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Hall was an occultist, and according to one source, [95] was a well-established lecturer on the occult and other esoterica by the age of 20, before he was even eligible to become a Mason. When The Mason learns that the Key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the Mystery of his Craft.
A moralistic biblical version, an opposing one that proposes a positive vision of the tower's construction, and Anderson's constitutions, which synthesize both. [C 17] The Régius manuscript of operative masonry includes the story of the Tower of Babel in its religious prescriptions. The meaning remains close to that of the biblical texts: a ...
Modern Freemasonry broadly consists of two main recognition groups: Regular Freemasonry, which insists that a "volume of sacred law", such as the Bible, the Quran, or other religious scripture be open in a working lodge, that every member professes belief in a Supreme Being, that no women be admitted, and that discussion of religion or politics ...
Jesus Heals the Man with a Withered Hand by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (1684) According to St. Jerome, in the Gospel which the Nazareni and Ebionites use, which was written in Hebrew and according to Jerome was thought by many to be the original text of the Gospel of Matthew, the man with the withered hand, was a mason.
Upon more inspection however, the words Ahiman and Rezon represent two Biblical figures. It is generally accepted that the title was based on the Hebrew language. The explanation below and the names mentioned have no logical bearing on Freemasonry as such and are in no way related to Biblical figures.
Belief in a Supreme Being (19) Belief in immortality (20) That a "book of sacred law" is an indispensable part of the "furniture" (or furnishings) of the Lodge (21) The legend of the Third Degree (3) Secrecy (not specifying as to what) (11, 23) Symbolism of operative masonry (24) That a Mason must be a man, freeborn, and of lawful age (18)
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There are a number of masonic manuscripts that are important in the study of the emergence of Freemasonry.Most numerous are the Old Charges or Constitutions.These documents outlined a "history" of masonry, tracing its origins to a biblical or classical root, followed by the regulations of the organisation, and the responsibilities of its different grades.