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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:     Blazing Star.  The Blazing Star [...] is one of the most important symbols of Freemasonry, and makes its appearance in several of the degrees. [...]    In the earliest rituals, immediately after the revival of 1717, the Blazing Star is not mentioned, but it was not long before it was introduced. In the ritual of 1735 it is detailed as a part of the furniture of a Lodge, with the explanation that the "Mosaic Pavement is the Ground Floor of the Lodge, the Blazing Star the Centre, and the Indented Tarsel the Border round about it!" In a primitive Tracing Board of the Entered Apprentice, copied by Oliver, in his Historical Landmarks , (i. 133,) without other date than that it was "published early in the last century," the Blazing Star occupies a prominent position in the centre of the Tracing Board. [...] Mackey, Albert Gallatin, An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences: comprising the whole ...