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In 1911, understanding Mackey's 25 points to be a summary of Masonic "common law", the legal scholar Roscoe Pound (1870–1964) distinguished seven of them as landmarks: [9] 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)
Albert Gallatin Mackey was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of John Mackey (1765 – December 14, 1831), a physician, journalist and educator. His father published The American Teacher's Assistant and Self-Instructor's Guide, containing all the Rules of Arithmetic properly Explained, etc. (Charleston, 1826), the most comprehensive ...
The process of making a Mason at sight was listed by Albert Mackey as the eighth of his "Twenty-Five Landmarks of Freemasonry". [1]The customary method for raising a person to Master Mason through the rare process of recognizing him a Mason at sight has the Grand Master creating a new lodge for the single purpose of initiating the candidate. [2]
Albert Mackey, American doctor and Masonic historian [267] David Mackie (1836–1910), a founder and builder of Scammon, Kansas, United States, and first president of the Scammon State Bank [268] John Bayne Maclean, Canadian founder of Maclean's magazine and president of Maclean's Publishing Co. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto. [5]
The question and answer procedure was the traditional way in which Freemasons were instructed in Masonic ritual and symbolism before printed ritual books became more widely available. [1] Usually, the members of a Masonic Lodge would sit around a table and the Worshipful Master would ask set questions of each member in turn to test their ...
In his book Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (1855), Lévi claimed that Freemasonry had its roots in ancient pagan rituals, and Pike accepted many of these claims. According to Chris Hodapp, "whole passages of Levi's book [were] made into Pike's". [2] French philosopher René Guénon noticed that "a considerable part of ...
It also preserves early modern versions of masonic regulations, like requirements to accept apprentices and maintain secrecy, that evolved into central aspects of Freemasonry. [ 21 ] As masonry shifted from an operative craft to a speculative order in the 17th and 18th centuries, the old charges linked Freemasonry to an idealized architectural ...
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.