Masonic Notes And Queries.

H . C . AGEIPPA . Thanking you for information to my previous inquiry , could you , in a few words , give me information on the double language in which Agrippa Avrites ? The great point in the school of Paracelsus and Fludd would appear to he animal magnetism , but I have not yet seen a copy of Agrippa . There can be little doubt

that Mesmerism was known and used by the priests and philosophers in all the ancient mysteries , and thence the reason of its cultivation formerly under the form of Masonry . —/\ .

. COUNT CAGLIOSTEO . See my communication in FREEMASONS' MAGA - ZINE , vol . 9 , page 340 , October 31 st , 1863 . An Oxford brother , who writes from the Bodleian Library , has sent me the ensuing title of a Avork he has latel y met with -. — " Compendio della Vita e della gesti di Giuseppe Balsamodenominato il Conte Cagliostro

, , che si e stratto del processo contro di lui formato in Roma l ' anno 1790 , e che pu 6 servire de scota per conoscere 1 'indole della setta de liberi Muratori , Roma , 1791 , nella stamperia della rev , camera aposlolica . in 8 ° . Judging from the title , this work would seem to contain less informationwhether true or

, false , respecting Freemasonry , than the " Report of the Trial" mentioned by me . It will be seen that according to my memorandum , the " Report of the Trial" professes " to give an account of the princi ples of the Freemasons . "—CHARLES PURTON COOPER .

MOZART ' S IUNERAL MUSIC . Allow me to thank Bro . J . G . Findel , editor of Die Saulmite , for having sent me a copy of Maurerische Trauermusik , von TV " . A . Mozart , in reply to an inquiry for it through these columns . —MATTHEW COOKE .

DAVID BERNARD ' " LIGHT UPON MASONRY . " I should be much obliged to any brother possessing a copy of Bernard's Light upon Masonry , if he would afford me a loan of the work for a few weeks . — MATTHEW COOKE , 43 , Acton-street , W . O .

" OUR HOLT AND OUR BEAUTIFUL HOUSE . " The following notice of a special sermon , the proceeds of which Avere to be devoted to the enlargement -of the parish church , is taken from a West India paper . Its every line bears the mark of the Craft upon it : —The text was chosen from the Ixiv . chapter

of the Prophet Isaiah , and the 11 th verse . " Our holy and our beautiful house . " This was the holiness and beauty of the Temple of Solomon , the wonder of then existing and all subsequent ages : that magnificent building—magnificent , not in size , for many a parish church have Ave seen larger , but magnificent

in the number , the variety , the cost , the richness , and the splendour of its adornments—surpassingly magnificent in the wisdom that contrived it , the strength thatsupportedit , and the beaut y that was so chastelyyet so richly conspicuous in every part of the buildingmagnificent in the peaceharmony , and fraternity that

, existed among the workmen engaged in its erection , for , it will be remembered , that , during the seven years it was in construction , such were the arrangements of Solomon , that not the sli ghtest manifestation of discontent or dissatisfaction Avas ever

exhibited by any of the 153 , 000 persons employed at the building , magnificent in the order of its construction , for there was not heard the sound of axe , hammer , or auy tool of iron , as it rose in its silent majesty to lose itself among the clouds—magnificent , in the eloquence of its symbolism ; for , like its model and

prototype the tabernacle of Moses , the Temple of Solomon was ordained of God to be a type of heaven , the dwelling place , the abode of Jehovah ! Its three grand divisions were symbolical of the " Universe . The outer courts , or ground floor , and the middle chamber Avere emblematic of the earth aud seawhich all men

, might approach ; Avhile its Hol y of Holies , whose threshold no mortal dared to cross , where the Shekinah —the visible manifestation of the God of Hosts : — was always present and where the hi gh priest alone , and only on one day in the year , entered and with fearful solemnity pronounced the name Jehovah—the

great I AM , the Glorious Architect of the World , was an appropriate type of the dwelling-place of our Creator . Well might Isaiah , in alluding to a building of such splendour and magnificence , call it " Our holy and beautiful house . " But this holiness aud beauty are equally applicable to every church and chapel erected for and dedicated to the worshiof

p God . It is equally His temple—the j > lace where prayer and worship are offered to Him—with that building on Mount Moriah , which was composed of cedar , of silver , and of gold , and ornamented with blue and scarlet and fine twined linen . Although the outer porch with its pillarsmay be absent ; although

, you ascend not by a flight of winding stairs to the middle chamber , although the ark of the covenant and visible Shekinah be not there , All-Saiuts' Parish Churchis still the House of God—our holy and our beautiful house .

JACQUES DE MOLAI . Sir Knt . F . Binekes was reported to have delivered a sketch of the life of Jacques de Molai on the anniversary of his martyrdom , and that it was to be printed . Has it been so ?—A K . T . — - [ It has . Its title is A Sketch of the DZistory and Persecution of the Knights Templar , Sfc , by Frederick Binekes .

GREEN RIBBONS . To what degree does a green ribbon appertain ?— - G . R . —[ To so many , that unless the portion of the

dress , scarf , hanger , apron , sash , or other article of clothing , is specified , it is almost next to impossible to give a reply . ] THE LANGUAGE OE THE EITUAL . It has latterly become the fashion here to say that

the language of the Craft ritual will show its anti quity . How does it bear upon the question ?—CAMALADO - NUM . —[ Not at all . It is an utter absurdity to suppose so . The ritual was revised , certainly not for the better ; but still it was revised and re-cast in 1813 . Obsolete words were replaced by equivalents or more

modern expressions , and no vestige remains of any phraseology that can be , with propriety ,, called ' ancient . An argument from the use of a passage of Pope ' s in the Royal Arch has been put forward as a proof that the Royal Arch was unknown before his time ; Avkilst , as all the Masonic world knows , or ought to know , that ceremony Avas revised in 1835 , and any traces of distinctive earlier language carefully