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<p>THE LOST KEYS OF FREEMASONRY or The Secret of Hiram Abiff by MANLY
P. HALL</p>
<p>PUBLISHER'S FOREWORD</p>
@ -41,13 +40,13 @@ which eighteen thousand copies have been printed since it first
appeared a few years ago, have brought the present revised and
rearranged edition into being. The text can be read with profit by
both new and old Mason, for within its pages lies an interpretation
of <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> symbolism which supplements the monitorial instruction
of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> symbolism which supplements the monitorial instruction
usually given in the lodges.
The leading <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> scholars of all times have agreed that the
The leading <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> scholars of all times have agreed that the
symbols of the Fraternity are susceptible of the most profound
interpretation and thus reveal to the truly initiated certain
secrets concerning the spiritual realities of life. <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is
secrets concerning the spiritual realities of life. <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is
therefore more than a mere social organization a few centuries old,
and can be regarded as a perpetuation of the philosophical
mysteries and initiations of the ancients. This is in keeping with
@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ the inner tradition of the Craft, a heritage from pre-Revival days.</p>
<p>The present volume will appeal to the thoughtful Mason as an
inspiring work, for it satisfies the yearning for further light and
leads the initiate to that Sanctum Sanctorum where the mysteries
are revealed. The book is a contribution to <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> idealism,
are revealed. The book is a contribution to <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> idealism,
revealing the profounder aspects of our ancient and gentle
Fraternity - those unique and distinctive features which have
proved a constant inspiration through the centuries.</p>
@ -124,19 +123,19 @@ holies. Not initiated into the physical craft, he declares the
secret doctrine that all may hear.
With vivid allegory and profound philosophical disquisition he
expounds the sublime teachings of <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, older than all
expounds the sublime teachings of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, older than all
religions, as universal as human aspiration.</p>
<p>It is well. Blessed are the eyes that see, and the ears that hear,
and the heart that understands.</p>
<p>
INTRODUCTION</p>
<p>
<span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, though not a religion, is essentially religious. Most
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, though not a religion, is essentially religious. Most
of its legends and allegories are of a sacred nature; much of it is
woven into the structure of <span class="NORP">Christianity</span>. We have learned to
woven into the structure of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Christianity</span>. We have learned to
consider our own religion as the only inspired one, and this
probably accounts for much of the misunderstanding in the world
today concerning the place occupied by <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> in the spiritual
today concerning the place occupied by <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> in the spiritual
ethics of our race. A religion is a divinely inspired code of
morals. A religious person is one inspired to nobler livi ng by
this code. He is identified by the code which is his source of
@ -305,13 +304,13 @@ building more noble structures in the universe below. All who are
attempting to attain mastery through constructive efforts are
Masons at heart, regardless of religious sect or belief. A Mason
is not necessarily a member of a lodge. In a broad sense, he is
any person who daily tries to live the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> life, and to serve
intelligently the needs of the Great Architect. The <span class="NORP">Masonic</span>
any person who daily tries to live the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> life, and to serve
intelligently the needs of the Great Architect. The <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span>
brother pledges himself to assist all other temple-builders in
whatever extremity of life; and in so doing he pled ges himself to
every living thing, for they are all temple-builders, building more
noble structures to the glory of the universal God.</p>
<p>The true <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge is a Mystery School, a place where
<p>The true <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge is a Mystery School, a place where
candidates are taken out of the follies and foibles of the world
and instructed in the mysteries of life, relationships, and the
identity of that germ of spiritual essence within, which is, in
@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ gleaming jewel which he must enshrine within a holy temple built by
the labor of his hands, the meditation of his heart, and the
aspiration of his soul.
<span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is a philosophy which is essentially creedless. It is
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is a philosophy which is essentially creedless. It is
the truer for it. Its brothers bow to truth regardless of the
bearer; they serve light, instead of wrangling over the one who
brings it. In this way they prove that they are seeking to know
@ -521,23 +520,23 @@ Spirit of God may come and dwell among His people, sanctified and
ordained according to His law.</p>
<p>CHAPTER I</p>
<p>THE ETERNAL QUEST</p>
<p>The average Mason, as well as the modern student of <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> ideals,
<p>The average Mason, as well as the modern student of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> ideals,
little realizes the cosmic obligation he takes upon himself when he
begins his search for the sacred truths of Nature as they are
concealed in the ancient and modern rituals. He must not lightly
regard his vows, and if he would not bring upon himself years and
ages of suffering he must cease to consider <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> solely as a
ages of suffering he must cease to consider <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> solely as a
social order only a few centuries old. He must realize that the
ancient mystic teachings as perpetuated in the mo dern rites are
sacred, and that powers unseen and unrecognized mold the destiny of
those who consciously and of their own free will take upon
themselves the obligations of the Fraternity.</p>
<p>
<span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is not a material thing: it is a science of the soul;
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is not a material thing: it is a science of the soul;
it is not a creed or doctrine but a universal expression of the
Divine Wisdom.* The coming together of medieval guilds or even the
building of Solomon's temple as it is understood today has little,
if anything, to do with the true origin of <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, for Masonry
if anything, to do with the true origin of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, for Masonry
does not deal with personalities. In its highest sense, it is
neither historical nor archaeological, but is a divine symbolic
language perpetuating under certain concrete symbols the sacred
@ -547,7 +546,7 @@ feeling, and better living, with the spiritual attainment of
enlightenment as the end, and with the daily life of the true Mason
as the means, have gained even the slightest insight into the true
mysteries of the ancient rites.</p>
<p>The age of the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> school is not to be calculated by hundreds
<p>The age of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> school is not to be calculated by hundreds
or even thousands of years, for it never had any origin in the
worlds of form. The world as we see it is merely an experimental
laboratory in which man is laboring to build and express greater
@ -561,10 +560,10 @@ of illumined minds.</p>
globes and orbs which focus their energies upon mankind and mold
its destiny do so in an orderly manner, each in its own way and
place, and it is the working of these mystic hierarchies in the
universe which forms the pattern around which the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> school
universe which forms the pattern around which the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> school
has been built, for the true lodge of the Mason is the universe.
Freed of limitations of creed and sect, he stands a master of all
faiths, and those who take up the study of <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> witho ut
faiths, and those who take up the study of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> witho ut
realizing the depth, the beauty, and the spiritual power of its
philosophy can never gain anything of permanence from their
studies. The age of the Mystery Schools can be traced by the
@ -586,22 +585,22 @@ crystallized ritual, those who have not liberated the spiritual
germ from the shell of empty words, are not Masons, regardless of
their physical degrees and outward honors.</p>
<p>In the work we are taking up it is not the intention to dwell upon
the modern concepts of the Craft but to consider <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> as it
the modern concepts of the Craft but to consider <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> as it
really is to those who know, a great cosmic organism whose true
brothers and children are tied together not by spoken oaths but by
lives so lived that they are capable of seeing through the blank
wall and opening the window which is now concealed by the rubbish
of materiality. When this is done and the mysteries of the
universe unfold before the aspiring candidate, then in t ruth he
discovers what <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> really is. Its material aspects
discovers what <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> really is. Its material aspects
interest him no longer for he has unmasked the Mystery School which
he is capable of recognizing only when he himself has spiritually
become a member of it.</p>
<p>Those who have examined and studied its ancient lore have no doubt
that <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, like the universe itself, which is the greatest
that <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, like the universe itself, which is the greatest
of all schools, deals with the unfolding of a three-fold principle;
for all the universe is governed by the same three kings who are
called the builders of the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> temple. They are not
called the builders of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> temple. They are not
personalities but principles, great intelligent energies and powers
which in God, man, and the universe have charge of the molding of
cosmic substance into the habitation of the living king , the
@ -615,23 +614,23 @@ duty or rather a privilege which he owed to his God, to his
brother, and to himself. He knew that certain steps must be taken
and that his temple must be built according to the plan. Today it
seems that the plan is lost, however, for in the majority of cases
<span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is no longer an operative art but is merely a
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is no longer an operative art but is merely a
speculative idea until each brother, reading the mystery of hi s
symbols and pondering over the beautiful allegories unfolded in his
ritual, realizes that he himself contains the keys and the plans so
long lost to his Craft and that if he would ever learn <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span>
long lost to his Craft and that if he would ever learn <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span>
he must unlock its doors with the key wrought from the base metals
of his own being.</p>
<p>True <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is esoteric; it is not a thing of this world. All
<p>True <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is esoteric; it is not a thing of this world. All
that we have here is a link, a doorway, through which the student
may pass into the unknown. <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> has nothing to do with
may pass into the unknown. <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> has nothing to do with
things of form save that it realizes form is molded by and
manifests the life it contains. Consequently the student is
seeking so to mold his life that the form will glorify the God
whose temple he is slowly building as he awakens one by one the
workmen within himself and directs them to carry out the plan that
h as been given him out of heaven.</p>
<p>So far as it is possible to discover, ancient <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> and the
<p>So far as it is possible to discover, ancient <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> and the
beautiful cosmic allegories that it teaches, perpetuated through
hundreds of lodges and ancient mysteries, forms the oldest of the
Mystery Schools;* and its preser-</p>
@ -641,7 +640,7 @@ these mysteries was initiated into the mysteries of Nature and the
arcane side of natural law.</p>
<p>vation through the ages has not depended upon itself as an exoteric
body of partly evolved individuals but upon a concealed
brotherhood, the exoteric side of <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span>. All the great
brotherhood, the exoteric side of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span>. All the great
mystery, Schools have hierarchies upon the spiritual planes of
Nature which are expressing themselves in this world through creeds
and organizations. The true student seeks to lift himself from the
@ -665,7 +664,7 @@ the mystic spiritual rituals of all the Mystery S chools in the
world, and if he would fill his place i n the plan he must not
enter this sacred study for what he can get out of it but that he
may learn how to serve.</p>
<p>In <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is concealed the mystery of creation, the answer to
<p>In <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is concealed the mystery of creation, the answer to
the problem of existence, and the path the student must tread in
order to join those who are really the living powers behind the
thrones of modern national and international affairs. The true
@ -678,18 +677,18 @@ in the sacred Mysteries or that his being a member of an
organization improves him in any way. He must realize that his
duty is to build and evolve the sacred teachings in his own being:
that nothing but his own purified being can unlock the door to the
sealed libraries of human consciousness, and that his <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> rites
sealed libraries of human consciousness, and that his <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> rites
must eternally be speculative until he makes them opera tive by
living the life of the mystic Mason. His ka rmic responsibilities
increase with his opportunities. Those who are surrounded with
knowledge and opportunity for self-improvement and make nothing of
these opportunities are the lazy workmen who will be spiritually,
if not physically, cast out of the temple of the king.</p>
<p>The <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> order is not a mere social organization, but is
<p>The <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> order is not a mere social organization, but is
composed of all those who have banded themselves together to learn
and apply the principles of mysticism and the occult rites. They
are (or should be) philosophers, sages and sober-minded individuals
who have dedicated thernselves upon the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> altar and vowed by
who have dedicated thernselves upon the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> altar and vowed by
all they hold dear that the world shall be better, wiser, and
happier because they have lived. Those who enter these mystic
rites and pass between the pillars seeking either prestige or
@ -710,7 +709,7 @@ Only those are truly Masons who enter their temple in reverence,
who seek not the ephemeral things of life but the treasures which
are eternal, whose sole desire is to know the true mystery of the
Craft that they may join as honest workmen those who have gone
before as builders of the Universal Temple. The <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> ritual is
before as builders of the Universal Temple. The <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> ritual is
not a ceremony, but a life to be lived. Those alone are truly
Masons who, dedicating their lives and their fortunes upo n the a
ltar of the living flame, undertake the construction of the one
@ -805,7 +804,7 @@ true place in the Great Plan of cosmic unfoldment.</p>
<p>It is this great yearning within the heart of man which sends him
slowly onward toward the gate of the Temple; it is this inner urge
for greater understanding and greater light which brought into
being through the law of necessity the great cosmic <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge
being through the law of necessity the great cosmic <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge
dedicated to those seeking union with the Powers of Light that
their prison walls might be removed. This shell cannot be
discarded: it must be raised into union with the Life; each dead,
@ -819,7 +818,7 @@ constructive thought, emotion, and action liberates the higher
nature from bodies which in their crystallized states are incapa
ble of giving him his natural opportunities.
In <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> this crystallized substance of matter is called the
In <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> this crystallized substance of matter is called the
grave and represents the Holy Sepulchre. This is the grave within
which the lost Builder lies and with Him are the plans of the
Temple and the Master's Word, and it is this builder, our Grand
@ -955,17 +954,17 @@ must be considered, not merely those of the physical world but also
those of the spiritual world.</p>
<p>The Mason must realize that his true initiation is a spiritual and
not a physical ritual, and that his initiation into the living
temple of the spiritual hierarchy regulating <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> may not
temple of the spiritual hierarchy regulating <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> may not
occur until years after he has taken the physical degree, or
spiritually he may be a Grand Master before he comes into the
world. There are probably few instances in the history of
<span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> where the spiritual ordination of the aspiring seeker
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> where the spiritual ordination of the aspiring seeker
took place at the same time as the physical initiation, because the
t rue initiation depends upon the cultivation of certain soul
qualities - an individual and personal matter which is left
entirely to the volition of the mystic Mason and which he must
carry out in silence and alone.</p>
<p>The court of the tabernacle of the ancient Jews was divided into
<p>The court of the tabernacle of the ancient <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span> was divided into
three parts: the outer court, the holy place, and the most Holy of
Holies. These three divisions represent the three grand divisions
of human consciousness. The degree of Entered Apprentice is
@ -1132,9 +1131,9 @@ advanced degree.</p>
<p>The Mason must realize that his innermost motives are the index of
his real self, and those who allow social position, financial or
business considerations or selfish and materialistic ideals, to
lead them into the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> Brotherhood have thereby automatically
lead them into the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> Brotherhood have thereby automatically
separated themselves from the Craft. They can never do any harm to
<span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> by joining because they cannot get in. Ensconced within
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> by joining because they cannot get in. Ensconced within
the lodge, they may feel that they have deceived the Grand Master
of the Universe, but when the spiritual lodge me ets to carry on
the true work of the Craft, they are disqualified and absent.
@ -1313,7 +1312,7 @@ consciousness. Time is the differentiation of eternity devised by
man to measure the passage of human events. On the spiritual
planes of Nature it is the space or distance between the s tages of
spiritual growth and hence is not m easurable by material means.
Many a child comes into this world a Grand Master of the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span>
Many a child comes into this world a Grand Master of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span>
School, while many a revered and honored brother passes silently to
rest without having gained admittance to its gate. The Master
Mason is one whose life is full, pressed down and brimming over
@ -1366,7 +1365,7 @@ is found the missing stone."</p>
The divine is liberated from its cube; heart and mind alike are
liberated from the symbol of mortality, and as emotion and thought
they unite for the glorification of the greatest and the highest.
Then the <span class="LOC">Sun</span> and <span class="LOC">Moon</span> are united and the Hermetic Degree is
Then the <span class="LOC" title="LOC">Sun</span> and <span class="LOC" title="LOC">Moon</span> are united and the Hermetic Degree is
consummated.</p>
<p>The Master Mason is afforded opportunities far beyond the reach of
ordinary man, but he must not fail to realize that with every
@ -1448,7 +1447,7 @@ becomes a Master Mason, chosen out of the world to be an active
worker in the name of the Great Architect. It is there alone,
unseen by mortal eyes, that the Greater Degrees are given and there
the soul radiating the light of Spirit becomes a living; star in
the blue canopy of the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> lodge.</p>
the blue canopy of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> lodge.</p>
<p>TRANSMUTATION</p>
<p>Masonry is eternal truth, personified, idealized, and yet made
simple. Eternal truth alone can serve it. Virtue is its priest,
@ -1536,7 +1535,7 @@ all spiritual truth. All true Masons know that they only are
heathen who, having great ideals, do not live up to them. Th ey
know that all religions are but one story told in divers ways for
peoples whose ideals differ but whose great purpose is in harmony
with <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> ideals. <span class="PERSON">North</span>, east, south and west stretch the
with <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> ideals. <span class="LOC" title="LOC">North</span>, east, south and west stretch the
diversities of human thought, and while the ideals of man
apparently differ, when all is said and the crystallization of form
with its false concepts is swept away, one basic truth remains: all
@ -1549,7 +1548,7 @@ which he has lost because he failed to work for them. He must
become a student of human nature and see in those around him the
unfolding and varying expressions of one connected spiritual
Intelligence. The great spiritual ritual of his lodge is enacted
before him in every action of his fellow man. The entire <span class="NORP">Masonic</span>
before him in every action of his fellow man. The entire <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span>
initiation is an open secret, for anyone can see it played ou t on
the city street corners as well as in the untracked wilderness.
The Mason has sworn that every day he will extract from life its
@ -1587,7 +1586,7 @@ that those most useful to the Plan are those who have gained the
most from the practical experiences of life. It is not what goes
on within the tiled lodge which is the basis of his greatness, but
rather the way in which he meets the problems of daily life. The
true <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> student is known by his brotherly a ctions and common
true <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> student is known by his brotherly a ctions and common
sense.</p>
<p>Every Mason knows that a broken vow brings with it a terrible
penalty. Let him also realize that failure to live mentally,
@ -1608,14 +1607,14 @@ action is a living curse; a narrow mind is a strang le-cord around
the throat of God.</p>
<p>All true Masons know that their work is not secret, but they
realize that it must remain unknown to all who do not live the true
<span class="NORP">Masonic</span> life. Yet if the so-called secrets of <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> were
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> life. Yet if the so-called secrets of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> were
shouted from the housetops, the Fraternity would be absolutely
safe; for certain spiritual qualities are necessary before the real
<span class="NORP">Masonic</span> secrets can be understood by the brethren themselves. Hence
it is that the alleged "exposures" of <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, printed by the
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> secrets can be understood by the brethren themselves. Hence
it is that the alleged "exposures" of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span>, printed by the
thousands and tens of thousands since 1730 down to the present
hour, cannot injure the Fraternity. They reveal merely the outward
forms and ceremonies of <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span>. Only those who have been
forms and ceremonies of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span>. Only those who have been
weighed in the balance and found to be true, upright, and square
have prepared themselves by their own growth to appreciate the
inner meanings of their Craft. To the rest of their brethren
@ -1623,7 +1622,7 @@ within or without the lodge their sacred rituals must remain, as
Shakespeare might have said, "Words, words, words." Within the
Mason's own being is concealed the Power, which, blazi ng forth
from his purified being, constitutes the Builder's Word. His life
is the sole password which admits him to the true <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge.
is the sole password which admits him to the true <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge.
His spiritual urge is the sprig of acacia which, through the
darkness of ignorance, still proves that the spiritual fire is
alight. Within himself he must build those qualities which will
@ -1663,17 +1662,17 @@ Brother is always noted for his simplicity.</p>
through ages of self-purification and spiritual transmutation.
There are thousands of Masons who are brethren in name only, for
their failure to exemplify the ideals of their Craft makes them
unresponsive to the teachings and purpose of <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span>. The
<span class="NORP">Masonic</span> life forms the first key of the Temple and without this
unresponsive to the teachings and purpose of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span>. The
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> life forms the first key of the Temple and without this
key, none of the doors can be opened. When this fact is better
realized and lived, <span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> will awake, and speak the Word s o
realized and lived, <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> will awake, and speak the Word s o
long withheld. The speculative Craft will then become operative,
and the Ancient Wisdom so long concealed will rise from the ruins
of its temple as the greatest spiritual truth yet revealed to man.</p>
<p>The true Master Mason recognizes the value of seeking for truth
wherever he can find it. It makes no difference if it be in the
enemy's camp; if it be truth, he will go there gladly to secure it.
The <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge is universal; therefore all true Masons will seek
The <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge is universal; therefore all true Masons will seek
through the extremities of creation for their Light. The true
brother of the Craft knows and applies one great paradox. He must
search for the high things in lowly places and find the lowly
@ -1721,7 +1720,7 @@ it was lost among the wilderness of pillars. From the massive
walls the impassive faces of gods unnamed looked down upon the
silent files of priests who kept alight the altar fires, whose
feeble glow alone alighted the massive chambeors throughout the
darkness of an <span class="NORP">Egyptian</span> night. It was a weird, impressive scene,
darkness of an <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Egyptian</span> night. It was a weird, impressive scene,
and the flickering lights sent strange, ghostly forms scurrying
among the piles of granite which rose like mighty altars from the
darkness below to be lost in the shadows above.</p>
@ -1780,7 +1779,7 @@ his arms, and extended them across his chest in salutation. In one
hand he carried a cross with a ring as the upper arm and this he
proffered to the priest. Aradamas stood in silence as the high
priest, raising his sceptre to one of the great stone figures,
addressed an invocation to the <span class="LOC">Sun</span>-God of the universe. This
addressed an invocation to the <span class="LOC" title="LOC">Sun</span>-God of the universe. This
finished, he then addressed the youthful figure as follows:</p>
<p>"Aradamas, you seek to know the mystery of creation, you ask that
the divine illumination of the Thrice-Greatest and the wisdom that
@ -1807,7 +1806,7 @@ he was lost to sight among the massive pillars beyond the shent
span that divided the living from the dead. Then slowly falling on
his knees before the gigantic statue of Ra and raising his eyes to
the shadows that through the long night conceal ed the face of the
<span class="LOC">Sun</span>-God, he prayed that the youth might pass from the darkness of
<span class="LOC" title="LOC">Sun</span>-God, he prayed that the youth might pass from the darkness of
the temple pillars to the light he sought.</p>
<p>It seemed that for a second a glow played around the face of the
enormous statue and a strange hush of peace filled the ancient
@ -1816,7 +1815,7 @@ lamp and walked slowly away. His beacon of light shone fainter and
fainter in the distance, and finally was lost to view among the
papyrus blooms of the temple pillars. All that remained were the
dying flames on the altar, which sent strange flickering glows over
the great stone coffer and the twelve judges of the <span class="NORP">Egyptian</span> dead.</p>
the great stone coffer and the twelve judges of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Egyptian</span> dead.</p>
<p>In the meantime, Aradamas, his hands still crossed on his breast,
walked slowly onward and upward until the last ray from the burning
altar fire was lost to view among the shadows far behind. Through
@ -1913,7 +1912,7 @@ steps, he reached a doorway that opened as he neared it. The
breath of morning air fanned his cheek and a golden ray of sunshine
played among the waves of his dark hair. He stood on the top of a
mighty pyramid, before him a blazing altar. In the distance, far
over the horizon, the rolling sands of the <span class="NORP">Egyptian</span> de sert
over the horizon, the rolling sands of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Egyptian</span> de sert
reflected the first rays of the morning sun which, like a globe of
golden fire, rose again out of the eternal East. As Aradamus stood
there, a voice that seemed to issue from the very heavens chanted a
@ -1922,7 +1921,7 @@ day itself, placed a serpent wrought of gyld upon the brow of the
new initiate.</p>
<p>"Behold Khepera, the rising sun! For as he brings the mighty globe
of day out of the darkness of night, between his claws, so for thee
the <span class="LOC">Sun</span> of Spirit has risen from the darkness of night and in the
the <span class="LOC" title="LOC">Sun</span> of Spirit has risen from the darkness of night and in the
name of the living God, we hail thee Priest of Ra."</p>
<p>SO MOTE IT BE</p>
<p>ADDENDA THE ROBE OF BLUE AND GOLD</p>
@ -1933,9 +1932,9 @@ their fingers a tiny cord, which one day is to be woven into a
living garment - the coronation robe of the priest-king.</p>
<p>To the mystics and philosophers of the world this garment is known
under many names. To some it is the simple yellow robe of
Buddahood. By the ancient Jews it was symbolized as the robe of
Buddahood. By the ancient <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span> it was symbolized as the robe of
the high priest, the Garment of Glory unto the Lord. To the
<span class="NORP">Masonic</span> brethren, it is the robe of Blue and Gold - the Star of
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> brethren, it is the robe of Blue and Gold - the Star of
Bethlehem - the Wedding Garment of the Spirit.</p>
<p>Three Fates weave the threads of this living garment, and man
himself is the creator of his Fates. The triple thread of thought,
@ -1988,7 +1987,7 @@ is truly baptized of the fire and its flame blazes up within
himself. From him pour forth streams of light, and a great aura of
multicolored fire bathes him with its radiance. The sacred flame
of the gods has found its resting place in him, and through him
renews its covenant with man. He is then truly a <span class="NORP">Freemason</span>, a
renews its covenant with man. He is then truly a <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemason</span>, a
child of light. This wonderful garment, of which all ea rthly
robes are but symbols, is built of the highest qualities of human
nature, the noblest of ideals, and the purest of aspirations. Its
@ -2009,7 +2008,7 @@ raises by the strong grip of the lion's paw. It is the Great Light
which, seeking forever the spark of itself within all living
things, reawakens dead ideals and smothered aspirations with the
power of the Master's Eternal Word. Then the Master Mason becomes
indeed the <span class="LOC">Sun</span> in Leo; and, reaching downward i nto the tomb of
indeed the <span class="LOC" title="LOC">Sun</span> in Leo; and, reaching downward i nto the tomb of
crystallization, raises the murdered Builder from the dead by the
grip of the Master Mason.</p>
<p>As the sun awakens the seedlings in the ground, so this Son of Man,
@ -2026,7 +2025,7 @@ potter's wheel he is being molded. When his light shines out to
lift and preserve all things, he receives the triple crown of
godhood, and joins that throng of Master Masons who, in their robes
of Blue and Gold, are seeking to dispel the darknes s of night with
the triple light of the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge.</p>
the triple light of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> Lodge.</p>
<p>Ceaselessly the Norns spin the thread of human fate. Age in and
age out, upon the looms of destiny are woven the living garments of
God. Some are rich in glorious colors and wondrous fabrics, while
@ -2067,7 +2066,7 @@ Lodge, "This is indeed a fraternity of brothers, comrades in spirit
and in truth."</p>
<p>THE EMERALD TABLET OF HERMES (TABULA SMARAGDINA)</p>
<p>The Emerald Tablet of Hermes, illustrated on the opposite page,
introduces us to Hiram, the hero of the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> legend. The name
introduces us to Hiram, the hero of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> legend. The name
Hiram is taken from the Chaldean Chiram. The first two words in
large print mean the secret work. The second line in large
letters--(CHIRAM TELAT MECHASOT - means Chiram, the Universal
@ -2079,7 +2078,7 @@ superior, to effect that one truly wonderful work. As all things
owe their existence to the will of the Only One, so all things owe
their origin to One Only Thing, the most hidden, by the arrangement
of the Only God. The father of that One Only Thing is the Suit;
its mother is the <span class="LOC">Moon</span>; the wind carries it in its wings; but its
its mother is the <span class="LOC" title="LOC">Moon</span>; the wind carries it in its wings; but its
nurse is a Spirituous Earth. That One Only Thing (af ter God) is
the father of all things in the universe. Its power is perfect,
after it has been united to a spirituous earth. Separate that
@ -2095,9 +2094,9 @@ created, but the arrangements to follow this road are hidden. For
this reason I am called CHIRAM TELAT MECHASOT, one in Essence, but
three in aspect. In this Trinity is hidden the wisdom of the whole
world. It is ended now, what I have said concerning the effects of
the <span class="LOC">Sun</span>.</p>
the <span class="LOC" title="LOC">Sun</span>.</p>
<p>FINISH OF THE TABULA SMARAGDINA</p>
<p>In a rare, unpublished old manuscript dealing with early <span class="NORP">Masonic</span>
<p>In a rare, unpublished old manuscript dealing with early <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span>
and Hermetic mysteries, we find the following information
concerning the mysterious Universal Agent referred to as "Chiram"
(Hiram) :</p>
@ -2122,7 +2121,7 @@ told us that they had Hermes for one of their kings. There is a
definite relation between Chiram and Hermes.</p>
<p>Chiram is a word composed of three words, denoting the Universal
Spirit, the essence whereof the whole creation does consist, and
the object of Chaldean, <span class="NORP">Egyptian</span>, and genuine natural philosophy,
the object of Chaldean, <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Egyptian</span>, and genuine natural philosophy,
according to its inner principles or properties. The three Hebrew
words Chamah, Rusch, and Majim, mean respectively Fire, Air, and
Water, while their initial consonants, Ch, R, M, give us Chiram,
@ -2143,7 +2142,7 @@ produced and generated by the sea.</p>
<p>We also read that Hiram (Chiram), or the Universal Agent, assisted
King Solomon to build the temple. No doubt as Solomon possessed
wisdom, he understood what to do with the corporealized Universal
Agent. The Talmud of the Jews says that King Solomon built the
Agent. The Talmud of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span> says that King Solomon built the
temple by the assistance of Shamir. Now this word signifies the
sun, which is perpetually collecting the omnipresent, surrounding,
electrical fire, or Spiritus Mundi, and sending it to us in the
@ -2152,12 +2151,12 @@ planets, in a visible manner called light.</p>
of the Philosophers, enabled King Solomon to produce the immense
quantities of gold and silver used to build and decorate his
temple.</p>
<p>These paragraphs from an ancient philosopher may assist the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span>
<p>These paragraphs from an ancient philosopher may assist the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span>
student of today to realize the tremendous and undreamed-of shire
of knowledge that lies behind the allegory which he often hears but
seldom analyzes. Hiram, the Universal Agent, might be translated
Vita the power eternally building and unfolding the bodies of man.
The use and abuse of energy is the keynote to the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> legend;
The use and abuse of energy is the keynote to the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> legend;
in fact, it is the key to all things in Nature. Hiram, as the
triple energy, one in source but three in aspec t, can almost be
called ether, that unknown hypothetical element which carries the
@ -2170,15 +2169,15 @@ medium, brings energy to the three bodies of thought, emotion, and
action, in this manner Chiram, the one in essence, becoming three
in aspect - mental, emotional, and vital. The work which follows is
an effort to bring to light other forgotten and neglected elements
of the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> rites, and to emphasize the spirit of Hiram as the
of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> rites, and to emphasize the spirit of Hiram as the
Universal Agent.</p>
<p>
<span class="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is essentially mysterious, ritualistic, and ceremonial,
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Freemasonry</span> is essentially mysterious, ritualistic, and ceremonial,
representing abstract truth in concrete form. Earth (or substance)
smothering energy (or vitality) is the mystery behind the murder of
the Builder.</p>
<p>MOTIVE</p>
<p>What motive leads the <span class="NORP">Masonic</span> candidate out of the world and up the
<p>What motive leads the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Masonic</span> candidate out of the world and up the
winding stairway to the light? He alone can truly know, for in his
heart is hidden the motive of his works. Is he seeking the light
of the East? Is he seeking wisdom eternal? Does he bring his life