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R. Swinburne Clymer

Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry

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Sources and Further Reading · Part 2

Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry

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https://www.universalfreemasonry.org/en/library/anderson-constitutions-of-the-freemasons

S14. Biblical references

The Holy Bible, King James Version. References identify passages underlying the book's wording or the editorial comparisons; they do not imply that the biblical text teaches every esoteric interpretation assigned to it. Project Gutenberg ebook 10 supplies an accessible public-domain American reading text.

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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.