The secret hand signs of Illuminists are thought to work magic, to evoke supernatural beings, and, of course, to communicate messages. For example, the higher degree Mason, Rosicrucian or other Illuminist can discern at what ritual level a brother in the Craft is at by testing his handshak...
All Mormons agree that the Book of Mormon is the foundation of their religion and that if the Book of Mormon weren't true, there could be no Mormon religion. That's obvious and logical. There's no arguments with that statement."Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and wher...
Kelby MasonRa Plakias ForJournal of Cognition & CultureNichols, S. (2004b), "Is Religion What We Want? Motivation and the Cultural Transmission of Religious Representations." Journal of Cognition and Culture, 4, 347-371.Nichols, S. 2004b. Is religion what we want? Motivation and the ...
In a Lodge of Mason's, when we are at what is called "Labor", a business meeting, if it becomes necessary for you to go from one side of the Lodge to the other, you are not to pass between the Worshipful Master and the Alter. You must go toward the West then to the other side...
"At the present day, we find much uncertainty as to what Freemasonry is or means. Some call it a religion; others, merely religious. Some say its fundamental dogma is monotheism; others add immortality of the soul or even resurrection of the body; some consider it Christian; while still ...
Preston answers that both by symbols and by lectures the Mason is (first) admonished to study and to acquire learning and (second) is actually taught a complete system of organized knowledge. Karl Christian Friedrich Krause(*3)was born at Eisenberg, not far from Leipzig, in 1781. He was ...
Huxley was a skeptic, but he rejected the label infidel. He stressed that agnosticism was a method for the study of religion and not a creed. He wished to apply the scientific method to the study of the veracity of theNew Testamentclaims about Jesus; he thought a Christian should look at...
fraternity and shun it as heretical. Their reasoning is that Freemasonry acts as a surrogate to religion, replacing their doctrines of faith. But reason shows us otherwise, as masonry builds on the tenants of all faith, embracing the primitive aspects of each faith, in that all faiths are ...
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1 What is Freemasonry? St. John's Lodge No. 17 – March 13, 2012 Most of us proudly wear the well known symbols of Masonry and rightly so. Often, when out in public displaying our logo, people will ask "so you are a Mason, what's Masonry all about?" Are you prepared to answer...