Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry

The key-word essays trace the most important ideas through these different settings. The section outline supplies a map of the original divisions, whose page ranges are more stable than their occasionally irregular numbering. The glossary gives concise explanations of terms as they function in this book, with cross-references and source locators. It is an aid to reading Clymer, rather than a universal dictionary of every religious tradition he mentions.

Small bracketed numbers in the historical text refer to the original 1907 pages. New annotations appear as numbered footnotes. Original footnotes are preserved in separately labelled note groups. These conventions allow a reader to move from the present edition to the scan without confusing the author's words with the commentary. The Editorial Note gives the details of transcription and the limits of the edition.