Mackey's Symbolism of freemasonry : its science, philosophy, legends, myths and symbols (1921)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, Clegg, Robert Ingham, 1866-1931 · Chicago, Ill. : The Masonic history company · leaf 62
were entirely and profoundly symbolical in theircharacter. And hence, looking to this strange identity of designand form, between the initiations of the ancients andthose of the modern Freemasons, writers have been dis-posed to designate these Mysteries as the SpuriousFreemasonry of Antiquity. * In… … CHAPTER SIX Ancient Mysteries WE now propose, for the purpose of illustratingthese views, and of familiarizing the reader withthe coincidences between Freemasonry and theancient Mysteries, so that he may be better enabledto appreciate the mutual influences of each on theother as they are hereafter…
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