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R. Swinburne Clymer

Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry

An Annotated Reading Edition

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Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry

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Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry

An Annotated Reading Edition

By R. Swinburne Clymer

Its Teachings, Rules, Laws and Present Usages Which Govern the Order at the Present Day

Historical title-page emblem with the letter G, a triangle, and an eye

Complete 1907 text with a new introduction, 211 editorial annotations, original notes, key words, an outline, and a glossary.

“True Masonry and the Universal Brotherhood of Man are One.”

2026

The historical text is public domain in the United States. Bracketed page markers refer to the 1907 printing. Annotations appear as numbered footnotes. See the Editorial Note and Note on this Edition.

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About This Reading Edition

Clymer’s complete 1907 account of inward initiation, Masonic symbolism, spiritual brotherhood, and the Mystic Oriental Rite, with 211 explanatory annotations, 80 original notes, an introduction, key words, an outline, and a glossary.

Historical Text

R. Swinburne Clymer, Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry (Allentown, Pennsylvania: Philosophical Publishing Company, 1907), from the Internet Archive scan ancientmysticori00clym. The supplied reading edition preserves the historical wording, quotations, qualifications, and irregular paragraph numbering.

About This Edition

Complete historical English text and original notes with the supplied introduction, 211 annotations, 20 key-word essays, outline, 113-term glossary, editorial notes and sources; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

Rights

The 1907 American text and historical title-page emblem are in the public domain in the United States. The supplied 2026 editorial material is published with the site owner’s authorization. The edition supplies no institutional endorsement or assertion that the historical regulations govern an organization today.