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An encyclopedic outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian symbolical philosophy being an interpretation of the secret teachings concealed within the rituals, allegories, and mysteries of all ages. Chapters include: * THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED MODERN MASONIC SYMBOLISM * THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES, PART II * THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES, PART III * ATLANTIS AND THE GODS OF ANTIQUITY * THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOTH HERMES TRISMEGISTUS * THE INITIATION OF THE PYRAMID * ISIS, THE VIRGIN OF THE WORLD * THE SUN, A UNIVERSAL DEITY * THE ZODIAC AND ITS SIGNS * THE BEMBINE TABLE OF ISIS * WONDERS OF ANTIQUITY * THE LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF PYTHAGORAS * PYTHAGOREAN MATHEMATICS * THE HUMAN BODY IN SYMBOLISM * THE HIRAMIC LEGEND * THE PYTHAGOREAN THEORY OF MUSIC AND COLOR * FISHES, INSECTS, ANIMALS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS PART I * FISHES, INSECTS, ANIMALS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS, PART II * FLOWERS, PLANTS, FRUITS, AND TREES * STONES, METALS, AND GEMS * CEREMONIAL MAGIC AND SORCERY * THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR INHABITANTS * HERMETIC PHARMACOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND THERAPEUTICS * THE QABBALAH, THE SECRET DOCTRINE OF ISRAEL * FUNDAMENTALS OF QABBALISTIC COSMOGONY AIN SOPH * THE TREE OF THE SEPHIROTH * QABBALISTIC KEYS TO THE CREATION OF MAN * AN ANALYSIS OF THE TAROT CARDS * THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS * THE FRATERNITY OF THE ROSE CROSS * ROSICRUCIAN DOCTRINES AND TENETS * FIFTEEN ROSICRUCIAN AND QABBALISTIC DIAGRAMS * ALCHEMY AND ITS EXPONENTS * THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ALCHEMY * THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ALCHEMY, PART II * THE CHEMICAL MARRIAGE * BACON, SHAKSPEARE, AND THE ROSICRUCIANS * THE CRYPTOGRAM AS A FACTOR IN SYMBOLIC PHILOSOPHY * FREEMASONIC SYMBOLISM * MYSTIC CHRISTIANITY * THE CROSS AND THE CRUCIFIXION * THE MYSTERY OF THE APOCALYPSE * THE FAITH OF ISLAM * AMERICAN INDIAN SYMBOLISM * THE MYSTERIES AND THEIR EMISSARIES