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Text: none Quote:     Blazing Star.  [...]   In the lectures taught by Webb, and very generally adopted in this country, the Blazing Star is said to be "commemorative of the star which appeared to guide the wise men of the East to the place of our Saviour's nativity," and it is subsequently explained as hieroglyphically representing divine Providence. [...] Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution , Philadelphia: Moss & Company, 1874, p. 117 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/encyclopaediaoff00mackrich Book Images: Related YouTube Videos:

Text: none Quote:     Blazing Star.  [...]    In the ninth degree, this symbol is called "the star of direction;" and while it primitively alludes to an especial guidance given for a particular purpose expressed in the degree, it still retains, in a remoter sense, its usual signification as an emblem of Divine Providence guiding and directing the pilgrim in his journey through life. Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution , Philadelphia: Moss & Company, 1874,  p. 116 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/encyclopaediaoff00mackrich Book Images: Related YouTube Videos:

Text: none Quote:     Blazing Star.  [...]    In the fourth degree of the same Rite, the star is again said to be a symbol of the light of Divine Providence pointing out the way of truth. Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution , Philadelphia: Moss & Company, 1874,  p. 116 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/encyclopaediaoff00mackrich Book Images: Related YouTube Videos:

Text: none Quote:     Blazing Star.  [...]    In the twenty-eighth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite, the explanation given of the Blazing Star, is, that it is symbolic of a true Mason, who, by perfecting himself in the way of truth, that is to say, by advancing in knowledge, becomes like a blazing star, shining with brilliancy in the midst of darkness. The star is, therefore, in this degree, a symbol of truth. Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution , Philadelphia: Moss & Company, 1874,  p. 116 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/encyclopaediaoff00mackrich Book Images: Related YouTube Videos:

Text: none Quote:     Blazing Star.  [...]    "The Blazing Star, or glory in the centre, [...] Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution , Philadelphia: Moss & Company, 1874,  p. 116 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/encyclopaediaoff00mackrich Book Images: Related YouTube Videos:

Text: none Quote:     Blazing Star.  [...] [...] Such persons will rather accept the expression of Dr. Oliver, who, though much disposed to give a Christian character to our Institution, says, "the great Architect of the Universe is therefore symbolized in Freemasonry by the Blazing Star, as the herald of our salvation." ( Symb. Glory , p. 292.) Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution , Philadelphia: Moss & Company, 1874, pp. 116 , 118 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/encyclopaediaoff00mackrich Book Images: Related YouTube Videos:

Text: none Quote:     Blazing Star.  [...] "It is," says Hutchinson, " the first and most exalted object that demands our attention in the Lodge."  [...] Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution , Philadelphia: Moss & Company, 1874,  p. 116 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/encyclopaediaoff00mackrich Book Images: Related YouTube Videos:

Text: none Quote:     Blazing Star.  [...]    Fellows, in his Exposition of the Mysteries , says that this dog-star, the Anubis of the Egyptians, is the Blazing Star of Masonry,  [...] Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution , Philadelphia: Moss & Company, 1874, pp. 116 , 118 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/encyclopaediaoff00mackrich Book Images: Related YouTube Videos:

Text: none Quote:     Temple.  The symbolism of Speculative Masonry is so intimately connected with temple building and temple worship, that some notice of these edifices seems necessary.  [...]    Masonry has derived its temple symbolism, as it has almost all its symbolic ideas, from the Hebrew type, and thus makes the temple the symbol of a Lodge. [...] Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution , Philadelphia: Moss & Company, 1874, p. 795 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/encyclopaediaoff00mackrich Book Images: Related YouTube Videos: