by Arthur Edward Waite (Author)

It is the design of the following studies to present in an ordered sequence the chief aspects which have been assumed by Emblematic Freemasonry and its connection and developments in the course of their progress though the past two centuries. Chapters include: Intimations from the old records; The acception and Robert Fludd; Ancient York Masonry; The Mystical Quest in Freemasonry; Masonic Tradition and the Royal Arch; The second birth of Masonry in the continental rites; Grades of the secrete tradition; Christology of the secret tradition; The chivalry of the holy temple; The development of vengeance grades; The alleged masonic peril; The place of Masonry in the rites of initiation; Appendix.