Out of all the societies that exist in the world, there is perhaps no other considered to be as mysterious as the Freemasons. Ostensibly a group founded to regulate the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients, the society is shrouded in claims of conspiracy and the occult due to its hermetic nature and religious aspects. This 1870 work attempts to offer the reader an outline of Freemasonry, including its overarching philosophy and the various ‘degrees’ of masonry. Contents include: Of the Degrees in Man , The Degrees of the Temperaments , The Nine Groups of the Faculties , The Zones , Discrete Degrees of the Brain , Continuous Degrees of the Brain , etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.