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Liberorum Latomorum Primordia Et Recentiora Vera.
and it is to this number that the degrees conferred are , or ought to be , restricted . This is the text upon which our writer founds what may be called the theoretical portion of his work , ancl which , as it obtains very generally on the Continent , it may , perhaps , be
useful to consider somewhat more at large . Before , hoivever , we do so , Ave Avill dispose of the pure historical part of M . Ragon ' s labours , in the few words that our space AA'iil alloAv us to dedicate to it . The reader Avill find , then , an elaborate chronological account of the progress of Masonry in England , Scotland , and France ,
in AA'hich latter country the facilities of the author enabled him to collect some hitherto unpublished details , especially on various rites ancl degrees Avhich sprang up there in the last half of the eighteenth century ; some of them , as ( p . 129 ) the Council of the Emperors of the East and West ( Conseil des Empereurs cVOrient et Occident ) with 25 degreesin 1758
, , ( p . 151 ) , the Rite of Pernety or Illuminati of Avignon ( Rite de Pernety ou Illumines d'Avignon ) , Avith many others of equally curious designation , are perhaps neAv to the reader . For Germany we have the reveries of Zinzendorf , the
chaiiatanene of Hund , ancl the rogueries of Schrepfer . In 1767 , the African Brothers ( les Freres Africains ) , ivith eleven degrees , in two temples , were formed and endowed in Prussia by Frederic II . The wild visions of Swedenborg , in his New Jerusalem , also find their place , ancl a very special account of the still existing Eclectic Union ( Ecclectischer Bund ) , now in
considerable activity in Frankfort ivith many filials , and founded by Baron Knigge , Avho got more credit from his excellent work , "On our Conduct towards Mankind" ( Tiber den Umgang mit Menschen ) . We cannot , however , but consider the omission of the works and labours of Vincent Andrea , the true founder of the Rosicrucian Mysteries , and through
them , of our present symbolical Masonry , to which Ave shall shortly refer , as a defect of some moment . We have at page 417 , the division of occult Masonry , which begins , almost as a matter of course , with Pythagoras , the Peter Gower of our early English writers . The author believes the rites and ceremonies of all the degrees beyond the third
, and possibly the Royal Arch , may be traced to the ancient mysteries ; and Cornelius Agrippa , Cardan , Paracelsus , and their systems , are therefore discussed ; ancl then follows a long list of the dark sciences of magnetism , mesmerism , somnambulism , succeeded by psychology , physiology , physiognomy
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Liberorum Latomorum Primordia Et Recentiora Vera.
and it is to this number that the degrees conferred are , or ought to be , restricted . This is the text upon which our writer founds what may be called the theoretical portion of his work , ancl which , as it obtains very generally on the Continent , it may , perhaps , be
useful to consider somewhat more at large . Before , hoivever , we do so , Ave Avill dispose of the pure historical part of M . Ragon ' s labours , in the few words that our space AA'iil alloAv us to dedicate to it . The reader Avill find , then , an elaborate chronological account of the progress of Masonry in England , Scotland , and France ,
in AA'hich latter country the facilities of the author enabled him to collect some hitherto unpublished details , especially on various rites ancl degrees Avhich sprang up there in the last half of the eighteenth century ; some of them , as ( p . 129 ) the Council of the Emperors of the East and West ( Conseil des Empereurs cVOrient et Occident ) with 25 degreesin 1758
, , ( p . 151 ) , the Rite of Pernety or Illuminati of Avignon ( Rite de Pernety ou Illumines d'Avignon ) , Avith many others of equally curious designation , are perhaps neAv to the reader . For Germany we have the reveries of Zinzendorf , the
chaiiatanene of Hund , ancl the rogueries of Schrepfer . In 1767 , the African Brothers ( les Freres Africains ) , ivith eleven degrees , in two temples , were formed and endowed in Prussia by Frederic II . The wild visions of Swedenborg , in his New Jerusalem , also find their place , ancl a very special account of the still existing Eclectic Union ( Ecclectischer Bund ) , now in
considerable activity in Frankfort ivith many filials , and founded by Baron Knigge , Avho got more credit from his excellent work , "On our Conduct towards Mankind" ( Tiber den Umgang mit Menschen ) . We cannot , however , but consider the omission of the works and labours of Vincent Andrea , the true founder of the Rosicrucian Mysteries , and through
them , of our present symbolical Masonry , to which Ave shall shortly refer , as a defect of some moment . We have at page 417 , the division of occult Masonry , which begins , almost as a matter of course , with Pythagoras , the Peter Gower of our early English writers . The author believes the rites and ceremonies of all the degrees beyond the third
, and possibly the Royal Arch , may be traced to the ancient mysteries ; and Cornelius Agrippa , Cardan , Paracelsus , and their systems , are therefore discussed ; ancl then follows a long list of the dark sciences of magnetism , mesmerism , somnambulism , succeeded by psychology , physiology , physiognomy