The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

Name: The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry
Author: Newton, Joseph Fort

Newton, Joseph Fort

Freemasons

Hiram Abif: 77 _note_;
  not named in Old Charges, 109;
  esoteric allusions to, 110;
  legend of in France, 118 _note_;
  and the Companionage, 149;
  and the temple, 192

Hiram I, of Tyre: 75

History: Book of in China, 30;
  like a mirage, 100;
  no older than architecture, 241

Holme, Randle: 166

Horus: story of, 42;
  heroism of, 45

Hutchinson, William: on Geometry, 154 _note_;
  on Christianity and Masonry, 251 _note_;
  on Spirit of Masonry, 258


Idealism: soul of Masonry, 269;
  no dogma of in Masonry, 269 _note_;
  basis of, 270

Ikhnaton: city of, 12;
  poet and idealist, 14

Immortality: faith in old, 39;
  in Pyramid Texts, 40;
  allegory of, 46;
  in the Mysteries, 49;
  creed of Masonry, 134;
  held by Masons, 179;
  how Masonry teaches, 277

_Instructions of a Parish Priest_: 106

Invocations: Masonic, 108 _note_

Isis: story of, 42;
  and Osiris, 43;
  sorrow of, 45;
  in Mysteries, 47


Jackson, Andrew: 228

Jesuits: and Masons, 210 _note_;
  attempt to expose Masonry, 211


Kabbalah: muddle of, 67

Kabbalists: used Masonic symbols, 156, 157

Kennedy, C.R.: quoted, 238

Kipling, Rudyard: 232

Krause: on Collegia, 79


Legend: of Solomon, 75;
  in Old Charges, 111;
  of Pythagoras, 112;
  of Masonry unique, 128

Lessing, G.E.: quoted, 56;
  theory of, 179 _note_;
  a Mason, 232

Lethaby: on discovery of Square, 10

Liberty: and law, 7;
  love of, 122;
  of thought, 178;
  civil and Masonry, 224;
  in religion, 252;
  of faith, 255;
  philosophy of, 271;
  Lowell on, 272;
  of intellect, 273;
  of soul, 274

Litchfield, Bishop of: 175

Locke, John: 232

Lodge: of Roman architects, 82;
  of Comacines, 90;
  a school, 129;
  secrecy of, 132;
  enroute, 135;
  organization of, 136;
  degrees in, 146

Longfellow: quoted, 260

Lost Word: 67;
  Masonic search of, 263

Lowell: on liberty, 272


Mackey, Dr: on Craft-masonry, 251 _note_;
  definition of Masonry, 240

Magnus, Albertus: 156

Man: the builder, 6;
  a poet, 19;
  an idealist, 26;
  akin to God, 270;
  divinity of, 292;
  thoughts of artists, 294;
  ideal of, 297

Markham, Edwin: quoted, 282

Marshall, John: 225

Martyrs, the Four Crowned: 86;
  honored by Comacines, 90;
  in Regius MS, 105

_Masonry Dissected_: 212

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The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

Newton, Joseph Fort

Freemasons

Hiram Abif: 77 _note_;
  not named in Old Charges, 109;
  esoteric allusions to, 110;
  legend of in France, 118 _note_;
  and the Companionage, 149;
  and the temple, 192

Hiram I, of Tyre: 75

History: Book of in China, 30;
  like a mirage, 100;
  no older than architecture, 241

Holme, Randle: 166

Horus: story of, 42;
  heroism of, 45

Hutchinson, William: on Geometry, 154 _note_;
  on Christianity and Masonry, 251 _note_;
  on Spirit of Masonry, 258


Idealism: soul of Masonry, 269;
  no dogma of in Masonry, 269 _note_;
  basis of, 270

Ikhnaton: city of, 12;
  poet and idealist, 14

Immortality: faith in old, 39;
  in Pyramid Texts, 40;
  allegory of, 46;
  in the Mysteries, 49;
  creed of Masonry, 134;
  held by Masons, 179;
  how Masonry teaches, 277

_Instructions of a Parish Priest_: 106

Invocations: Masonic, 108 _note_

Isis: story of, 42;
  and Osiris, 43;
  sorrow of, 45;
  in Mysteries, 47


Jackson, Andrew: 228

Jesuits: and Masons, 210 _note_;
  attempt to expose Masonry, 211


Kabbalah: muddle of, 67

Kabbalists: used Masonic symbols, 156, 157

Kennedy, C.R.: quoted, 238

Kipling, Rudyard: 232

Krause: on Collegia, 79


Legend: of Solomon, 75;
  in Old Charges, 111;
  of Pythagoras, 112;
  of Masonry unique, 128

Lessing, G.E.: quoted, 56;
  theory of, 179 _note_;
  a Mason, 232

Lethaby: on discovery of Square, 10

Liberty: and law, 7;
  love of, 122;
  of thought, 178;
  civil and Masonry, 224;
  in religion, 252;
  of faith, 255;
  philosophy of, 271;
  Lowell on, 272;
  of intellect, 273;
  of soul, 274

Litchfield, Bishop of: 175

Locke, John: 232

Lodge: of Roman architects, 82;
  of Comacines, 90;
  a school, 129;
  secrecy of, 132;
  enroute, 135;
  organization of, 136;
  degrees in, 146

Longfellow: quoted, 260

Lost Word: 67;
  Masonic search of, 263

Lowell: on liberty, 272


Mackey, Dr: on Craft-masonry, 251 _note_;
  definition of Masonry, 240

Magnus, Albertus: 156

Man: the builder, 6;
  a poet, 19;
  an idealist, 26;
  akin to God, 270;
  divinity of, 292;
  thoughts of artists, 294;
  ideal of, 297

Markham, Edwin: quoted, 282

Marshall, John: 225

Martyrs, the Four Crowned: 86;
  honored by Comacines, 90;
  in Regius MS, 105

_Masonry Dissected_: 212

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The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

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