Mackey

Use in the book

The later source notes repeatedly cite a work under the title Masonic Symbolism, while the rules quote Masonic Jurisprudence on religious qualification and recognition. These uses give Mackey different functions: he provides explanations of emblems and rites, and he supplies authority for a boundary Clymer regards as binding. The book’s praise of him is itself part of its rhetoric of certainty.

Places to read

1. Rules and Regulations · Block 13… “is broken and in this respect Albert G. Mackey, the Highest Masonic authority on the Continent of America, in his Masonic Jurisprudence, says: "Within the past few years an attempt has” …
2. Original Notes · 1907 p. 131“*Mackey, ''Lexicon of Freemasonry."”
3. Original Notes · 1907 p. 133“*Mackey, "Lexicon of Freemasonry." **Mackey, "Symbolism of Freemasonry."”
4. Original Notes · 1907 pp. 184–188“*“G” This letter is deservedly regarded as one of the MOST sacred of the Masonic emblems. Where it is used, however, as a symbol of Deity, it must be remembered that” …

In this edition

The entry retains the titles as printed in Clymer’s notes. The source list identifies the separately consulted Symbolism of Freemasonry.

Reading the argument

A named authority should be read at the level of the particular work and claim. Symbolic interpretation, historical reconstruction, and jurisprudence require different kinds of assessment. Later revisions of reference works should not automatically be attributed to the original author.

Related texts

Mackey’s Symbolism of Freemasonry was consulted as a primary comparison for the symbolic and comparative framework. A different, later expanded encyclopedia supplies the separately identified critical discussion of the Cologne Charter.²¹

Mackey

“Mackey” — 29 occurrences in 27 text blocks: R.13; N.120–124, 126–127, 130–131, 133, 136, 138–139, 142–143, 145, 150–151, 154, 158–160, 162–164, 166.

Masonic Symbolism

“Masonic Symbolism” — 4 occurrences in 4 text blocks: M.31, 47; S.88, 137.

Masonic Jurisprudence

“Masonic Jurisprudence” — 4 occurrences in 4 text blocks: R.13; N.120, 122, 127.