The Book of The Words

[Pages:178]The Book of The Words

Albert Pike

THE BOOK OF THE WORDS .

THE T s rt TE aALfirS.

L-. The Divine WISDOMM ii.-. The Divine WISDOM Manifested ; TEE Wornm i. ii- The Divine MIGET. is?. The Divine SovEEEIGI, .

I must profess I know enough to hold my tongue, but not enough to speak ; and the no less real than miraculous fruits I have found in my diligent inquiry into these arcana, lead me on to such degrees of admiration, they command silence, and force me to hold my tongue.

FrTA--R AsExoLE : Proleg. Theat r. Chem . Britannic. 6.

In the book called Arfephii L3er Secretes, which appears to have been written in the 12th century, this is said

"Is not this an art full of secrets ? : and believest thou, 0 fool ! that we plainly teach this Secret of Secrets, taking our words according to their literal interpretation ? .It

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FROM THE PREFACE OF A BOOR ENTTTLED " Lose-LITEP-%" PCBLLSEED AT Lo--,-Do-,,; n; 1722.

[The body of the work contains not one word in regard to Free Jfasonry, or that can be W iemd to allude to it, for which reason the preface is the more curious.]

To the Grand Master, Masters, Wardens and Brethren

of the Most Ancient and Most Honourable Fraternity of the Free

Masons of

Great Britain and Ireland, Brother Eugenius Philalethes Sendeth Greeting .

Men, Brethren, I address myself to you after this Manner, because it is the

true Language of the Brotherhood, and which the primitive Christian Brethren, as well as those who were from the Beginning, made use of, as we learn from holy Scriptures, and an uninterrupted Tradition.

I present you with the following Sheets, as belonging more properly to you than any else. By what I here say, those of you who are not far illuminated, who stand in the outward Place, and are not worthy to look behind the Vei], may find no

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