Glimpses of Masonic History by Charles W Leadbeater 33°.pdf

Glimpses of Masonic History

C. W. Leadbeater

Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar

1926

(Edited and re-formatted for pdf by Brother W. Note this should

really be considered as Part II of “The Hidden Life of Freemasonry”

and is mentioned by the author in the preface)

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CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S PREFACE

CHAPTER I

SCHOOLS OF MASONIC THOUGHT

The Origins of Masonry. The Authentic School. The Anthro-

pological School. The Mystical School. The Occult School. The

Knowledge of the Occultist. The Occult Records. The

Sacramental Power. The Form and the Life. Orthodoxy and

Heresy.

CHAPTER II

THE EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES

The Message of the World Teacher. The Gods of Egypt. Isis

and Osiris. Animal Deities. The Practice of Embalming. Other

Deities. The Brothers of Horus. Consecration. The Purpose of

the Mysteries. The Degrees of the Mysteries. The Mysteries of

Isis. The Preliminary Trials. The Mystery Language. The

Duality of each Degree. The Inner Mysteries of Isis. The

Mysteries of Serapis. The Inner Degree of Serapis The

Mysteries of Osiris. The Legend of Osiris. The Meaning of the

Story. The Inner Mysteries of Osiris. The Office of Master.

The Higher Black Masonry in the Mysteries. White Masonry in

the Mysteries. The Stages of the Occult Path. The First Three

Initiations. The Fourth Initiation. The Fifth Initiation and

Beyond.

CHAPTER III

THE CRETAN MYSTERIES

The Unity of the Mysteries. Life in Ancient Crete. The Cretan

Race. Recent Discoveries in Crete. Worship in Crete. The Throne

Room. The Three Columns. Models of Shrines. The Altar

Objects. Various Symbols. The Statuettes.

CHAPTER IV

THE JEWISH MYSTERIES

The Jewish Line of Descent. The Jewish Migrations. The

Prophets. The Builders of K.S.T. The Recasting of the Rituals.

The Mingling of Traditions. The Transmission of the New Rites.

The Essenes and the Christ. Kabbalism. The Spiritualization of

the Temple. The Loss of the Divine Name.

CHAPTER V

THE GREEK MYSTERIES

The Eleusinian Mysteries. The Origin of the Greek Mysteries.

The Gods of Greece. The Officials. The Lesser Mysteries. The

Greater Mysteries. The Myths of the Greater Mysteries. The

Magic of the Greater Mysteries. The Hidden Mysteries. The

School of Pythagoras. The Three Degrees. Other Greek

Mysteries.

CHAPTER VI

THE MITHRAIC MYSTERIES

Zarathustra and Mithraism. Mithraism among the Romans. The

Mithraic Rites. The Roman Collegia. The Work of King Numa.

The Colleges and the Legions. The Introduction of the Jewish

Form. The Transition to the Operatives.

CHAPTER VII

CRAFT MASONRY IN MEDIAEVAL TIMES

Evolutionary Methods. The Withdrawal of the Mysteries. The

Christian Mysteries. The Repression of the Mysteries. The

Crossing of Traditions. The Two Lines of Descent. The Culdees.

Celtic Christianity in Britain. The Druidic Mysteries. The Holy

Grail. Heredom.

CHAPTER VIII

OPERATIVE MASONRY IN THE MIDDLE AGES

The Temporary Custodians. Decline of the Collegia. The

Comacini. The Comacine Lodges. Other Survivals of the Collegia.

The Compagnonnage. The Stonemasons of Germany. The English

Guilds. The Rise of Gothic Architecture. The Old Charges.

CHAPTER IX

THE TRANSITION FROM OPERATIVE TO

SPECULATIVE

The Reformation. The Reappearance of Speculative Masonry.

The First Minutes. Scottish Minutes. English Minutes. Irish

Minutes. The Grand Lodge of England. The Recomposition of the

Rituals. Two and Three Degrees. Opposition. The Succession of

L.M.s. The Grand Lodges of York, Ireland and Scotland. The

“Ancients”. The Holy Royal Arch. The United Grand Lodge. Craft

Masonry in Other Countries

CHAPTER X

OTHER LINES OF MASONIC TRADITION

The Stream of Secret Societies. The Knights Templars. The

Suppression of the Templars. The Preservation of the Templars’

Tradition. The Royal Order of Scotland. The Brothers of the

Rosy Cross. The Literature of Rosicrucianism. The Traditional

History of the Rosicrucians. The History of the Order.

CHAPTER XI

THE SCOTTISH RITE

Origin of the Rite. The Jacobite Movement. The Oration of

Ramsay. The Chapter of Clermont. The Council of Emperors.

Stephen Morin. Frederick the Great. The Charleston

Transformation. The Spread of the Scottish Rite.

CHAPTER XII

THE CO-MASONIC ORDER

The Restoration of an Ancient Landmark. The Succession of Co-

Masonry. The Co-Masonic Rituals. The Future of Masonry

APPENDIX I .

I. Degrees of the Rite of Perfection

II. Principal Masonic Events from 1717

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