I. There is the Triangle in the centre, repre-

senting Heaven in three divisions (G).
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2. There are three arms which represent the three supports of Heaven, these representing the " Three Grand Originals " in the R.A.C. All R.A.M. will recognize this when the " Three meet to form the Triangle." Their position and action is one of " support/' like on the " five points of Fellowship," " they meet and agree to support " the Triangle, a representative symbol of Heaven and T.G.G. of T.U., in the Stellar Cult.
3. The Primary Trinity is here represented as Horus, Set, and Shu.
4. These also represent the three primary Ele- mental Powers divinized— also the Three Seasons of the year, as ancient Egyptian— in the Stellar Cult (see supra) .
5. This Sign and Symbol, although as old as the Stellar Cult, and Sacred Symbol still used by the " Operative Masons " of the York division only (for other reasons than here stated), has been brought on, and is at the present time used as a Totem Sign for the County of Kent and the Isle of Man. It is also found in many parts of the world under various phases. This " Swastika " of the Stellar Cult is used by the York division of the Operative Masons only, thus proving that their old Brother Operative Masons have pre- served the true original, and have not contaminated their Ritual with the Solar innovation, which is not only very curious and instructive, but proves my
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contention as regards the " Solar Swastika " being a Sign or Symbol not originally connected or
belonging to them.
Fig. 117. As regards their statement "The present form of Speculative square is no good at J all, as you will see " — this is not relevant to the
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subject, as I have stated (supra). The one was for| the builder, the other for Eschatology ; there- fore each one is as good as the other for its pur- pose, as I would wish to point out to the Operativesi — that in whatever form you find this Symbol, and] there are many, the interpretation and meaning I of the Ideograph is always the same, and could
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not be varied to the Speculative Mason (see inter- pretation supra), whilst to the Operative the various forms that this Symbol could be portrayed in, meant much ; it gave him different angles, squared the circle, or divided it into four divisions, etc., so that comparisons between the Operative and Speculative decipherment are futile. This was a Solar symbol, and it is not found amongst the old Stellar Cult remnants of the present time.
The Three Master Squares in the Operative D dl O were formed on or out of the Triangle in the centre of the above Swastika embodied in the 47th Problem of the First Book of Euclid (Fig. 118), and this Jewel is worn by M.M. in Speculative who are ignorant of its real origin and meaning, which is that it is the Triangle of Horus, the Three ^'^'''- ''^•
Squares representing the Three Grand Originals in one form, or the Primary Trinity.
Fig. 119. The Operative Arch Freemason wears the Swastika as a Jewel with a Pole Star in its centre. This proves how they have mixed up this Solar symbol with their old Stellar Cult (ex- planation has been fully given supra). That the Operatives have a varying number of arms to this symbol further proves the innovation. This symbol has four arms only in the Solar Cult.
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The division into others has been caused by the Operatives placing one to seven, as the Power of the Pole, one to seven of the Glorious Ones, etc. These seven were represented in various forms — one was Horus, God of the North and afterwards God of the North and South ; two were Hu and Sa, attributes representing Spirit and Blood ; four were the four Brothers or Children of Horus, etc. (see " Signs and Symbols "), all powers or attributes of the one G.A.O.T.U., sometimes represented by
Fig. 119.
"The Arch Freemasons' Swastika is worn as a Jewel, and it is going with the Sun, the Pole Star being in the centre. Of course this is found on the top of the Arch Centre Altar. If the Arms are turned in the other direction it means death. Hell, and all evil. This drawitig shows 4 Arms, but the Arch Masons have the same thing with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Arms — corresponding to the degree."
" Cords," sometimes " Chains," and other forms, but all one and the same. But these had nothing to do with the Swastika, which was a Symbol of the four quarters, when Horus had changed from God of the Pole Star North in the Stellar Cult, to Atum-Iu in the early Solar.
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These are the sLx circles of the Pole Star with G in centre (Horus). The Lines (six) represent the six powers represented by " ropes " as " men " (see Ritual of Ancient Egypt). The top of this should be the North, not West, as It is Stellar Cult.
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Fig. 120.
The Three Symbols or Marks of the three Operative Masons are —
Fig. 121.
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which are formed from the Primary Trinity in the Symbolism (ist) of the Three Triangles or the Triangle of Set and Horus with Shu added, and (2nd) the three Circles as —
Fig. 122.
These are very important, and if the reader will trace these out on two separate pieces of paper, and place one over the other, he will see how the triangle is unfolded into one centre triangle, with the three others around it. The Primary Trinity — the Three in One — the one ruling power.
I will give one more of the Operative Signs and Symbols, which is important because it shows the portrayal in the Stellar Cult of what we have
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also in the Solar under different symbols — " The Point within a Circle."
Fig. 123.
" This mark is found in Egypt, India, and many parts of the world. It is true to the 3, 4, 5 Angles, and the Operative teaching says it is a point within a circle — the root of the male and female system. The male portion is going with the sun, but the female is either standing still or going against the sun.
" There is an unwritten law in the Operative Craft that this sign is not to be explained to either Apprentice boys or to any but married Freemasons."
I reproduce the Operative explanation, which is quite sufficient to explain itself without my ex- posing any other secrets I ought not to.
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The Operatives say that " Jabal " was their founder, but do not know how long ago he lived. This, I take it, is the Hebrew for Horus Behutet, and they can certainly claim that they have existed at least three hundred thousand years, because their Signs and Symbols, and the words " El Shaddai," prove that they were formed into the Brotherhood of " Companions and Craftsmen " at that time. Some of their present Ritual has been altered from the original, and passwords in Hebrew substituted for the original Egyptian, probably from the same causes as the Speculative. They salute the rising sun with the sevenfold salute which was originally Stellar, but brought on as an early Solar custom. The seven-time salute, however, was taken from the Stellar and carried on, but in their Red degree they still have the old Stellar custom, i.e. their form of an Arch lodge is a circle under the dome of heaven. They have the circular altar in the centre exactly under the plumb-line which comes down from the God of the Pole Star North. There are seven steps up to the altar, which they refer to the seven spirits or seven sciences. Thus they set out on the floor or ground six points ; six men are placed on each arm between the steps and point, and at the proper time these slowly revolve around the altar seven times. The circle here is a representation of the Celestial Paradise
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situated at the North. (For explanation of the Plumb-line see Ritual of Ancient Egypt.) The seven steps represent the seven Glorious Ones, or Great Attributes of T.G.A.O.T.U., and the circle of men (thirty-six in all) represents the pro- cession of the Stars of the Little Bear, the number of times going round represents the number of the stars. The Circular Temple v^^as in existence long before those of the double square ; it was in the circular form that Temples were first built by the early Stellar Cult people. Those in the form of a double square followed after. The orientation of these circular ones will always be to the South, which would prove that they were built at the time of Set or El Shaddai, God of the South Pole. Although at the present day they teach the " landmarks " and " land lines " on the ground, also the centre sun line and the whole system of " setting out " a Temple true to the sunrise, on the day after which the Temple is named they set out their foundations true to the sunrise on the day that the Hebrews came out of Egypt (supposed), and teach the Master the " five- point system " of setting out the Temple. Here we see a mixture of Solar and Stellar. " The five-point system " is the correct old Stellar. " The setting out true to the sunrise " is Solar, and came into existence when the orientation changed from North to East. This can be proved
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by examining the remains of all these old Temples, examples of which I have mentioned. The old ruins at Zimbabwe in Africa form a most excellent example of the remains of the old Stellar Cult builders, proving most conclusively the great knowledge of Geometry, Astronomy, and Mathe- matics which the Master builders possessed. The Iconographic figures found there prove, too, how far the Speculative had advanced in his evolution of " the doctrines of Final things."
I am much indebted to the Grand Council of the Operatives for forwarding me their diagram of the " Five Great Circles," showing the forma- tion of a " curved-sided pentagon," which we Speculative Masons have lost (Figs. 124-128).
I reproduce here the diagrams. For the in- formation of my Brothers I give the Egyptian explanation, and not the Operative interpretation. The curved pentagon here on the centre has the same explanation and meaning as the one made by the two triangles, as represented in the centre of the five-pointed star (straight-sided) — the sub- division of Heaven or Celestial World " Sb aau " (see p. 270).
The Five Great Circles represent the Five Great Spirits, or Attributes, or Guardians, of the same. In the Mexican we often see these represented by five Houses or five glyphs ; this is the origin of our five points of fellowship, as we demonstrate
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that part of our ceremonies, given only in each case to M.M. or higher degrees, both in O. and S. (F to F, K to K, H to H, B to B, H. O. B.), thus faithfully promising to guard the secrets
Fig. 124.
and to support our Brothers in the discharge of their duties.
These Five Great Circles represented a later phase in the evolution of Signs and Symbols than the five-pointed star, but both originated in the
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Stellar Cult ; both the points and the circles repre- sent, or are symbolical of, the Five Great Spirits
Fig. 125.
Fig. 126.
or Attributes, who guard the secret of Paradise, or Heaven, and are supporters of each other, and in
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the Operative sense, " Built on," or formed Heaven in the form of a pentagon, first with straight Unes, secondly with curved sides — as the subdivision of the Celestial World, given to the Operatives by the Old Priests to show them the correct Mathe-
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matical way to form the buildings, etc., in these forms, for their guidance and use.
The Sacred Sign " Ru " (Egyptian) which the Speculative Mason has lost, is still " formed " and used by the Operatives. It is formed by the two
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circles representing God of the North and God of the South (see Fig. iii), and was first formed when Horus became primary god. It represents the Saviour of the World who came by water, as the water of the inundation of the
Fig. 128.
Nile, etc. (see supra). The Operatives use it in connection with the Five Great Circles, etc., which it is not necessary to explain here except that Eschatologically it is sixth great power, 5 + i • In the Operatives' form of death of H.A. they
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take two planks 8 ft. long, 9 in. wide, fasten them to the 60 by 20, or 3 to i Temple proportion. They lay the body thereon, and tie hands and feet and body thereto ; five men of equal height lift the cross up until it rests on the " five points," or heads of the men under the centre and comers. To the march of Israel,' they carry him seven times round against the sun, all standing at the sign of distress —
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(but this is reaHy not the ancient sign of distress ; the meaning of this is quite another thing) — then out of the Lodge, and the body is placed in the tomb ordered for them by K.S. This is only done once a year, on the true day when H.A. was slain (supposed). To raise him on the five points is to lift him and to carry him out flat on the heads of five men. .We see a difference in the Operative and Speculative here. " His body being laid crosswise " is an emblem of early Solar Ritual
' It was originally the March of the Priests of Memphis. This is the only piece of music that has ever been found in Ancient Egypt. A copy of it came into my hands, and I gave it to 111. Bro. Capt. Rogan of the Coldstream Guards, who orchestrated it for his band ; it is magnificent music.
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and representation (see Swastika supra). The five men and the five points are Stellar, and refer to the death of Horus, the first which is associated with the five -pointed star (see my notes proving the tradition of the death of Osiris was brought on from the Stellar Horus). Of course in the Opera- tive and Speculative the Hebrew version is re- tained, but the original v/as Horus, God of the North and South in Stellar Cult, and the Body- should be on the Two Poles of North and South. I have discussed this in an earher chapter (see Fig. i, page 41). I do not wish any Brother to believe for one moment that because I have pointed out many innovations, made both in Operative and Speculative, I wish these Rituals to be altered in any way, because I do not ; we have used them now for some time, and all understand, or should understand, them. My writings are for the information of those Brothers who wish to know the origins of these things, and what they meant then.
I reproduce here an old plate of the Lodge and degrees of the Operative Masons, a Solar form. This is symbolic of a part of Amenta to the eighth pylon only, in which the first two mysteries were communicated to the Initiate — twenty-four pylons in all. The first mystery has been divided up into four degrees with these Operatives, " all of whom work with their hands." The second
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mystery has also been divided up into four degrees, " all of whom work with their heads or brains." In other words, you have here the working or Operative Lodge, based upon the Eschatological, with Esoteric rendering in working and build- ing. All of the first four degrees here are work- ing, and carry out the plans of the Architect, Mathematician, Geometrician, and Superintendent of the other four degrees. Thus you will under- stand my meaning when I ,have stated that these Operatives were initiated into the first and second Mysteries only. Their Lodge proves this, having only the representation of the eight pylons (see Ritual of Ancient Egypt). This form of their Lodge is Solar, and not the old Stellar form. I do not know if they have the old Stellar J^odge formation or not, but they will find it amongst the Mendozas at the present day. The orientation of the oldest Stellar Lodge was first South and then North ; when they changed to East they had adopted part of the Solar signs and symbols, and mixed them with the old Stellar, because it must be clearly understood that these old Opera- tive Masons were constituted as such, by the Old Stellar Priests, and came into existence at the time of the early Stellar Cult. There is no trace in the Egyptian Ritual, or anywhere else, that I have been able to discover, of their being recon- structed again in the Solar, or any of the other
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Cults. It is evident, however, that some Solar symbols were given them with the secrets of " setting them out " for their Architects and builders, by the Old Priests of the Solar Cult ; but there is no history of any further degrees having been conferred on them, and the fact that they have mixed up the Esoteric rendering of these Solar Symbols with that of the Stellar proves this. In the " Arch-Masons Lodge " of the Opera- tives they place 1 2 Circles in a round form (see Fig. 112) round the plumb-line down from the Pole Star ; on each circle they place a man. A circular Altar is placed in the centre, true to the plumb- line. The candidate is led 7 times round outside the circles, then the man at the East moves, which makes a door for the candidate to enter ; he is then led round 7 times inside the circle, and takes the Arch O. B. at the centre Altar. They say that the 12 men represent the 12 Tribes. The wall of living men represents 1 2 columns of Stone ; the men are human columns, or representatives of the originals. We see here that the Solar definition has been applied to a Stellar Representative. The 12 Circles represent the 12 divisions of Heaven, or the 1 2 Great Spirits of the North (there were also 12 of the South, see supra). The Altar being circular with the plumb-line from the Pole Star, proves it to be a Stellar portrayal, and the 7 times walking round represent the 7 Pole Stars or the
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Khuti of the Egyptians. " A man at the East moves " also proves the Solar representative of a Stellar depiction. In the Egyptian it was " a man at the North," which is the true representation before it "got mixed." The remains of 12 Circles of Stone N. (and 12 S.) are found in many coun- tries at the present time (see supra).
.When an Operative Lodge requires a new Chaplain, the Rev. Gentleman goes to a Lodge or degree of " Jachin " — a Lodge of Priests — and the ceremony of initiation he has to undergo is unknown to the Operative members. After his initiation, two Jachins conduct him to the Lodge door of the Operatives — in cap, gown, bands, and hood. He is brought in, and kneels while the prayer is given. The two Jachins lead him at once on to the square pavement, and he walks seven times round the central Altar and one of the Jachins puts the obligation to him. He is then taken to the Throne, and the i st Master invests him with the Collar and Jewel, and tells him that he knows his duty so much better than the Master, and hands him the V. S. L. The Master gives him the grip and sign that will enable him to enter the Lodge at any time. He is then taken and installed in his seat on Mount Sinai in the S.E. corner. As Jachin represents God, he is saluted by all present in due form.
You will see by this he is not prepared as an
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Apprentice ; he does not have a bond. The W.'s and D.'s and D.C. have nothing to do with the ceremony. // is a religious and not a trade cere- mony. He does not go round on the border of the Carpet, but is taken at once to the " Square Pavement " — because it is for the High Priest to walk upon. He does not pay any fees to the Lodge funds, but he pays a fee to the Priests' or Jachins' Lodge. He has a special sign, which no other member of the Lodge dares to give. We see, therefore, here is critical proof of my con- tention on this point.
310 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY APPLICATION FORM.'
To the Superintendent of the Works of
THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF FREE MASONS
Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plasterers AND Bricklayers.
I, being the Son of a
Free Man and years of age, humbly crave to be made an
Apprentice to the Ancient and Honourable Craft.
I am prompted by a favourable opinion preconceived of the Fraternity and the desire for knowledge to enable me to work at the Trade.
1 further promise and swear that I will conform to all the ancient usages and established customs of the Order.
Witness my hand this day of 191
Witness
Proposed by : Seconded by : Supported by
Proposed
Elected
* A doctor's report is always required, and the medical exami- nation of the candidate is that as for the Army, and he must be passed as " fit" or no application for membership will be granted.
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Note.— You will see that the application for membership is to work at the Trade. This, you will perceive, is another proof of my contention as regards Operatives, and the distinction between them and the Speculatives.
To test a man by the triangle in the blue Lodge they have a frame as here sho\vn : —
Fig. 131.
But to test a man in the arch or red Lodge the frame is curved, and the man goes through it.
Fig. 132. You will find this cut in stone also as a design in church windows, etc.
In the 3rd degree the frames have 3 sides.
In the 4th degree the frames have 4 sides.
In the 5th degree the frames have 5 sides.
In the 6th degree the frames have 6 sides.
In the 7th degree the frames have 7 sides.
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I trust what I have written will be sufficient to convince both Operative and Speculative Masons that there can be no question as to " which was first " or any other points which might cause any divisions. I have purposely not included the rituals of either, because these secrets of theirs should be kept ; they differ in a way, inasmuch as one is Operative and the other is Speculative, and it is quite possible during the later Christian times they might have mixed a little, but the two are ■distinctly different as stated.
I only trust that this very long chapter may render the position clearer to each Operative and Speculative Brother, so that no future question could arise to cause any division or unbrotherly feelings. I only write for the information and good of all Brothers of whatever clime or creed, in the name of T.G.A.O.T.U.
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THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF THE FREE MASONS OF THE CITY OF YORK AND DIVISION.
, Oath of Nimrod.
Apprentice Degree (is/).
I, do, in the presence of
El Shaddai and of this Worshipful Assembly of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers and Brick- layers, promise and declare that I will not at any time hereafter, by any act or circumstance whatsoever, directly or indirectly, write, print, cut, mark, publish, discover, reveal, or make known, any part or parts of the Trade secrets, priviledges, or counsells of the Worshipful Fraternity or Fellowship of Free Masonry, which I may have known at any time, or at any time hereafter shall be made known unto me.
The penalty for breaking this great oath shall be the loss of my life.
That I shall be branded with the mark of the Traitor and slain according to ancient custom by being throtalled, that my body shall be buried in the rough sands of the sea a cable's length from the shore where the tide regularily ebbs and flows twice in the twenty-four hours, so that my soul shall have no rest by night or by day —
{Candidate signs the O.B.)
Given under my hand and sealed with my lips, this day of 1913-
So help me El Shaddai and the holy contents of this book.
The First Master Mason — Take good heed to keep it right well, for it is perilous and great danger for a man to forswear himself upon the Holy Book.
Note. — .We see here that the obHgation refers to trade secrets, and must therefore be of recent origin. To prove this one only has to refer to the
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later part of it, where " his body is buried in the rough sands of the sea." Now originally that could not enter into the obligation (in fact it did not in. Egypt), because at Edfu, and in the 1 7th Nome, there was no sea, and probably the oldest brothers did not know much about the sea ; and it could not refer either to the Mediterranean, because that has, practically speaking, no ebb and flow of tide ; and therefore this is a recent substitute for the old original Egyptian — which, I may add, is still extant, and which they have lost.
OPERATIVE MASONRY
THE OLD OPERATIVE OPENING AS IT WAS IN 1620, AND UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.
The Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plasterers, and Bricklayers.
To open the Lodge in the First Degree.
ist Master Mason— Brother Second Master Mason, is it your pleasure that we open the Lodge in the First Degree ?
2nd M.M. — It is.
ist M.M. — Brother Third Master Mason, is it your pleasure that we open the Lodge in the First Degree ?
3rd M.M.— It is.
ist M.M. — Brethren, assist us to open the Lodge in the First Degree.
ist M.M.— Brother Inside Guard, what is the first care of every Free Mason ?
Inside Guard— To see that the Lodge is properly guarded.
ist M.M.— Brother Inside Guard, is the Lodge properly guarded ?
Inside Guard — Worshipful Master Mason, it is.
ist M.M.— Brother Inside Guard, what is our next care ?
Inside Guard — To see that none but Free Masons and Inden- tured Apprentices are present.
ist M.M.— To order as Indentured Apprentices.
ist M.M. — Brother Inside Guard, you will admit the Outside Guard.
ist M.M. — Brother Outside Guard, what is your position ?
Outside Guard -Outside the door of the Lodge.
ist M.M. —Your duty ?
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O.G.- -Being armed with a drawn sword, to keep off all cowans and intruders to Free Masonry, and to see that the candidates are properly prepared.
ist M.M. — Brother Inside Guard, what is your position ?
Inside Guard — Within the door of the Lodge.
ist M.M.— Your duty ?
I.G. — To admit Free Masons and Apprentices on proof, to receive the candidates in ancient form, and to obey com- mands.
ist M.M. — Brother Junior Warden's Deacon, what is your position ?
J.W.D.— At the right of the Junior Warden.
ist M.M. —Your duty ?
J.W.D. — To carry all messages and communications from the Junior Warden to the Senior Warden, and to await the return of the Senior Warden's Deacon.
ist M.M. — Brother Senior Warden's Deacon, what is your position ?
S.W.D.— At the right of the Senior Warden.
ist M.M.— Your duty ?
S.W.D. — To carry all messages and communications from the Senior Warden to the Deputy Master Mason, and to await the Master Mason's commands.
ist M.M. — Brother Master Mason's Deacon, what is your position ?
M.M.D. — At or near the right of the Deputy Master Mason.
ist M.M. — Your duty ?
M.M.D. — To carry all commands of the Master Masons from the Deputy Master Mason to the Senior Warden, and to see the same punctually obeyed.
ist M.M. — Brother Junior Warden, what is your position ?
J.W.— In the north.
ist M.M. — Why are you placed there ?
J.W. — To see the sun at its meridian, to call the brethren from labour to refreshment, and from refreshment to labour at the proper hours.
ist M.M. — Brother Senior Warden, what is your position ?
S.W.— In the east.
ist M.M. —Why are you placed there ?
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S.W. — To see tlie setting sun, to pay the Masons their wages and to sec that tlie working plans arc placed in the place of safety.
ist M.M.— Brother Deputy Master Mason, what is your position ?
D.M.M. — At your feet,
ist M.M. — What is your duty ?
D.M.M. — To lay out schemes, draw designs, and see the Master Masons' work properly executed, also to open, rule, and close the Lodge when so commanded by the Worshipful Master Masons.
ist M.M.— Brother Deputy Master Mason, what is the position of the Master Masons ?
D.M.M. — Upon the throne in the west.
ist M.M. — Why are they placed there ?
D.M.M.— To see the rising sun, to open the Lodge, and to see that the Brethren are employed and instructed in Free Masonry.
ist M.M.— The Lodge being properly formed, before we declare it open, Brother Jachin.
Jachin— Most Holy and Glorious El Shaddai, Thou Great Architect of Heaven and Earth, Who art the giver of all good gifts and graces ; and hast promised that where two or three are gathered together in Thy Name, Thou wilt be in the midst of them ; in Thy Name we assemble and meet together, most humbly beseeching Thee to bless us in all our undertakings, to give us Thy Holy Spirit, to enlighten our minds with wisdom and understanding of this our worshipful and worthy Craft of Free Mason, that we may know, and serve Thee aright, that all our doings may tend to Thy glory and the salvation of our souls. This we humbly beg in Thy Name, O El Shaddai.
All say — So mote it be.
All say — " In the Lord is all our trust."
ist M.M.— In the name of King Solomon we declare the Lodge open for work in the First Degree.
We see here that the oldest Stellar Cult God is still used by the Operatives— El Shaddai = Set, who was Primary God of the South, although now they have placed him at the north, which is quite wrong.
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This opening ritual for the first degree and all other cere- monies are known as " Old York Ritual," and it includes the whole of the charges, documents, and secrets of the Ancient Guild Free Masons, Operative.
Notes on Opening.
It will be observed that there are three Master Masons, and they can do nothing unless the three agree, representing the Primary Trinity of Horus, Set, and Shu.
The Deputy Master Mason rules when the three masters are not present.
There are three Deacons.
The chaplain is known as Jachin.
The Masters and Wardens sit in such a position that they can face and see the sun.
In the temple. King Solomon, it is said, sat in the west and faced the east. The Operative Masters still do the same, but that was not the original position. This innovation was intro- duced probably at the time of the commencement of the Solar Cult. The Operatives, as is seen and proven here, have mixed their original Stellar with the Solar.
Once a year, October 2nd, the Operative Free Masons change their Third Master Mason.
FINAL CHAPTER
The foregoing chapters were written before this Great War commenced, and it must now be obvious to all Freemasons how futile were the efforts of our Deputy Grand Master, and the other Brothers, to cement the bond of brotherhood for peace and good-will with the Germans, at their various inter- national meetings, although the terminology of laudation on each side at the time was most exaggerated. I drew attention to this in an article published in The Freemason, asking the pertinent question, ' Had they succeeded in their object in preventing the then threatened war? " as I and others had done some years ago with the Brethren of the United States of America, when the question between us was " Shall there be war, or no war? " The Brothers decided that there should be no war then, or ever, between England and the United States of America.
The question of our overtures of peace and good- will to the Germans has now been answered in the negative— and the Brethren throughout the world will question why ; also what will be the result and
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outcome of this war as regards the future, and how it will affect the Brotherhood and the nations now taking part in it. Both questions I will answer for my Brothers. There cannot be the least doubt that both the English and French Brethren were anxious for universal peace. The French Brothers more especially were anxious to be acknowledged as being part of the universal Brotherhood, and to be in " Entente Cordiale " with the Grand Lodge of England, and we all rejoiced that they, having acknowledged the Great Architect of the Universe, were admitted into our Grand Lodge as such.
We know that at the meeting in London of the English, French, and German Grand Represen- tatives, all professed the same universal sentiments of peace and good -will. Although the German Brethren were eulogistic in their sentiments for peace, and professed a wish for closer ties, their after actions proved that in their hearts this was not so ; they were false to the true tenets of the Brotherhood, to the Great Architect of the Universe, and to the doctrines which they so professed to admire. That this was so is shown by the follow- ing : Numerous German Brethren had invited the French Freemasons to take part in the Seventh International Masonic Conference, which was announced to take place at Frankfort on the i 5th and 1 7th August, 1 9 1 4, and the French Brothers were preparing to meet the German Brothers on
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grounds of conciliation, and to contribute, to the best of their abihty, to the eUmination of any misunderstandings that existed— such misunder- standings as arm nations against each other. Nothing was held in abhorrence by the English and French Brothers so much as the prospect of a war, which, whatever the result, could not compensate for its atrocities.
On the French side, I do not hesitate to declare that they were free from reproach. During the past two years the question of a Franco -German truce had been discussed in every Lodge in France, and in every case reconciliation had been recog- nized as desirable. The French Lodges have become centres for the propagation of universal peace principles, and any recourse to violence has been universally condemned as a crime which no consideration could excuse.
For a long time past the three Prussian Grand Masters have shared the secrets of high councils, and here we have an explanation of their hostile attitude to peace, which they assumed when sub- mitting to their Annual Diet of German Grand Masters the following resolution : —
It is within the province of Freemasonry to
intervene in all phases of human life as a
medium of peace and conciliation. It is
therefore its duty to bring every civilized
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people to an understanding of, and respect for, the peculiarities of other peoples, and to prepare a pacific solution of unavoidable conflicts.
But the activities of Masonic organizations must be limited in these matters to an educa- tion of their members in the spirit of Free- masonry, so that they may spread the idea of peace as widely as possible. Any other mode of activity would result in political tendencies, to which Masonry, by the terms of its fundamental principles, must remain foreign. It does not, therefore, belong to the domain of Masonry to support directly the modern pacific movement {called Pacificism). Therefore, this Diet of Grand Lodges invites the German Grand Lodges, Lodges, and Masonic Associations, to abstain from expressing any opinion in favour of Pacificism.
The Brethren will not be individually for- bidden to adhere to " Pacificism," on con- dition that they are not, on such occasions, to be publicly known as Freemasons.
This proposition was opposed by the five non- Prussian German Grand Lodges. The Prussian Grand Masters then thought fit to forbid the Lodges under their several jurisdictions any further
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official participation in the International Masonic Conference then being held.
Was there not in this anti-pacific attitude an exaggerated fear of touching the domain of politics? It appears rather that BerHn knew the projects of the Imperial Government. The latter had decided to crush France, and was acting in consequence. In these conditions, it became very poor politics to cultivate amongst Germans any pacific sentiments. It was solely on political grounds, therefore, that the Prussian Grand Masters affected to eschew politics. It remains to be asked whether this action is " regular " and truly worthy of Freemasonry. Emphatically no I
If at times French Masons have been mixed more than necessary in politics, they have nevertheless, as French Masons, always served a noble and dis- interested cause. Can the Prussian Masons, who have knowingly made themselves accomplices of unworthy politics, make the same claim? The least that can be asserted is that German Masonry has not been on a level with its task. This intellectual elite of a nation, proud of its " Kultur," has not been any more enlightened than a crowd. It has multiplied its platitudes towards an autocratic system, which is losing for Germany the benefit of a century of laborious efforts and brave struggles In the full knowledge of the falsifi- cation of the Ems dispatch, the Imperial dynasty
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crumbles with the present untruth. No Govern- ment, in fact, has ever lied so impudently as that of present-day Germany. For Germany has once more raised the banner and has called us all to the standard, to engage in fight to the end with the loathsome dragon now devastating the world, more pestilent than the old one, whose path across a fair and smiling land of a brave and courageous people, with its poisonous breath and vile hatred, is marked by hellish outrages on women, the hap- less cry of tortured babes, the heart-sob of the aged and the crimson stain of its wounded and dying victims, and the destruction of Literature and Art impossible to replace.
I do not say for one moment that all German Freemasons were of this one mind in Germany, or that there were not a large number of Brothers who wished for the establishment of Universal Brotherhood ; but that the majority, or those in power, as the Governing Body, were not so minded, there can be no doubt. If the whole of the German Brotherhood had combined together as the Americans did, there would have been no such awful calamity as is now taking place ; but they did not, as we well know, and the destruction of the German Empire will be the result. The French, on the contrary, having returned to the acknowledgment of the Great Architect of the Universe, and joined in with the one great nation
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which is working for Universal Brotherhood, will rise and be a great nation again, thus adding strength to the cause, which will become much stronger as time proceeds. After this war there will be a great advance in France of Freemasonry, and that country will eventually be governed by the Brotherhood on the lines of the old Stellar Cult Brotherhood, brought up to date without the dogmas of any of the present-day sects. j But the Great Architect of the Universe, who has ! formed the Natural Laws as well as the Spiritual ; Laws, punishes and destroys those nations and peoples who do not obey these laws, and although poor humanity is ever struggling to attain a higher type, and does so, yet if any one nation does not follow these divine laws it becomes destroyed and ceases to exist as a great nation. That is the past history of the downfall of all great nations without exception, and it will be so again.
And what of ourselves. Brothers? We are the greatest nation that exists at the present time. It is a question if we are as great a Brotherhood as existed for at least two hundred thousand years, as the Stellar Cult people did, when the whole of Africa, part of Asia, Europe, America, and Oceania were all of one Brotherhood. I say that the future all depends upon yourselves. If after this great war you allow Socialism to creep in, then this nation will follow others and will become destroyed
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as a great nation, and others will take its place. On the other hand, if we do not allow the Great Serpent of Evil in the form of Socialism to raise its head, we shall remain the greatest nation that the world has ever seen, in which the Brotherhood will flourish exceedingly. It does not matter what creed you profess outside the Lodge as long as it does not interfere with your great principles, tenets, and belief in the one Great Architect of the Universe, in the Lodge, and the practice of them in your daily lives.
You will have learnt, from the foregoing pages, that we are all one and the same, with this dif- ference, that some of us are in various stages of evolution as regards religious doctrines, just as we are in the advancement of evolution as members of the human race. That is the only difference, although many of you will not understand this except you study the above.
Brothers throughout the world, I greet you and pray that the one Great Architect of the Universe will cement us all in one Great Universal Brother- hood again. It rests with the British Brotherhood now to see this carried out, and every indi- vidual brother has a part and duty to perfortn. Therefore, let this charge rest on each one of you, because it is the will of the Great Architect of the Universe that it should be done.
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