"Princes and paupers stand equal in the eyes of Masonry, and I deprecate the lodge that allows Masonry to fall at the feet of power. The making of President- elect Taft a Mason 'on sight' is the ...

Masonry used occult symbols like pentagrams, obelisks, the all-seeing eye, pyramids, as codes for inner or personal development. They became symbols for ranks within Masonry. These early ...