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Article THE FREEMASON'S LEXICON. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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The Freemason's Lexicon.
pages 121-139 , the conditions upon svhich this svork may be obtained in manuscript in four volumes , svith the necessary notes to the svork , On the higher degrees of knosvledge , svhich svere first introduced into the Grand Lodge , Royal York , by Bro . Fessler , and aftersvards somesvhat altered m form and accompanied by the key-stone , ( the manuscript critical history , ) into the Lod at the Three Mountainsin ber
ge , Frey < r certain reasons induced him to request that he might withdraw from the Lodge , antl from taking any further part in the Dresden convention above mentioned , of svhich , up to that time , he had been an active member . He then , in 1803 , joined the order of Scientific Freemasons , founded b y Bro . Fessler , as Archivar of the Dresden Archives , svhich are still ( 1818 ) in his care . With the lately deceased Grand Alaster of
the Lrrand Lotlge of Hamburgh and Lower Saxony , Bro . Schoeder svhose practical views , and prudently calculated activity in improving some of the forms and usages in the German Lodges , Mossdorf honoured , he had for many years carried on an equally important Masonic corrrespondence , the result of svhich svas , that in the middle of 1807 , Mossdorf greatly assisted to introduce the so-called " Historical degrees of knosvledge into the Lotl the Golden A ppleand from that ' time has
ge , principally done the duty of Protocullist and Archivar . Various controversies upon the subject of Alasonic publications svhich svere ttefended by Bro Mossdorf upon grounds which were sufficiently strong for him , but svhich svere against the opinions of the majority of his Brethren , determined him finall y to leave the society in the month of February , 1810 - and the many vexations to which he svas subjected after having done so ' caused him in March
, 1811 , to give up his honorary membership also ! Bro . Mossdorf had closel y united himself svith the learned and sagacious Bro . Krause , svho was , svith great credit to himself , for many years lecturer to the Lodge the Three Ssvords , and in svhom Mossdorf soon saw the man , svho , free from the chains of the everywhere reigninodesire of mystery and concealment , svas duly qualified , by deep enquiry and solid information , to bring the machinery of Alasonic beta * and striving into antl morall
a new y profitable range : his views and convictions of Freemasonry and the Alasonic Brotherhood , svere more in accordance svith those of Mossdorf than svere the views of any previous enquirer into tlie Craft . When , therefore , he published , in tsvo iar- 'e volumes , " the Three most ancient Records of the Alasonic Brotherhood , ( Dresden , 1810 and 1813 , in 8 vo ., ) Mossdorf supplied him with advice and assistance , svith the candid object of making the Brotherhood better acquainted svith themselves anrl in isno ! - «> „„ k
, hshed a critical review of this work of Krause , svhich , in the first edition , but much more in the sect nd improved and extended edition is a model of critical writing . This review , which was published by Bro . Mossdorf after he had obtained the permission of the W . M of the Lodge at the Three Ssvords , and the circular of the Lodge in the above year , together svith the letters of the various corresponding Lodges upon the subject . The work itself caused a great commotion and much discussion the
among German Brethren ; and the members ofthe 7 t % F-T , , Sw ? P assed a resolution on the 17 th December , 1810 Ihe Brethren Krause antl Mossdorf , on account of the above work are excluded from the Lotlge for an indefinite period . " Upon this on the 20 th of the same month , Mossdorf enclosed his ticket of membership in a letter to the Lodge , and voluntaril y withdrew from it . Also in the year 1811 , he published a new edition of " Johann Stuve ' s ( formerly a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemason's Lexicon.
pages 121-139 , the conditions upon svhich this svork may be obtained in manuscript in four volumes , svith the necessary notes to the svork , On the higher degrees of knosvledge , svhich svere first introduced into the Grand Lodge , Royal York , by Bro . Fessler , and aftersvards somesvhat altered m form and accompanied by the key-stone , ( the manuscript critical history , ) into the Lod at the Three Mountainsin ber
ge , Frey < r certain reasons induced him to request that he might withdraw from the Lodge , antl from taking any further part in the Dresden convention above mentioned , of svhich , up to that time , he had been an active member . He then , in 1803 , joined the order of Scientific Freemasons , founded b y Bro . Fessler , as Archivar of the Dresden Archives , svhich are still ( 1818 ) in his care . With the lately deceased Grand Alaster of
the Lrrand Lotlge of Hamburgh and Lower Saxony , Bro . Schoeder svhose practical views , and prudently calculated activity in improving some of the forms and usages in the German Lodges , Mossdorf honoured , he had for many years carried on an equally important Masonic corrrespondence , the result of svhich svas , that in the middle of 1807 , Mossdorf greatly assisted to introduce the so-called " Historical degrees of knosvledge into the Lotl the Golden A ppleand from that ' time has
ge , principally done the duty of Protocullist and Archivar . Various controversies upon the subject of Alasonic publications svhich svere ttefended by Bro Mossdorf upon grounds which were sufficiently strong for him , but svhich svere against the opinions of the majority of his Brethren , determined him finall y to leave the society in the month of February , 1810 - and the many vexations to which he svas subjected after having done so ' caused him in March
, 1811 , to give up his honorary membership also ! Bro . Mossdorf had closel y united himself svith the learned and sagacious Bro . Krause , svho was , svith great credit to himself , for many years lecturer to the Lodge the Three Ssvords , and in svhom Mossdorf soon saw the man , svho , free from the chains of the everywhere reigninodesire of mystery and concealment , svas duly qualified , by deep enquiry and solid information , to bring the machinery of Alasonic beta * and striving into antl morall
a new y profitable range : his views and convictions of Freemasonry and the Alasonic Brotherhood , svere more in accordance svith those of Mossdorf than svere the views of any previous enquirer into tlie Craft . When , therefore , he published , in tsvo iar- 'e volumes , " the Three most ancient Records of the Alasonic Brotherhood , ( Dresden , 1810 and 1813 , in 8 vo ., ) Mossdorf supplied him with advice and assistance , svith the candid object of making the Brotherhood better acquainted svith themselves anrl in isno ! - «> „„ k
, hshed a critical review of this work of Krause , svhich , in the first edition , but much more in the sect nd improved and extended edition is a model of critical writing . This review , which was published by Bro . Mossdorf after he had obtained the permission of the W . M of the Lodge at the Three Ssvords , and the circular of the Lodge in the above year , together svith the letters of the various corresponding Lodges upon the subject . The work itself caused a great commotion and much discussion the
among German Brethren ; and the members ofthe 7 t % F-T , , Sw ? P assed a resolution on the 17 th December , 1810 Ihe Brethren Krause antl Mossdorf , on account of the above work are excluded from the Lotlge for an indefinite period . " Upon this on the 20 th of the same month , Mossdorf enclosed his ticket of membership in a letter to the Lodge , and voluntaril y withdrew from it . Also in the year 1811 , he published a new edition of " Johann Stuve ' s ( formerly a