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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 2 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
the greatest number of the German Freemasons knew nothing , learned nothing , and could only remain clinging to the outside forms ; that he , on the contrary , as an anointed priest ( for such he gave himself out ) , could prove the immortality of the soul , had power over the spirits of the air , who were compelled to appear at his command ancl obey his will , by which means he knew the present , the past , and the future . It was principally in pretending to raise spirits that his so-called Masonry
consisted ; yet by this means he deceived several eminent men ; others , again , quickly discovered the impostor ; his spirits were formed of flesh ancl blood ; but before the candidates for initiation were permitted to see them , they were compelled to drink a quantity of punch and other heating drinks . Nearly every one of the initiated was ashamed to confess that he had been deceived , and by this means Schropfer was enabled to carry on those foolish exhibitions for a considerable period . On this
business he travelled into Frankfort-on-Main , Brunswick , ancl other places , having appointed a deputy for Leipzic during his absence . On his return he appeared in a French uniform , and reported that upon his journey he had been so fortunate as to discover that he was a natural son of one of the princes of the blood royal of France , and that his proper name was the Baron von Steinbach ; that he had already legitimized himself , and had received a captain ' s commission in a German regiment
in the French service , and would take possession of his estates in a short time ; he nevertheless re-commenced his so-called Masonry and magical arts . In August , 1774 , he made a journey into Dresden , in a French uniform , where he received a note from tbe French ambassador , desiring
him to legitimize himself . The contents of this letter must not have pleased him , for he travelled back to Leipzic in all haste : and when he heard , in October , that a French nobleman had arrived from Dresden , he invited some of his most trusty disciples to an exhibition in the open air on the next morning . On the Sth October , 1774 , at break of day , he led them to a small wood , called the Rosenthal , where he divided them into two parties at the Lazaretto , retired behind a tree and shot
himself , in the thirty-fifth year of his corrupt life . Schubart von Kleefeldt . Johann Christian , born in Teitz , 24 th February , 1734 , and died 24 th April , 1787 , a privy councillor of Cobourg-Saalfeld , and knight of the holy Roman empire . He distinguished himself in Freemasonry through his union with the Baron von Hund , and by the important assistance he gave in introducing the system of the Strict Observance . At the end of the seven years' war , in which he had
been , as a French commissariat , he purchased several estates in the neighbourhood of Teitz , having been enabled to do so by a rich marriage ; he here devoted himself to agricultural pursuits , especially to the cultivation of clover , upon which subject he wrote several works , that were very successful , and from this cause he received from the Roman emperor the title of Von Kleefeld , * Sehurss . Apron . —An apron is given to an operative Mason as a real
necessary article , to a Freemason only as a symbol . If the apron of an operative Mason becomes dirty , this is mostly a sign of his praise-worthy industry ; but when the Freemason does not keep himself morally pure in all his actions he stains the pure white of his apron to his own disgrace . A masonic apron is made of common white leather , and no brother is allowed to appear in a lodge without one : it is intended to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.
the greatest number of the German Freemasons knew nothing , learned nothing , and could only remain clinging to the outside forms ; that he , on the contrary , as an anointed priest ( for such he gave himself out ) , could prove the immortality of the soul , had power over the spirits of the air , who were compelled to appear at his command ancl obey his will , by which means he knew the present , the past , and the future . It was principally in pretending to raise spirits that his so-called Masonry
consisted ; yet by this means he deceived several eminent men ; others , again , quickly discovered the impostor ; his spirits were formed of flesh ancl blood ; but before the candidates for initiation were permitted to see them , they were compelled to drink a quantity of punch and other heating drinks . Nearly every one of the initiated was ashamed to confess that he had been deceived , and by this means Schropfer was enabled to carry on those foolish exhibitions for a considerable period . On this
business he travelled into Frankfort-on-Main , Brunswick , ancl other places , having appointed a deputy for Leipzic during his absence . On his return he appeared in a French uniform , and reported that upon his journey he had been so fortunate as to discover that he was a natural son of one of the princes of the blood royal of France , and that his proper name was the Baron von Steinbach ; that he had already legitimized himself , and had received a captain ' s commission in a German regiment
in the French service , and would take possession of his estates in a short time ; he nevertheless re-commenced his so-called Masonry and magical arts . In August , 1774 , he made a journey into Dresden , in a French uniform , where he received a note from tbe French ambassador , desiring
him to legitimize himself . The contents of this letter must not have pleased him , for he travelled back to Leipzic in all haste : and when he heard , in October , that a French nobleman had arrived from Dresden , he invited some of his most trusty disciples to an exhibition in the open air on the next morning . On the Sth October , 1774 , at break of day , he led them to a small wood , called the Rosenthal , where he divided them into two parties at the Lazaretto , retired behind a tree and shot
himself , in the thirty-fifth year of his corrupt life . Schubart von Kleefeldt . Johann Christian , born in Teitz , 24 th February , 1734 , and died 24 th April , 1787 , a privy councillor of Cobourg-Saalfeld , and knight of the holy Roman empire . He distinguished himself in Freemasonry through his union with the Baron von Hund , and by the important assistance he gave in introducing the system of the Strict Observance . At the end of the seven years' war , in which he had
been , as a French commissariat , he purchased several estates in the neighbourhood of Teitz , having been enabled to do so by a rich marriage ; he here devoted himself to agricultural pursuits , especially to the cultivation of clover , upon which subject he wrote several works , that were very successful , and from this cause he received from the Roman emperor the title of Von Kleefeld , * Sehurss . Apron . —An apron is given to an operative Mason as a real
necessary article , to a Freemason only as a symbol . If the apron of an operative Mason becomes dirty , this is mostly a sign of his praise-worthy industry ; but when the Freemason does not keep himself morally pure in all his actions he stains the pure white of his apron to his own disgrace . A masonic apron is made of common white leather , and no brother is allowed to appear in a lodge without one : it is intended to