CONTENTS

Editorial Note XI

1. Scientific Ideas and the Masonic Ideal 1 2. The Great Architect of the Universe 9 3. Lost Word and Substituted Words 19 4. The Builders of the Middle Ages 35 5. Masons and Carpenters 39 6. Masonic Orthodoxy 43 7. Gnosis and Freemasonry 47 8. The Masonic High Grades 51 9. Feminine Initiation and Craft Initiations 54 10. Pilgrimages 59 11. The Compagnonnage and the Bohemians 65 12. Heredom 69 13. The Monogram of Christ and the Heart in Ancient Trade Marks 73 14. Corporate Signs and their Original Meaning 86 15. The Enigma of Martines de Pasqually 93 16. On the 'Lyonnais Rose-Croix' 112 17. A New Book on the Order of the Elect Cohens 116 18. A Project of Joseph de Maistre for the Union of Peoples 122

19 The Strict Observance and the Unknown Superiors 130

20 Concerning the Unknown Superiors and the Astral 146

21 Some Unpublished Documents on the Order of the Elect Cohens 160

22 Cologne or Strasbourg? 184

23 Review of _By-Ways of Freemasonry_ 186

24 Reviews 190

Index 253