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Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry
R. Swinburne Clymer · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordTrinity names a threefold account of divine life.
- In Ancient Mystic Oriental MasonryIn the Levitical doctrines, Father, Son, and Spirit are interpreted as being, action, and mind.
- In this editionFather, Son, and Spirit have ordinary narrative uses as well.
- A place to readF.166: … “Being — is composed of three powers; the Father, or Being; the Son, or action; the” …
Meaning
Trinity names a threefold account of divine life. The compilation applies familiar religious names to philosophical functions and comparative arrangements.
Use in the book
In the Levitical doctrines, Father, Son, and Spirit are interpreted as being, action, and mind. Elsewhere Hindu and Christian terms are joined through a Mother Principle, and several sets of three are compared with the pillars. The same general pattern supports more than one particular explanation.
Places to read
- Foundations of Mystic Masonry · Block 166… “Being — is composed of three powers; the Father, or Being; the Son, or action; the Spirit, or mind, proceeding from the power of the Father and the Son. These three” …
- Masonic Symbolism · Block 15… “this true? Because the Vishnu of the Brahminical Trinity, the Isis of the Egyptian and the Holy Ghost of the Christians and symbolized in the Roman Catholic Church, by the Madonna,” …
- Masonic Symbolism · Block 108… “of Deity, which some writers refer to the Trinity, others to the triple offspring of Noah, and others to the three sons of Adam — Abel, Cain and Seth. The oracle” …
In this edition
Father, Son, and Spirit have ordinary narrative uses as well. The form counts locate the words rather than isolate one theological sense.
Reading the argument
The shared threefold structure should not erase differences among the doctrines being compared. Clymer's synthesis is an interpretation of their relation, rather than a statement that their adherents all give the same explanation.
Trinity
“Trinity” — 4 occurrences in 4 text blocks: F.92, 166; S.15, 108.
Father
“Father” — 17 occurrences in 12 text blocks: I.17; D.15; M.45, 53, 68, 76–77; F.153, 166; S.121, 127, 139.
Son
“Son” — 10 occurrences in 9 text blocks: D.4; M.62; F.144, 151, 153, 166; S.30, 143; N.65.
Spirit
“Spirit” — 30 occurrences in 22 text blocks: I.7, 10, 12, 19; D.16; M.30, 44, 47, 52, 55, 68, 74; F.50, 56, 90, 92, 98, 151–152, 154, 166; S.96.