Esoterica

By Albert Pike

Symbolism of the Blue Degrees of Freemasonry, Albert Pike's ESOTERIKA Edited by Arturo de Hoyos, 33°, Grand Archivist and Grand Historian Forward by Ronald A. Seale, 33°, Sovereign Grand Commander Contains the complete text of Albert Pike's never-before-published esoteric study of the symbols of Blue Lodge Degrees. Subjects include The Compasses and the Square, The Weapons and Blows of the Assassins, The Three Grips, The Substitute for the Masters Word, The 47th Problem of Euclid, The Truth, Is the Cable-tow a Symbol?, Corner Stones, The Ladder of Jacob, Tubal Cain, Shibboleth, and Solomon and Hiram. In addition to the above, Ill. de Hoyos added five appendices: Parallels to the Symbolism of the Blue Degrees, A Letter Touching Masonic Symbolism, Pike's Dependence on Other Sources, The Faith of Albert Pike, and Four Valuable Exposés. The latter section includes the complete texts of A Mason's Examination (1723), The Grand Mystery of Free Masons Discover'd (1725), Samuel Prichard's Masonry Dissected (1730), and Jachin and Boaz (1762). The editor's critical notes help the reader follow Pike's dissertation and provide additional documentation. Copyright 2005. Published by the Scottish Rite Research Society. Clothbound with gilded cover and decorative dust jacket; 501 pages; illustrated, with exhaustive index.

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