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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 4 of 12 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
who bare their heads in humility before the Grand Architect of heaven and earth . Should any such arch hypocrite gain admission into a lodge , he would be immediately detected , and turned out with disdain . Rational faith alone is becoming in a Freemason . He accepts no doctrine as incontestably true , without having first proved its truth himself , or having had it tested by wise and experienced men . He admits that there are many things believed to be true in the world ' s opinionwhich health
, y reason and clear judgment will not admit as truths , but he also knows that , in speaking upon those subjects , it is necessary that he should be extremely cautious . With these sentiments he lives peaceabl y in the world , and avoids falling into the depths of superstition which are situated between unbelief and rational belief . Union deutche , oder union der Zwei und Zwanziger . German Unionor Union of the Two-and- twenty . —This secret society was
, originated by the well-known doctor in theology , Carl Frederick Bahrdt , about 17 S 6 , soon after which it became extinct . His object , as published by himself , was to endeavour to crush reason , and to work against it ; for which purpose twenty-two persons had united themselves , but who would admit more among them . He commenced b y inventing and practising , by his own power and without much ceremony , a socalled Scottish Masonry , the second degree of which was to contain tlie
peculiar secrets of the German Union , at the same time the members were to be greatly benefitted by forming bookselling or publishing establishments . This idea originated the society which was shortly after formed at Dessau , and called the Buchtandlung der Gelehrten , which proved an important speculation , but was very soon stopped .
Vereinigte Logen . United Lodges . —Under this appellation was understood the united lodges of the Strict Observance , especially from the time that the Knights Templar system was discarded , the lodges of which still continued united under the Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick . Properly speaking , there still exists the united lodges which were formed at that time ; for in the Convention held at Williamsbad , Prince Charles of Hessen , Danish Field-Marshal , was appointed successor to the Duke Ferdinand of Brunswickfrom the death of whom Prince Charles styles
, himself Grand Master of the United Lodges in Germany and in the Danish States . Verriither . Traitor . —Ancient Freemasonry inflicted very severe punishment for the least treason to the Order ; nevertheless , we have accounts of men who have proved traitors , even as we find accounts of such traitors to the mysteries of the ancients . With the increase of enlightenment and rational reflectionit is admitted that a brother may
, both speak and write much upon the Order without becoming a traitor to its secrets , as is proved by the work before us . How an initiation is conducted , how a word or grip is given , gives no key to the true secret of the Order ; but we nevertheless disapprove of such disclosures , for this reason , that the uninitiated could only form a useless chimera from them . We have in Europe twelve different methods of initiation . He who does not belong to the Order would have to go through a martyrdom
to read half of them , and to deduce therefrom a result comformable to the truth , if we only think upon " Sarseno , " which appeared in 1816 , and which only contained an obsolete form of initiation , with a great many inaccuracies in it . If non-Masons would take our advice , it is certain that they would no longer doubt , but be perfectly assured , that a society , consisting of so many learned , rational , and celebrated men , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.
who bare their heads in humility before the Grand Architect of heaven and earth . Should any such arch hypocrite gain admission into a lodge , he would be immediately detected , and turned out with disdain . Rational faith alone is becoming in a Freemason . He accepts no doctrine as incontestably true , without having first proved its truth himself , or having had it tested by wise and experienced men . He admits that there are many things believed to be true in the world ' s opinionwhich health
, y reason and clear judgment will not admit as truths , but he also knows that , in speaking upon those subjects , it is necessary that he should be extremely cautious . With these sentiments he lives peaceabl y in the world , and avoids falling into the depths of superstition which are situated between unbelief and rational belief . Union deutche , oder union der Zwei und Zwanziger . German Unionor Union of the Two-and- twenty . —This secret society was
, originated by the well-known doctor in theology , Carl Frederick Bahrdt , about 17 S 6 , soon after which it became extinct . His object , as published by himself , was to endeavour to crush reason , and to work against it ; for which purpose twenty-two persons had united themselves , but who would admit more among them . He commenced b y inventing and practising , by his own power and without much ceremony , a socalled Scottish Masonry , the second degree of which was to contain tlie
peculiar secrets of the German Union , at the same time the members were to be greatly benefitted by forming bookselling or publishing establishments . This idea originated the society which was shortly after formed at Dessau , and called the Buchtandlung der Gelehrten , which proved an important speculation , but was very soon stopped .
Vereinigte Logen . United Lodges . —Under this appellation was understood the united lodges of the Strict Observance , especially from the time that the Knights Templar system was discarded , the lodges of which still continued united under the Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick . Properly speaking , there still exists the united lodges which were formed at that time ; for in the Convention held at Williamsbad , Prince Charles of Hessen , Danish Field-Marshal , was appointed successor to the Duke Ferdinand of Brunswickfrom the death of whom Prince Charles styles
, himself Grand Master of the United Lodges in Germany and in the Danish States . Verriither . Traitor . —Ancient Freemasonry inflicted very severe punishment for the least treason to the Order ; nevertheless , we have accounts of men who have proved traitors , even as we find accounts of such traitors to the mysteries of the ancients . With the increase of enlightenment and rational reflectionit is admitted that a brother may
, both speak and write much upon the Order without becoming a traitor to its secrets , as is proved by the work before us . How an initiation is conducted , how a word or grip is given , gives no key to the true secret of the Order ; but we nevertheless disapprove of such disclosures , for this reason , that the uninitiated could only form a useless chimera from them . We have in Europe twelve different methods of initiation . He who does not belong to the Order would have to go through a martyrdom
to read half of them , and to deduce therefrom a result comformable to the truth , if we only think upon " Sarseno , " which appeared in 1816 , and which only contained an obsolete form of initiation , with a great many inaccuracies in it . If non-Masons would take our advice , it is certain that they would no longer doubt , but be perfectly assured , that a society , consisting of so many learned , rational , and celebrated men , and