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R. Swinburne Clymer

Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry

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Original Dedication

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Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry

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Original Dedication

[Dedication] To Henry J. Barton, M. D., The American Deputy, Thos. Benj. OmiCole and Prof. A. F. Davies, of far off Africa, to those Masonic Brethren who have helped to make this work possible, to that Fraternity who has been the Life of the work in the past as at present, and above all, to that one who has been the Guiding Star of my work, is this book Lovingly Dedicated.

R. SWINBURNE CLYMER

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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.