New and Improved Edition. A LEXICON OF FREEMASONRY: CONTAINING A DEFINITION OF ALL ITS COMMUNICABLE TERMS, AND AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE RITES AND MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. BY ALBERT G. MACKEY, M.D. AUTHOR OF THE "MYSTIC TIE," Grand Secretary and Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina; Secretary General of the Supreme Council, Thirty-third Degree, for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States; G..H..P.. of the Grand Chapter of South Carolina, etc. Φθέγξομαι οἷς θέμις ἐστὶ, θύρας δ' ἐπίθεσθε βεβήλοις.—ΟΡΦ. "I will reveal to those to whom it is lawful, FIFTH EDITION, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED BY THE AUTHOR. PHILADELPHIA: MOSS, BROTHER & CO., 430 MARKET STREET. M252 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by ALBERT G. MACKEY, M.D. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON & CO. PHILADELPHIA. ΤΟ Brother Albert Pike, OF ARKANSAS, GRAND HIGH PRIEST, S...P...R...S... ETC. My Dear Sir and Brother: The second edition of this work was dedicated to a learned and venerable brother, the Hon. Thomas Douglas, of Florida, as a slight tribute to his many virtues. In offering a third edition to the public, I gladly avail myself of the opportunity to inscribe your rame upon its pages, as a memorial of our friendship and a token of my high appreciation of your character as a learned and indefatigable student of masonic literature. I am, as ever, yours fraternally, ALBERT G. MACKEY, M. D. |