Mine
Section II The Preparation Room.
An idealization of the Room and its purpose.
Section III The Door
Theo and the Door
VI Geometry - The ‘Basis’ of Freemasonry
Section I 1∴2∴3∴2∴1 - The Builder’s Art & Divine Proportion
Section II Occurrences of Phi in Contemplative Geometry.
The Double Pentagon and Phi
Relationship of the Five Platonic Solid Edges to Phi
Section III The Point of Masonry - From a Point, to a Line, to a Superfices, to a Solid.
Kaballah - The Tree of Life in KST
Section IV Thor’s Hammer - Another View of the ‘Solid.’
Section V The First Proposition of Euclid and A Perspective of the Vesica Pisces.
Section VI The ‘Six-pointed Three Dimensional Star, by Way of the First Proposition of Euclid.
Section VII Variations on the Square and Triangle - as Found in Operative, Speculative, Royal Arch and Concordant
Masonry.
Section VIII Further Commentary & Speculation - re: Rosslyn Chapel
The Triads of the Sephiroth
Further Observations - Geometric Facts & Speculation
VII The Five Senses and Perception
Section I Life is But a Dream . . .
Scroll I Diversity
Scroll II Choice
Scroll III Whence Arises Thought?
Scroll IV Here and There
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