Contents

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	AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF SYMBOLICAL FREEMASONRY	15

	PART ONE: THE FIRST STEP
CHAPTER
I	AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST STEP	41
II	THE PETITION FOR MEMBERSHIP	47
III	THE BALLOT	55
IV	"WORTHY AND WELL-QUALIFIED"	61
V	THE HOODWINK	70
VI	THE CABLE TOW	76
VII	THE LODGE	83
VIII	THE ENTRANCE	87
IX	THE SHARP INSTRUMENT	93
X	INVOKING THE BLESSING OF DEITY	95
XI	CIRCUMAMBULATION	98
XII	APPROACHING THE EAST	102
XIII	THE ALTAR	107
XIV	THE OBLIGATION	110
XV	THE THREE GREAT LIGHTS	117
XVI	THE LESSER LIGHTS	124
XVII	"LUX E TENEBRIS"	127
XVIII	WORDS, GRIPS AND TOKENS	131
XIX	THE RITE OF SALUTATION	137
XX	THE APRON	140
XXI	DESTITUTION	148
XXII	THE NORTHEAST CORNER	152
XXIII	WORKING TOOLS OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE	156

	PART TWO: THE SECOND STEP
XXIV	AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND STEP	165
XXV	PASSING	171
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	PART TWO: THE SECOND STEP (Continued)
CHAPTER		PAGE
XXVI	SQUARE ON THE BREAST	175
XXVII	THE SCRIPTURE READING FROM AMOS	177
XXVIII	THE OBLONG SQUARE	180
XXIX	DUE FORM	183
XXX	WORKING TOOLS OF A FELLOW CRAFT	185
XXXI	THE ASHLARS	194
XXXII	THE MIDDLE CHAMBER	198
XXXIII	OPERATIVE AND SPECULATIVE	201
XXXIV	THE TWO GREAT PILLARS	206
XXXV	THE GLOBES	213
XXXVI	THE ASCENT	216
XXXVII	THE BUILDERS	225
XXXVIII	THE FIVE SENSES	230
XXXIX	THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES	235
XL	THE EPHRAIMITISH WAR AND CORN, WINE AND OIL	239
XLI	THE LETTER G	242

	PART THREE: THE THIRD STEP
XLII	AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD STEP	249
XLIII	THE VITAL PARTS OF THE BREAST	253
XLIV	THE GOLDEN BOWL AND THE SILVER CORD	256
XLV	THAT WHICH WAS LOST	259
XLVI	THE TROWEL	264
XLVII	THE HIRAMIC LEGEND	268
XLVIII	ETERNAL LIFE	274
XLIX	THE LION'S PAW	279
L	THE EMBLEMS	283
LI	THE EMBLEMS (Continued)	290
LII	THE EMBLEMS (Continued)	295
LIII	THE EMBLEMS (Continued)	298
LIV	CONCLUSION	302

	APPENDIX: QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION	309

	INDEX	353

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