The Symbolism of Freemasonry

by Albert Mackey

Contents

• Preface
• Chapter I: Preliminary.
• Chapter II: The Noachidae.
• Chapter III: The Primitive Freemasonry of Antiquity.
• Chapter IV: The Spurious Freemasonry of Antiquity.
• Chapter V: The Ancient Mysteries.
• Chapter VI: The Dionysiac Artificers.
• Chapter VII: The Union of Speculative and Operative Masonry at the Temple of Solomon.
• Chapter VIII: The Travelling Freemasons of the Middle Ages.
• Chapter IX: Disseverance of the Operative Element.
• Chapter X: The System of Symbolic Instruction.
• Chapter XI: The Speculative Science and the Operative Art.
• Chapter XII: The Symbolism of Solomon's Temple.
• Chapter XIII: The Form of the Lodge.
• Chapter XIV: The Officers of a Lodge.
• Chapter XV: The Point within a Circle.
• Chapter XVI: The Covering of the Lodge.
• Chapter XVII: Ritualistic Symbolism.
• Chapter XVIII: The Rite of Discalceation.
• Chapter XIX: The Rite of Investiture.
• Chapter XX: The Symbolism of the Gloves.
• Chapter XXI: The Rite of Circumambulation.
• Chapter XXII: The Rite of Intrusting, and the Symbolism of Light.
• Chapter XXIII: Symbolism of the Corner-stone.
• Chapter XXIV: The Ineffable Name.
• Chapter XXV: The Legends of Freemasonry.
• Chapter XXVI: The Legend of the Winding Stairs.
• Chapter XXVII: The Legend of the Third Degree.
• Chapter XXVIII: The Sprig of Acacia.
• Chapter XXIX: The Symbolism of Labor.
• Chapter XXX: The Stone of Foundation.
• Chapter XXXI: The Lost Word.

• Synoptical Index.