THE SEVEN HERMETIC PRINCIPLES  Summary of Lecture #3 2016 presented by Brother Brian, 32nd Degree Master Mason The information below is a partial summary from the book The Kybalion by The Three Initiates (1912). The Kybalion Other resources include: Thrice Greatest Hermes Vol.1 Thrice Greatest Hermes Vol.2 Thrice Greatest Hermes Vol.3 The Emerald Tablet  The Corpus […]

“The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of myriad things” Tao Te Ching (4th century BC) Masonry contains rituals that speak of lost words…. passwords or […]

Masonic legends often claim a lineage stretching back to the Knights Templar or to the Egyptians or even beyond that. They also claim knowledge of a process that can change a person. Other names for this process are alchemy (Greek khemia: “art of transmuting metals”) and theurgy (Greek theos: “god” + ergon: “work”). The Masonic […]