Triad
To know exactly who is who, and what is what, it will be necessary to explain the Triad, or Trinity, its origin and its changes or metamorphoses. Then the TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO - the three in one - can be recognized in the cross more readily than most people see the three persons in one God. The triad generally belongs to the male, although the female Divinities were sometimes of triple constitution. 7 . If we turn to the analysis of the subject according to Rawlinson, we find taht the first and...
D Freemasonry
Freemasonry, as envisioned by its creators, fulfills the same purpose. Theoretically a man who becomes a Freemason is mature is married, perhaps is possibly a member of a religious denomination is affiliated with his political party of choice, and so on. Then, by achieving Marriage with the Order, these men of different walks of life can be bonded in Brotherhood. People from all walks of life are gathered together and united to achieve one purpose, the Accomplishment of the Great Work. As it...
On The Crowned And Conquering Child The Significance Of Horus
He who was called Christ on the circumference of the Templar circle was still named Horus at the point within the circle. -- A. E. Waite, The Chivalry of the Holy Temple, in Emblematic Freemasonry, p. 185. Waite is referring to the works of Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner, which included The Templars in Cyprus and The Brethren of the Croix. The other images group around me to support me let all be worshipped, for they shall cluster to exalt me. -- Ai.III.22. First sentence. In 525 B.C.E., the...
Sepher Ha Debarim
Sepher ha 'Debarim is the Hebrew title Albert Pike applied to The Book of the Words, 1 - 32 . Words our abbreviation is a piece of etymological research into the origins and meanings of the words employed in the rituals of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite AASR . Included is a lot of secret lore which Freemasons should study, but rarely do. In fact, a lot of the denials made by eminent writers, in the case of the past couple of centuries, namely, Mackey, Clegg, Waite, and company and those...
The Johannite Tradition
What is necessary is an interdisciplinary approach to one's chosen material -- a mobile and flexible approach that permits one to move freely between disparate disciplines, across space and time. One must be able to link data and make connections between people, events, and phenomena widely divorced from each other. One must be able to move, as necessity dictates, from the third to the twelfth to the seventh to the eighteenth century, drawing on a varied spectrum of sources -early...
What Is The Johannite Tradition
Since most of our material concerning the Johannite Tradition will be found in Book Two, Qadosh The Johannite Tradition, we shall present here a brief outline of it, as we use the term, and as we have come to understand the term. Original usages of the term apply it to one of the various Johns in the New Testament. John the Baptist, John the Divine, John who wrote the Gospel of John. Others use the name John the Almoner, who is said to have been a patron of the Qadosh Fathers. We have come to...