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Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry
R. Swinburne Clymer · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordThe ineffable Name is the divine name regarded as beyond ordinary utterance or withheld from public pronunciation.
- In Ancient Mystic Oriental MasonryThe text links the Name to the Lost Word, Hebrew letters, substitute titles, and an inward understanding of divine being.
- In this editionIneffable is retained rather than simply replaced with secret: inability to express and a restriction on disclosure are related but different senses.
- A place to readM.45: … “search for its recovery; the tradition of the Ineffable name in connection with the Lost Word,” …
Meaning
The ineffable Name is the divine name regarded as beyond ordinary utterance or withheld from public pronunciation. It becomes a sign of both reverence and concealed knowledge.
Use in the book
The text links the Name to the Lost Word, Hebrew letters, substitute titles, and an inward understanding of divine being. It also proposes a potency in sound and pronunciation, making linguistic interpretation part of an account of spiritual power.
Places to read
- Mystic Masonry · Block 45… “search for its recovery; the tradition of the Ineffable name in connection with the Lost Word, showing that it could not or should not be pronounced, except with bated breath; or,” …
- Mystic Masonry · Block 51“51. "This tradition of the Ineffable Name is brought into Masonry from the Hebrew Kabalah, and how it became lost is part historical, at least. The ancient Hebrew Priests evidently undertook” …
- Mystic Masonry · Block 54… “in the concealed and profound meaning of the Ineffable Name of Deity communicated by God to Moses" (rather to the Priests of Ancient Atlantis), "and which meaning was long lost by” …
- Mystic Masonry · Block 56“56. "This was the great Mystery of the Ineffable Name, and of course its true pronunciation and its meaning became lost to all except the select few to whom it was” …
In this edition
Ineffable is retained rather than simply replaced with secret: inability to express and a restriction on disclosure are related but different senses.
Reading the argument
The reverence paid to a name, the historical practice of avoiding its utterance, and the claimed causal power of pronouncing it are distinct propositions. An explanation of one does not establish every other claim attached to the Name.
Ineffable Name
“Ineffable Name” — 11 occurrences in 10 text blocks: M.45, 51–52, 54–56, 58, 68–69; S.125.
sacred name
“sacred name” — 3 occurrences in 3 text blocks: M.45–46, 49.
Divine name
“Divine name” — 1 occurrence in 1 text block: N.184.