THE ARCANE SCHOOLS - Fort Myers Beach Masonic Lodge No. 362

[14] Here again the literature is voluminous, but not entirely
satisfactory. A most interesting book is _Signs and Symbols of
Primordial Man_, by Churchward, in that it surveys the symbolism of the
race always with reference to its Masonic suggestion. Vivid and popular
is _Symbols and Legends of Freemasonry_, by Finlayson, but he often
strains facts in order to stretch them over wide gaps of time. Dr.
Mackey's _Symbolism of Freemasonry_, though written more than sixty
years ago, remains a classic of the order. Unfortunately the lectures
of Albert Pike on _Symbolism_ are not accessible to the general reader,
for they are rich mines of insight and scholarship, albeit betraying
his partisanship of the Indo-Aryan race. Many minor books might be
named, but we need a work brought up to date and written in the light
of recent research.
[15] Exod. 20:25.
[16] _Antiquities of Cornwall_, Borlase.
[17] _Lost Language of Symbolism_, Bayley, chap, xviii; also in the
Bible, Deut. 32:18, II Sam. 22:3, 32, Psa. 28:1, Matt. 16:18, I Cor.
10:4.
[18] _Tree and Pillar Cult_, Sir Arthur Evans.
[19] I Sam. 2:8, Psa. 75:8, Job 26:7, Rev. 3:12.
[20] _Freemasonry in China_, Giles. Also Gould, _His. Masonry_, vol. i,
chap. i.
[21] _Chinese Classics_, by Legge, i, 219-45.
[22] Essay by Chaloner Alabaster, _Ars Quatuor Coronatorum_, vol. ii,
121-24. It is not too much to say that the Transactions of this Lodge
of Research are the richest storehouse of Masonic lore in the world.
[23] Matt. 16:18, Eph. 2:20-22, I Cor. 2:9-17. Woman is the house and
wall of man, without whose bounding and redeeming influence he would be
dissipated and lost (Song of Solomon 8:10). So also by the mystics
(_The Perfect Way_).
[24] Heb. 3:4.
[25] Isa. 28:16.
[26] Psa. 118:22, Matt. 21:42.
[27] I Pet. 2:5.
[28] Prov. 8:27-30, Revised Version.
[29] Amos 7:7, 8.
[30] Ezk. 48:20.
[31] Rev. 21:16.
[32] Rev. 3:12.