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1、DUNCAN’SMasonicRitualandMonitorORGUIDETOTHETHREESYMBOLICDEGREESOFTHEANCIENTYORKRITEANDTOTHEDEGREESOFMARKMASTER,PASTMASTER,MOSTEXCELLENTMASTER,ANDTHEROYALARCHBYMALCOLMC.DUNCANEXPLAINEDANDINTERPRETEDBYCOPIOUSNOTESANDNUMEROUSENGRAVINGSEZRAA.COOKPUBLICATIONS,INC.P.0.Box796Chicago90,Ill.

2、1968Copyright1946P.R.C.Publications,Inc.PREFACETHEobjectswhichFreemasonrywasfoundedtosubservearehonorableand1.audable;norisit~n!endedinthefollowingpagestodisparagetheinstitutionortoundervalueitsusefulness.Ithas,atvarioustimesandinseveralcountries,incurredtheill-willofpoliticalpartle

3、sandofreiigiousbodies,inconsequenceofabelief,ontheirpart,thattheorganizationwasnotsopurelybenevolentandphilanthropicasitsmembersproclaimedittohe.IntheStateofNewYork.manyyearsago,itwassupposed,hutwethinkunjustly,towieldapowerfulpoliticalinfluence,andtoemployitunscrupulouslyforsiniste

4、rer.ds.ThewarbetweenM,lsonryandAnti-Masonrywhichconv~~lsedtheStateatthatperiodisstillfreshintheremembranceofmanyapartyveteran.TheOrder,however,haslongsincerecoveredfromtheobloquythenheapeduponit,andisnowinaflourishingconditioninmostpartsofthecivilizedworld.Thepurposeofthisworkisnots

5、omuchtogratifythecuriosityoftheuninitiatedastofurnishaguidefortheneophytesoftheOrder,bymeansofwhichtheirprogressfromgradetogrademaybefacilitated.Everystatementinthebookisauthentic,aseveryproficientMasonwilladmittohimself,ifnottobepublic,asheturnsoveritspages.Thenon-Masonicreader,ash

6、eperusesthem,willperhapsbepuzzledtoimaginewhymattersofsolittlerealimportancetosocietyatlargeshouldhavebeensoindustriouslyconcealedforcenturies,andstillmoresurprisedthatFocietyshouldhavebeensoextremelyinquisitiveaboutthem.‘‘Butsuch,”asOldStapletonsays,in‘JacobFaithful,’“ishumannature

7、.”TheobjectoftheOrderinmakingaprofourdmysteryofitsproceed-ingsisobviousenough.Sea-birdsarenotmoreinvariablyat-tractedtowardalightedbeacononadarknight,thanmentowhateversavorsofmystery.CuriosityhashadamuchgreaterinfluenceinswellingtheranksofMasonrythanphilanthropyandbrotherlylove.Thei

8、nstitution,however,