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THE APOCALYPSE
OF FREEMASONRY
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THE APOCALYPSE
OF FREEMASONRY
A Constructive Scheme of Interpretation
of the Symbolism of the Masonic Lodge
BY
THE REVD. F. DE P. CASTELLS, A.K.C.
Late of Lodges "Integridad Nacional, No. 1, and " Union, " No. 2.
Manila, Philippine Islands; P.M. of " Lullingstone Lodge," No. 1837,
Wilmington
AUTHOR OF "ARITHMETIC OF
FREEMASONRY, etc.
A. LEWIS
(Masonic Publishers) Ltd.
30-32 FLEET STREET
LONDONS E.C. 4
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First Edition 1924
Second Edition 1925
Reprinted 1943
1949
Printed in Great Britain by
NEILL & CO., LTD., EDINBURGH.
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THE APOCALYPSE
OF FREEMASONRY
INTRODUCTORY
THE early expositors of Freemasonry regarded
the Latin word LVX, " Light," as synonymous
with their science, and they dwelt on the fact
that by dividing the Circle into four equal parts
they produced a Cross from which they got the
outline of the three Roman letters needed to
spell this word -
LVX
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The Circle thus divided contained four right
angles, that is, angles of 90°, the angles which
we call "squares," as corresponding to the tool
by which the operative Mason tries and adjusts
rectangular corners of buildings. The lines
drawn to do this is a cross, indicating the four
directions, the four quarters of the globe,
N.E.S.W. And this figure was actually used as
a cryptogram for the mystic light which was
imparted to the Candidate in Masonic Lodges.
Mosheim, writing some 200 years ago,
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