Ancient Mystic Rites
1st Edition
Published on 15. August 2013
271 pages
978-0-8356-3055-9 (ISBN)
Description
Combining seership with science, Leadbeater presents this absorbing, in-depth, study of the mystery schools of Egypt, Greece, Judea, the Knights Templar of the Middle Ages, and the emergence of Co-Masonry in the twentieth century.
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- Intro
- Ancient Mystic Rites
- Half Title Page
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Plates
- Preface to the 1986 Edition
- About the Author
- Author's Preface
- CHAPTER 1: Schools of Masonic Thought
- THE ORIGINS OF MASONRY
- THE AUTHENTIC SCHOOL
- THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCHOOL
- THE MYSTICAL SCHOOL
- THE OCCULT SCHOOL
- THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE OCCULTIST
- THE OCCULT RECORDS
- THE SACRAMENTAL POWER
- THE FORM AND THE LIFE
- ORTHODOXY AND HERESY
- CHAPTER 2: The Egyptian Mysteries
- THE MESSAGE OF THE WORLD-TEACHER
- THE GODS OF EGYPT
- ISIS AND OSIRIS
- ANIMAL DETTIES
- THE PRACTICE OF EMBALMING
- OTHER DEITIES
- THE BROTHERS OF HORUS
- CONSECRATION
- THE PURPOSE OF THE MYSTERIES
- THE DEGREES OF THE MYSTERIES
- THE MYSTERIES OF ISIS
- THE PRELIMINARY TRIALS
- THE MYSTERY LANGUAGE
- THE DUALITY OF EACH DEGREE
- THE INNER MYSTERIES OF ISIS
- THE MYSTERIES OF SERAPIS
- THE INNER DEGREE OF SERAPIS
- THE MYSTERIES OF OSIRIS
- THE LEGEND OF OSIRIS
- THE MEANING OF THE STORY
- THE INNER MYSTERIES OF OSIRIS
- THE OFFICE OF MASTER
- THE HIGHER GRADES OF THE MYSTERIES
- RED MASONRY IN THE MYSTERIES
- BLACK MASONRY IN THE MYSTERIES
- WHITE MASONRY IN THE MYSTERIES
- THE STAGES OF THE OCCULT PATH
- THE FIRST THREE INITIATIONS
- THE FOURTH INITIATION
- THE FIFTH INITIATION AND BEYOND
- CHAPTER 3: The Cretan Mysteries
- THE UNITY OF THE MYSTERIES
- LIFE IN ANCIENT CRETE
- THE CRETAN RACE
- RECENT DISCOVERIES IN CRETE
- WORSHIP IN CRETE
- THE THRONE ROOM
- THE THREE COLUMNS
- MODELS OF SHRINES
- THE ALTAR OBJECTS
- VARIOUS SYMBOLS
- THE STATUETTES
- CHAPTER 4: The Jewish Mysteries
- THE JEWISH LINE OF DESCENT
- THE JEWISH MIGRATIONS
- THE PROPHETS
- THE BUILDERS OF K.S.T.
- THE RECASTING OF THE RITUALS
- THE MINGLING OF TRADITIONS
- THE TRANSMISSION OF THE NEW RITES
- THE ESSENES AND THE CHRIST
- KABBALISM
- THE SPIRITUALIZATIONS OF THE TEMPLE
- THE LOSS OF THE DIVINE NAME
- CHAPTER 5: The Greek Mysteries
- THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES
- THE ORIGIN OF THE GREEK MYSTERIES
- THE GODS OF GREECE
- THE OFFICIALS
- THE LESSER MYSTERIES
- THE GREATER MYSTERIES
- THE MYTHS OF THE GREATER MYSTERIES
- THE MAGIC OF THE GREATER MYSTERIES
- THE HIDDEN MYSTERIES
- THE SCHOOL OF PYTHAGORAS
- THE THREE DEGREES
- OTHER GREEK MYSTERIES
- CHAPTER 6: The Mithraic Mysteries
- ZARATHUSTRA AND MITHRAISM
- MITHRAISM AMONG THE ROMANS
- THE MITHRAIC RITES
- THE ROMAN COLLEGIA
- THE WORK OF KING NUMA
- THE COLLEGES AND THE LEGIONS
- THE INTRODUCTION OF THE JEWISH FORM
- THE TRANSITION TO THE OPERATIVES
- CHAPTER 7: Craft Masonry In Medieval Times
- EVOLUTIONARY METHODS
- THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE MYSTERIES
- THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERIES
- THE REPRESSION OF THE MYSTERIES
- THE CROSSING OF TRADITIONS
- THE TWO LINES DESCENT
- THE CULDEES
- CELTIC CHRISTIANITY IN BRITAIN
- THE DRUIDIC MYSTERIES
- THE HOLY GRAIL
- HEREDOM
- CHAPTER 8: Operative Masonry in the Middle Ages
- THE TEMPORARY CUSTODIANS
- DECLINE OF THE COLLEGIA
- THE COMACINI
- THE COMACINE LODGES
- OTHER SURVIVALS OF THE COLLEGIA
- THE COMPAGNONNAGE
- THE STONEMASONS OF GERMANY
- THE ENGLISH GUILDS
- THE RISE OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
- THE OLD CHARGES
- CHAPTER 9: The Transition from Operative to Speculative
- THE REFORMATION
- THE REAPPEARANCE OF SPECULATIVE MASONRY
- THE FIRST MINUTES
- SCOTTISH MINUTES
- ENGLISH MINUTES
- IRISH MINUTES
- THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND
- THE RECOMPOSITION OF THE RITUALS
- TWO AND THREE DEGREES
- OPPOSITION
- THE SUCCESSION OF I.M.S
- THE GRAND LODGES OF YORK, IRELAND AND SCOTLAND
- THE "ANCIENTS
- THE HOLY ROYAL ARCH
- THE UNITED GRAND LODGE
- CRAFT MASONRY IN OTHER COUNTRIES
- CHAPTER 10: Other Lines of Masonic Tradition
- THE STREAM OF SECRET SOCIETIES
- THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS
- THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TEMPLARS
- THE PRESERVATION OF THE TEMPLARS' TRADITION
- THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND
- THE BROTHERS OF THE ROSY CROSS
- THE LITERATURE OF ROSICRUSIANISM
- THE TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUCIASS
- THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER
- CHAPTER 11: The Scottish Rite
- ORIGIN OF THE RITE
- THE JACOBITE MOVEMENT
- THE ORATION OF RAMSAY
- THE CHAPTER OF CLERMONT
- THE COUNCIL OF EMPERORS
- STEPHEN MORAIN
- FREDERICK THE GREAT
- THE CHARLESTON TRANSFORMATION
- THE SPREAD OF THE SCOTTISH RITE
- CHAPTER 12: The Co-Masonic Order
- THE RESTORATION OF ANCIENT LANDMARK
- THE SUCCESSION OF CO-MASONRY
- THE CO-MASONIC RITUALS
- THE FUTURE OF MASONRY
- APPENDIX I: THE DEGREES OF THE RITE OF PERFECTION
- APPENDIX II: TABLE OF PRINCIPAL MASONIC EVENTS FROM 1717
- Index
