THE SQUARE AND COMPASSES

In Search of Freemasonry


by W. M. Don Falconer PM, PDGDC

 

 

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MASONIC QUALIFICATIONS - PREAMBLE & PREFACE

 

PART I

CHAPTER ONE - THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF SPECULATIVE FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER TWO - FREEMASONRY AND RELIGION

CHAPTER THREE - THE LEGACY OF OPERATIVE FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER FOUR - A KEY ELEMENT IN MASONRY HISTORY

CHAPTER FIVE - SPECULATIVE CRAFT FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER SIX - THE PRECEPTS OF FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER SEVEN - THE SYMBOLS OF FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER EIGHT - THE TRADITIONAL DEGREES IN FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER NINE - THE PILGRIMAGE AND SYMBOLISM OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE

 

PART II

CHAPTER TEN - THE PERFECT POINTS OF ENTRANCE

CHAPTER ELEVEN - CEREMONIAL PREPARATION

CHAPTER TWELVE - THE RITE OF CIRCUMAMBULATION

CHAPTER THIRTEEN - THE SYMBOLISM OF LIGHT

CHAPTER FOURTEEN - THE NAMES OF GOD

CHAPTER FIFTEEN - THE SYMBOLISM OF COLORS

CHAPTER SIXTEEN - THE FORM AND ORIENTATION OF THE LODGE

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - EAST AND WEST IN SYMBOLISM

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - THE THREE GREAT PILLARS

CHAPTER NINETEEN - THE INTERIOR OF THE LODGE

CHAPTER TWENTY - THE FOUR TASSELS

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - THE SYMBOLISM OF LADDERS

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - THE JEWELS OF THE LODGE

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - THE POINT WITHIN A CIRCLE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - THE LEWIS

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - THE TWO GREAT PILLARS OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - GEOMETRY AND THE SACRED SYMBOL

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - THE NUMBER FIVE IN SYMBOLISM

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - THE SYMBOLISM OF SEVEN AND OTHER MYSTICAL NUMBERS

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - INTELLECT AND SYMBOLISM

CHAPTER THIRTY - THE NOBILITY OF LABOR

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - THE WORKING TOOLS OF THE CRAFT

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - THE TRACING BOARDS

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE - THE TRACING BOARD OF A MASTER MASON

 

PART III

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - ARCHAEOLOGY AND FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE - CREATION, CIVILIZATION AND THE FLOOD

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX - ANCIENT ASTRONOMY, RELIGION AND FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN - IRRIGATION, FREEMASONRY AND THE RISE OF CIVILISATION

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT - THE TEMPLES OF BAALBEK

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE - THE TEMPLES AT JERUSALEM

CHAPTER FORTY - JERASH - A CITY IN THE WILDERNESS

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE - PETRA, A CROSSROADS IN THE DESERT

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO - ANGKOR, A SYNTHESIS OF FREEMASONRY AND IRRIGATION

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE - FREEMASONRY AND THE HOLY GRAIL

 

PART VI

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR - ORDER OR CHAOS

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE - COSMOLOGY AND THE PRECEPTS OF FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX - SPACE TIME IN THE CREATION

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN - MATTER IN EVOLUTION

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT - THE LIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE - TIME AND ETERNITY

CHAPTER FIFTY - HUMAN DESTINY AND THE COSMOS

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE - FREEMASONRY IN SOCIETY