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

Secrecy: of the Mysteries, 48;
  of great teachers, 57;
  as to the arts, 74;
  not real power of Masonry, 212;
  reasons for, 243 _note_

Secret Doctrine: 57;
  objections to, 59;
  open to all, 61;
  reasons for, 63;
  what is it, 68

_Secret Sermon on the Mount_: 47

Sectarianism: Masonry against, 254

_Seven Lamps of Architecture_: quoted, 7

Shakespeare: 155;
  and Masons, 259 _note_

Shelley: 14

Signs: in the Mysteries, 47;
  Franklin on, 200;
  and charity, 244

Socrates: on unity of mind, 21;
  and the Mysteries, 46

Solomon: and Hiram, 75;
  and the Comacines, 89;
  in Cooke MS, 109;
  sons of, 149

Solomon: Temple of, 75;
  style of, 76;
  legends of, 77 _note_;
  and Masonry, 79;
  influence of on architecture, 191

Speculative Masonry: in Regius MS, 106;
  growth of, 123;
  meaning of, 144 _note_;
  Lodges of, 148;
  before 1717, 167

Spenser, Edmund: Masonic symbols in, 155

Square: discovery of, 10;
  in Pyramids, 13;
  eloquence of, 26;
  emblem of truth, 28;
  in China, 30;
  in obelisk, 33;
  throne of Osiris, 46;
  "square men," 155;
  an ancient one, 159;
  of justice, 275

_Staffordshire; Natural History of_, quoted: 166

Steinmetzen, of Germany: 118 _note_;
  degree of, 145

Stones: sanctity of, 28

Stuckely: Diary of, 203

Swastika: antiquity of, 23;
  meaning of, 24;
  sign of Operative Masons, 201 _note_

Symbolism: Carlyle on, 4;
  early Masonic, 11;
  Pike on, 18;
  richness of, 20;
  unity of, 21;
  Mencius on, 30;
  in Bible, 31;
  of Collegia, 93;
  of Comacines, 90;
  in Masonry, 143;
  of numbers, 154;
  in language, 155;
  in Middle Ages, 156;
  preserved by Masons, 159


Taylor, Jeremy: 175 _note_

Third Degree: legend of, 149;
  confusion about, 189;
  purely Masonic, 193;
  Pike on, 193;
  not made but grew, 196;
  and Ancient Mysteries, 196;
  Edwin Booth on, 197;
  and immortality, 277

Tiler: 135;
  origin of name, 138 _note_

Tolstoi: 232

Tools of Masons: 26;
  old meanings of, 29;
  in Bible, 32;
  kit of, 132

Tradition: of Solomon, 75;
  of Masonry unique, 128;
  of degrees, 144

Triangle: probable meaning of, 13 _note_;
  used by Spenser, 155

Trinity: idea of old, 22;
  in Egypt and India, 23;
  not opposed to unity of God, 264 _note_


Unity: of human mind, 21;
  of truth, 58;
  of God and Masonry, 176 _note_, 264

_Universal Prayer_: quoted, 263

Unsectarian: the genius of Masonry, 221, 250, 252, 253, 258


Waite, A.E.: 38;
  tribute to, 64;
  on the quest, 65;
  studies of, 66;
  "golden dustman," 67

War: and Masonry, 225;
  Civil, 228, 229 _note_;
  cause of, 287;
  end of, 202

Warren, Joseph: ardent Mason, 224

Washington, George: a Mason, 225;
  sworn into office by Mason, 226

Watts, G.F.: 174

Webster, Daniel: on Green Tavern, 224

Weed, Thurlow: and Masonry, 227 _note_;
  dirty trickster, 228

Wellington: a Mason, 232

Wesley, John: 175

Wharton, Duke of: traitor, 224

_Wiltshire, Natural History of_: quoted, 166

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The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

Newton, Joseph Fort

Freemasons

Secrecy: of the Mysteries, 48;
  of great teachers, 57;
  as to the arts, 74;
  not real power of Masonry, 212;
  reasons for, 243 _note_

Secret Doctrine: 57;
  objections to, 59;
  open to all, 61;
  reasons for, 63;
  what is it, 68

_Secret Sermon on the Mount_: 47

Sectarianism: Masonry against, 254

_Seven Lamps of Architecture_: quoted, 7

Shakespeare: 155;
  and Masons, 259 _note_

Shelley: 14

Signs: in the Mysteries, 47;
  Franklin on, 200;
  and charity, 244

Socrates: on unity of mind, 21;
  and the Mysteries, 46

Solomon: and Hiram, 75;
  and the Comacines, 89;
  in Cooke MS, 109;
  sons of, 149

Solomon: Temple of, 75;
  style of, 76;
  legends of, 77 _note_;
  and Masonry, 79;
  influence of on architecture, 191

Speculative Masonry: in Regius MS, 106;
  growth of, 123;
  meaning of, 144 _note_;
  Lodges of, 148;
  before 1717, 167

Spenser, Edmund: Masonic symbols in, 155

Square: discovery of, 10;
  in Pyramids, 13;
  eloquence of, 26;
  emblem of truth, 28;
  in China, 30;
  in obelisk, 33;
  throne of Osiris, 46;
  "square men," 155;
  an ancient one, 159;
  of justice, 275

_Staffordshire; Natural History of_, quoted: 166

Steinmetzen, of Germany: 118 _note_;
  degree of, 145

Stones: sanctity of, 28

Stuckely: Diary of, 203

Swastika: antiquity of, 23;
  meaning of, 24;
  sign of Operative Masons, 201 _note_

Symbolism: Carlyle on, 4;
  early Masonic, 11;
  Pike on, 18;
  richness of, 20;
  unity of, 21;
  Mencius on, 30;
  in Bible, 31;
  of Collegia, 93;
  of Comacines, 90;
  in Masonry, 143;
  of numbers, 154;
  in language, 155;
  in Middle Ages, 156;
  preserved by Masons, 159


Taylor, Jeremy: 175 _note_

Third Degree: legend of, 149;
  confusion about, 189;
  purely Masonic, 193;
  Pike on, 193;
  not made but grew, 196;
  and Ancient Mysteries, 196;
  Edwin Booth on, 197;
  and immortality, 277

Tiler: 135;
  origin of name, 138 _note_

Tolstoi: 232

Tools of Masons: 26;
  old meanings of, 29;
  in Bible, 32;
  kit of, 132

Tradition: of Solomon, 75;
  of Masonry unique, 128;
  of degrees, 144

Triangle: probable meaning of, 13 _note_;
  used by Spenser, 155

Trinity: idea of old, 22;
  in Egypt and India, 23;
  not opposed to unity of God, 264 _note_


Unity: of human mind, 21;
  of truth, 58;
  of God and Masonry, 176 _note_, 264

_Universal Prayer_: quoted, 263

Unsectarian: the genius of Masonry, 221, 250, 252, 253, 258


Waite, A.E.: 38;
  tribute to, 64;
  on the quest, 65;
  studies of, 66;
  "golden dustman," 67

War: and Masonry, 225;
  Civil, 228, 229 _note_;
  cause of, 287;
  end of, 202

Warren, Joseph: ardent Mason, 224

Washington, George: a Mason, 225;
  sworn into office by Mason, 226

Watts, G.F.: 174

Webster, Daniel: on Green Tavern, 224

Weed, Thurlow: and Masonry, 227 _note_;
  dirty trickster, 228

Wellington: a Mason, 232

Wesley, John: 175

Wharton, Duke of: traitor, 224

_Wiltshire, Natural History of_: quoted, 166

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The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

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