Masonic Papers

At the end of the lecture the Lodge had resolved to publish it.1 (1) After writing this preface 1 had through the kindness of the author the pleasure of a hasty look at the advanced proofs of the History of Lodge Rising Star of Western India No. [...] -- 31 VI The foundation of the Liberal sciences 43 VII The Inscription of the seven Liberal sciences upon pillars 51 VIII The Legend of Hermes (Haoma) 67 IX The Legend of Babylon and Nimrod 73 X The Legend of Nimrod (Zohak) 80 XI Nimrod and Nineveh 87 XII The Legend of Abraham 90 XIII The Legend of Euclid 91 XIV The Legend of the Temple of Solomon 94 XV The Legend of Maymus Greens and Charles Mvt [...] This criticism has shown that there is a good deal of anachronism in the legendary history which connects the history of the Institution with the early Hebrew Patriarchs and with King Solomon that the legendary history does not give the true state of affairs as to its origin that the real cradle of the institution was Rome that it began in the early times of the Roman rule and that the modern [...] the period of the transition from the state of operation into that of speculation from the state of Operative Masonry to that of Speculative) began in the 17th century and the development came in the early part of the 18th century. [...] " The most important of the myths and legends now taught the Lodges or prserved in the works of Masonic writers—those that are still recognized by the more credulous portion of the Fraternity as genuine and authentic narratives—receive their first notice in the Legend of the Croft.''' We will treat the subject of the Legendary History under four heads : A. The olti Manuscripts of the Legend of