THE FREEMASON'S MANUAL.

THE CONSUMMATION.

THE FREEMASON'S MANUAL;

OR,

Illustrations of Masonry.

CONTAINING,

IN ADDITION TO THE RITES SANCTIONED

BY THE

UNITED GRAND LODGE AND GRAND CHAPTER OF
ENGLAND AND WALES,

THE MARK MAN AND MARK MASTER,

A FULL ACCOUNT OF ALL THE DEGREES INCLUDED IN

THE

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE;

TOGETHER WITH THE

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR DEGREE,

THE RED CROSS OF ROME AND CONSTANTINE,

THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND,

AND BRIEF NOTICES OF THE RITES PROFESSING TO BE
CONNECTED WITH FREEMASONRY, ETC., ETC.

BY

JEREMIAH HOW, K.T., 30°,

410

Past Master of Lodges Nos. 69 and 661; P.Z. of Chapters Nos.
P. Prov. Grand Director of Ceremonies of Herts and Surrey.

BLIOTHECA
JAN 81

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. On the Ancient Mysteries or Associations analogous

to Freemasonry, from the Earliest Ages to the

Subversion of the Roman Empire by the Goths

II. On Masonic Institutions of the Present Era

III. Freemasonry in its general Application

IV. Reasons why the Secrets of Freemasonry ought not

to be publicly exposed; and the importance of

those Secrets demonstrated

V. Principles of the Institution of Freemasonry

VI. The Government of the Fraternity

VII. Formation of a Lodge

VIII. Consecration of a Lodge

IX. The Ceremony of Opening and Closing the Lodge

X. The Entered Apprentice, or the First Degree

XI. The Second Degree, or Fellow-Craft

XII. The Five Orders of Architecture

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XIII. The Third Degree, or the Master Mason

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XIV. The Ceremony of Installation of Master of a Lodge 148

XIX. The Royal Order of Scotland

XV. The Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch

XX. The Primitive and Original, or Swedenborgian Rite 220

XXI. The Ancient and Accepted Rite

XXII. The Royal, Exalted, Religious, and Military Order

of Masonic Knights Templar -

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