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Albert Mackey Quotes

The ultimate success of Masonry depends on the intelligence of her disciples.

The ultimate success of Masonry depends on the intelligence of her disciples.

Albert Mackey
Ultimate Success, Masonry, Disciple

Freemasonry is a science of symbols, in which, by their proper study, a search is instituted after truth, that truth consisting in the knowledge of the divine and human nature of God and the human Soul.

Albert Mackey
God, Truth, Knowledge
Albert Gallatin Mackey (1867). “The Mystic Tie: Or, Facts and Opinions, Illustrative of the Character and Tendency of Freemasonry”, p.7

So important , indeed, is it (Light), and so much does it pervade with its influence the whole Masonic system, that Freemasonry itself anciently received, among other appellations, that of Lux, or Light, to signify that it is to be regarded as that sublime doctrine of Divine Truth by which the path of him who has attained it is to be illuminated in his pilgrimage of life.

Albert Mackey
Light, Sublime, Important
Albert Mackey (2010). “The Symbolism of Freemasonry”, p.129, Andrews UK Limited

The triangle pointing downward is a female symbol corresponding to the yoni and the upward pointing triangle is the male, the lingam ... When the two triangles are interlaced, it represents the union of the active and passive forces in nature; it represents the male and female elements.

Albert Mackey
Two, Males, Female

The religion of Freemasonry is not Christian

Albert Mackey
Christian, Masonic, Masons

The Cabala may be defined to be a system of philosophy which embraces certain mystical interpretations of Scripture, and metaphysical and spiritual beings... Much use is made of it in the advanced degrees, and entire Rites have been constructed on its principles.

Albert Mackey
Spiritual, Philosophy, Principles

The Kassideans or Assideans...arose either during the Captivity or soon after the restoration...The Essenians were, however, undoubtedly connected with the Temple (of Solomon), as their origin is derived by the learned Scalier, with every appearance of truth, from the Kassideans, a fraternity of Jewish devotees, who, in the language of Laurie, had associated together as 'Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem.'...From the Essenians Pythagoras derived much, if not all, of the knowledge and the ceremonies with which he clothed the esoteric school of his philosophy.

Albert Mackey
Philosophy, School, Knights

The Cabal is of two kinds, theoretical and practical, with the practical Cabala, which is engaged in the construction of talismans and amulets, we have nothing to do. The theoretical is divided into the lineal and dogmatic. The dogmatic is nothing more than the summary of the metaphysical doctrine taught by the Cabalist doctors. It is, in other words, the system of the Jewish philosophy.

Albert Mackey
Philosophy, Doctors, Two

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