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Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry
R. Swinburne Clymer · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordAlbert Pike is a cited Masonic writer whose authority supports claims about symbolism, the Kabalah, religious breadth, and the fraternity’s hidden depth.
- In Ancient Mystic Oriental MasonryThe book associates him with Hermetic contributors to Masonry and with a universal reading of sacred traditions.
- In this editionPike is the attested short form.
- A place to readM.33: … “coincidence; the parallels are too closely drawn. Bro. Pike came to the conclusion, after long and” …
Meaning
Albert Pike is a cited Masonic writer whose authority supports claims about symbolism, the Kabalah, religious breadth, and the fraternity’s hidden depth.
Use in the book
The book associates him with Hermetic contributors to Masonry and with a universal reading of sacred traditions. Some citations occur within other quoted discussions, while original notes also name Morals and Dogma. The reader therefore encounters both Pike as a named authority and later writers’ uses of his authority.
Places to read
- Mystic Masonry · Block 33… “coincidence; the parallels are too closely drawn. Bro. Pike came to the conclusion, after long and patient investigation, that certain Hermetic Philosophers* had a hand in the construction of the organization” …
- Mystic Masonry · Block 59… “Mysteries of Egypt and Persia, and which Albert Pike and many others declare was identical among the Hebrews, the Egyptians, Hindoos and other nations of antiquity, was known as the secret” …
- Mystic Masonry · Block 60“59. "What Albert Pike says regarding the relation of the Pentateuch to the Kabalah, is true of the exoteric scriptures of every nation of antiquity."*”
- Mystic Masonry · Block 70“69. " The Great Republic, to which Bro. Pike refers, is the Ideal of Masonry; the Genius that hovers like a protecting angel over the Lodge. Make it impossible for a” …
- Original Notes · 1907 p. 42… “Dr. Buck, " Mystic Masonry. " ** Albert Pike, " Morals and Dogma." *** Heckthorne, " Secret Societies. " **** Albert Pike, "Morals and Dogma."”
In this edition
Pike is the attested short form. The cited title is retained, with no new edition or page reference invented.
Reading the argument
Keep the chain of attribution visible. A passage in which Clymer quotes another writer about Pike is not necessarily a direct quotation from Pike. The lexicon does not collapse these layers into one voice or imply an independent collation where none was made.
Pike
“Pike” — 10 occurrences in 9 text blocks: M.33, 53, 58–60, 70; N.42, 62–63.
Morals and Dogma
“Morals and Dogma” — 4 occurrences in 3 text blocks: N.42, 62–63.