The Symbolism of Freemasonry

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Contents: Preliminary--The Noachidce--The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity--The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity--The Ancient Mysteries--The Dionysiac Artificers--The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon--The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages--Disseverance of the Operative Element--The System of Symbolic Instruction--The Speculative Science and the Operative Art--The Symbolism of Solomon's Temple--The Form of the Lodge--The Officers of a Lodge--The Point within a Circle--The Covering of the Lodge--Ritualistic Symbolism--The Rite of Discalceation--The Symbolism of the Gloves--The Rite of Circumambulation--The Rite of Intrusting, and the Symbolism of Light--Symbolism of the Corner-stone--The Ineffable Name--The Legends of Freemasonry--The Legend of the Winding Stairs--The Legend of the Third Degree--The Sprig of Acacia--The Symbolism of Labor--The Stone of Foundation--The Lost Word.