nature, are contraries, in the souls of men and in the Universe of
spheres and worlds; and from the action and opposition of each against
the other, result Harmony, and that movement which is the Life of the
Universe and the Soul alike. They are not antagonists of each other.
The force that repels a Planet from the Sun is no more an _evil_ force,
than that which attracts the Planet toward the central Luminary; for
each is created and exerted by the Deity, and the result is the
harmonious movement of the obedient Planets in their elliptic orbits,
and the mathematical accuracy and unvarying regularity of their
movements.
--Of that Equilibrium between Authority and Individual Action which
constitutes Free Government, by settling on immutable foundations
Liberty with Obedience to Law, Equality with Subjection to Authority,
and Fraternity with Subordination to the Wisest and the Best: and of
that Equilibrium between the _Active_ Energy of the Will of the Present,
expressed by the Vote of the People, and the Passive Stability and
Permanence of the Will of the Past, expressed in constitutions of
government, written or unwritten, and in the laws and customs, gray with
age and sanctified by time, as precedents and authority; which is
represented by the arch resting on the two columns, Jachin and Boaz,
that stand at the portals of the Temple builded by Wisdom, on one of
which Masonry sets the celestial Globe, symbol of the spiritual part of
our composite nature, and on the other the terrestrial Globe, symbol of
the material part.
--And, finally, of that Equilibrium, possible in ourselves, and which
Masonry incessantly labors to accomplish in its Initiates, and demands
of its Adepts and Princes (else unworthy of their titles), between the
Spiritual and Divine and the Material and Human in man; between the
Intellect, Reason, and Moral Sense on one side, and the Appetites and
Passions on the other, from which result the Harmony and Beauty of a
well-regulated life.
Which possible Equilibrium proves to us that our Appetites and Senses
also are Forces given unto us by God, for purposes of good, and not the
fruits of the malignancy of a Devil, to be detested, mortified, and, if
possible, rendered inert and dead: that they are given us to be the
means by which we shall be strengthened and incited to great and good
deeds, and are to be wisely used, and not abused; to be controlled and
kept within due bounds by the Reason and the Moral Sense; to be made
useful instruments and servants, and not permitted to become the
managers and masters, using our intellect and reason as base instruments
for their gratification.
And this Equilibrium teaches us, above all, to reverence ourselves as
immortal souls, and to have respect and charity for others, who are even
such as we are, partakers with us of the Divine Nature, lighted by a ray
of the Divine Intelligence, struggling, like us, toward the light;
capable, like us, of progress upward toward perfection, and deserving to
be loved and pitied, but never to be hated nor despised; to be aided and
encouraged in this life-struggle, and not to be abandoned nor left to
wander in the darkness alone, still less to be trampled upon in our own
efforts to ascend.
From the mutual action and re-action of each of these pairs of opposites
and contraries results that which with them forms the Triangle, to all
the Ancient Sages the expressive symbol of the Deity; as from Osiris and
Isis, Har-oeri, the Master of Light and Life, and the Creative Word. At
the angles of one stand, symbolically, the three columns that support
the Lodge, itself a symbol of the Universe, Wisdom, Power, and Harmony
or Beauty. One of these symbols, found on the Tracing-Board of the
Apprentice's Degree, teaches this last lesson of Freemasonry. It is the
right-angled Triangle, representing man, as a union of the spiritual and
material, of the divine and human. The base, measured by the number 3,
the number of the Triangle, represents the Deity and the Divine; the
perpendicular, measured by the number 4, the number of the Square,
represents the Earth, the Material, and the Human; and the hypothenuse,
measured by 5, represents that nature which is produced by the union of
the Divine and Human, the Soul and the Body; the squares, 9 and 16, of
the base and perpendicular, added together, producing 25, the square
root whereof is 5, the measure of the hypothenuse.
And as in each Triangle of Perfection, one is three and three are one,
so man is one, though of a double nature; and he attains the purposes of
his being only when the two natures that are in him are in just
equilibrium; and his life is a success only when it too is a harmony,
and beautiful, like the great Harmonies of God and the Universe.
Such, my Brother, is the TRUE WORD of a Master Mason; such the true
ROYAL SECRET, which makes possible, and shall at length make real, the
HOLY EMPIRE of true Masonic Brotherhood.
GLORIA DEI EST CELARE VERBUM. AMEN.
DIGEST--INDEX
OF
"MORALS AND DOGMA,"
OF
ALBERT PIKE 33°
BY
T.W. HUGO, G.C.C.H.
Published by
The Supreme Council, 33°
A. & A.S.R. for the
Southern Jurisdiction, U. S. A.
* * * * *
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1909, by
T.W. HUGO,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
L.H. JENKINS, INC.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
PREFACE.
The following Digest of the contents of Brother Albert Pike's monumental
work, "Morals and Dogma," the text book of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite for the southern jurisdiction, issued by the Supreme
Council, grew out of the desire of the writer to have an index of the
contents for his own personal use as the presiding officer, for twenty
years, of each of the Scottish Rite Bodies in Duluth, Minnesota, and it
can be imagined that in that time, dating from the first organization,
many questions have been propounded which could only be properly
answered by reference to that epitome of Scottish Rite Free Masonry; the
book referred to.
From the very nature of "Morals and Dogma," different subjects are hard
to find; the book is very naturally divided under the headings of
Degrees; there are no sub-headings; and as most of the important
subjects are touched on, to a greater or lesser extent, in all the
Degrees it meant a perusal of the entire book if all the information on
any of those subjects was desired.
The writer started to compile an Index (in the ordinary acceptation of
the term), giving the pages where such and such words would be found,
but he had not progressed very far before it became evident that was
only half a solution of the problem; so many references were found that
it would have been necessary to spend a great length of time looking up
the several pages to see if that particular reference was to what the
searcher was after; the procedure was entirely changed and it was
decided, although it would consume very much more time, and entail more
arduous labor, to digest the contents and then Index that, so that when
a person wanted to find out what, for instance, the Egyptians understood
by "The Universe," it was not necessary to look in "Morals and Dogma,"
at all the pages on which "Universe" was mentioned but by following down
the column, under the heading "Universe," come to "Universe of the
Egyptians a living, animated being like man, page 665-l;" if that is not
enough in detail turn to page 665, and in the lower third of the page
will be found the paragraph of which the line just quoted is the boiled
down meaning; most of the time it will not be necessary to consult the
"Morals and Dogma" at all.
When the Digest (so called for want of a better name) was completed, a
meeting of the Duluth Brethren was called to secure the assistance of
some of them in making a few copies on the typewriter, but they decided
that each of them wanted a copy and the only thing to do was to print;
hence the book.
In the opinion of the writer no one who has not carefully studied
"Morals and Dogma," or the several subjects of which it is the epitome,
is or can be a Master of the Royal Secret in the true meaning of the
term, no matter how many patents he may have, nor how completely they
are countersigned by distinguished Masons of the Thirty-third Degree,
and it is for those who do not wish to sail along under false colors and
assume titles of which they know not the meaning that this volume is
prepared, believing it will assist them to acquire an interest in the
subject which they otherwise would be much slower in gaining, if not
deterred altogether by the apparent difficulty in following up the
several subjects.
Honored with the personal friendship and confidence of the author of
"Morals and Dogma," receiving the highest honors at his hands and
cherishing a lively recollection of his many splendid qualities of mind
and heart, the writer can conceive of no higher ambition than that of
shewing by deeds that he has appreciated the privileges of that
friendship and has absorbed some of the inspiration which personal
intercourse with Brother Pike made possible therefore.
This volume is dedicated in grateful memory of the Prince Adept,
Albert Pike, 33°, Mystic, Poet, Scholar, who through his researches
and his study of the Symbolism of Free Masonry has raised that
Institution far above the commonplace and enthroned it on the lofty
plane of a sublime system of Philosophy, embracing the accumulated
Wisdom of the ages fitted to make men wiser, happier, better.
No attempts have been made to standardize the spelling of some words,
nor make any changes in phraseology; for instance, "Cabala," "Kabalah,"
"Kabala," are different spellings of the one word; "Deity" and "God" are
used indiscriminately, etc., etc.; this volume is a Digest of "Morals
and Dogma" as it is, and nothing else.
T.W. HUGO.
Duluth, Minn., October 1st, 1909.
EXPLANATION.
In explanation of the characters used in the Index; the letters "u,"
"m," "l" after a number signifies that the subject mentioned will be
found on the page represented by the number and in the upper, middle, or
lower thirds of that page, respectively; thus "Unity of God taught in
the Kabalah, 625-l," means that on the lower third of page 625 will be
found the paragraph of which the notation in question is a shortened
statement.
Where no final letter is given it means that the notation refers to the
entire page, as "Universe, questions concerning the creation or self
existence of, 648," means that all of page 648 refers to that notation
just quoted.
Where a dash (--) appears at the end of the words, it means that for the
completion of the sentence reference must be made to the page whose
number follows; for instance, "Universe must have been co-existent with
Deity because--, 684-u," means that the reader must consult page 684-u,
and complete the sentence, as it is of such a nature that it could not
be boiled down very well and preserve the true sense.
Where a dash (--) appears between two numbers of pages it means that
both of those pages and the intervening ones refer to the subject matter
of the notation opposite those numbers.
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