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Masonry is identical with the Ancient Mysteries

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Albert Pike
Age: 81 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1891
Died: April 2
Lawyer
Boston
Massachusetts
A. Pike
Mystery
Masonry
Mysteries
Identical
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Know thou the self (spirit) as riding in a chariot, The body as the chariot. Know thou the intellect as the chariot-driver, And the mind as the reins. The senses, they say, are the horses The objects of sense, what they range over. The self combined with senses and mind Wise men call the enjoyer.
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Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit. Under a Despotism, men are false, treacherous, and deceitful through fear, like slaves dreading the lash. Under a Democracy they are so as a means of attaining popularity and office, and because of the greed for wealth.
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True thoughts have duration in themselves. If the thoughts endure, the seed is enduring if the seed endures, the energy endures if the energy endures, then will the spirit endure. The spirit is thought thought is the heart the heart is the fire the fire is the Elixir.
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