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 By EDOUARD BLITZ 
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 iNION IDEALISTE 
 
 UNIVERSELLE. 
 
 DEaARATION OF PRINCIPLES. 
 
 " ALTRUISM AND IDEALITY. " ^ 
 
 < ar appeal for the Univei-Mil Allianbe of Idealists t July, 1896) has heto heard, and 
 th 3 eagerness with >wMnh it has been responrled to on all sides demonstrates thafthe 
 time has conic for tlie revival of tho ancient Fraternity of Initiates. 
 
 Our aim, as we have explained in our personal letters to the Members.of the Inter- 
 national Board of Directors, is simple and precise. . 
 
 In addressing "otirselves to ihatWite,' of Intelligences who believes in the Beau- 
 tiful, the 2>-«e, and the Good /dmi, we HaVe stiUven toward concentrating, into one 
 universal force, all the isolated efforisof tho$e who long for the reoonstitution of that 
 union among men which is the basis of society, and on which depends ((leii' collec- 
 tive happiness; a union, uplortunately almost completely destroyed under .repeated 
 blows of three great forms of Egoism : Sensualism, Atheism,' and Anarchy. 
 
 BfSumtng the principle with which the ancient sages, philosophers, prophets, and 
 meEsiahswere inspil'ed, we establish the Universal Ideadist Union on the com- 
 munion of ideas rather than on the mutuality of material interests. The profession 
 of faith then imposes Itself here. It is that of all Idealists, to whatever school fhey 
 may belong; it is that of all men of intelligence anrlof all people of heart. 
 
 We believe in all which tends to elevate human aspirations toward the Ideal; we 
 combat all doctrines, the tendencies of which are to lower irtan, directly or indirectly, 
 toward the material instincts. As all men, we seek for happiness;, but we do not, 
 hope to find it in the satisfaction' of our physical desires, nor in the grfttiflcatjon of 
 our selfish inftlinations; wesoek It only wh, re it may be lound; in spiritual regions, 
 of which the visible universeis the pale reflection^. 
 
 • We believe in Religion, for 'its mission of peace and love, and its pacifylqg influence 
 here below; but especially for having preserved through the ages the Befitimenlbf 
 Palth, which is to things Ideal, what Eeasoning is to things tangible. But if we r. ver^ ; 
 ence Eellglon and Faith, we condemn Seotaranism — a fomenter of division, schism, 
 heresy, and apostacy — and Supeustitiou, which Is to Faith, what mental aberration Is 
 to Reason. ', - • — 
 
 We believe In Patriotism, in its eminently progressive influence on the citizens of a 
 nation. We belieye in this sentiment, which places in the heart of the people, this np- 
 , bte emuljation, which Is to a high degree a civilia;iBgelement. But we do not r.eodgiijjp 
 that patriotism made of prejudices of races, of Chauvinism, which is to patriotisiU;,:' 
 what itatolerancei.. to religious sentiment. In 'point of country. Idealism does 'li^t 
 stop at the question of color, but it puts national frontiers to the confines bf ^^e 
 ■ world. - - .,,....,' ' *"! 
 
 We believe in the .^oTniZ^, that state in minip,tiire5 and in the family governed by 
 laws and a discipline of love only." We condemn paternal despotism and- the insubot- 
 dination of children, the license of the husband and the slavery of the wife. 
 
 Idealism is in harmony with all institutions, religious and social, which have for 
 theiroiijeetthe animic development of the individual and collective being- It recog- 
 nizes all cults, all politibal systems, all forms of association, because Institutions, In 
 spite of apparent differences, are established upon the same eternal basis, highly 
 moral and eminently. hui]aanltarian.~ 
 
 We believe in Idealiafic aud Mystic Sciences ?in(l the .4r£s, attributing all things to 
 the Ideal, the only reality, of which the objective world is but the crystallizivtipn. 
 
 Idealism considers all things from the poipb of view of a single superior principle-; 
 its SRieatilic aim is the reconstruction of the universal synthesis, as foi-mulated by Dr. 
 PflulSMir: ' ■ 
 
 " It establishes in all its plans the law of th.3 Tri-Unlty. 
 
 " It makes apparent tho Identity of principles on which all religions rest, and dem- 
 onstrates that their differences come ttom the people, epophs, and climates to which 
 they were adapted. , 
 
 '.' It calls the attention of political governments to the Synarchy of which our ances- 
 tor, Rama, was the divine protagonist. 
 
 "It re-establishes the general knowledge of the three-fold Man, a body-soul spirit, 
 and the means of his evolution as the seed of all." 
 
 Its synthetic philosQphy embraces, at the same time, the knowledge of the Universe 
 —Man — God. The fundamental laws of this sublime metaphysics are I'ound in the 
 works of the Unknown Philosopher, by Swedenborir, the Swedish Kevela'tftr: andbv 
 MartinezdePasqually.thclastof the Rose-f Croix Kabbalists. 
 
 Finally, we believe that the instrument of spiritual progress of the individual Is his 
 Jiree Will- Admitting the doctrine of Evolution for the material origin of Man, and 
 
 (see THIRD PAGE O^ COVER.) 
 
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 SOCIAL, SCIENCE 
 
 Jls Taught by Freemasonry. 
 
 BY EDOUARD BLITZ, K.-. T.-., S-: ;- l-\ 
 
 Antiquity believed that all the Laws of the Universe, compris- 
 ing God, Man, and NaWnre, were identical and could be embod- 
 ied into 0«^ great and general Law or Principle called The Abso- 
 lute, which was symbolized by the point of a sharp instrument. 
 
 Ancient philosophers based their investigations upon the 
 method of analogy, which consisted in establishing points of re- 
 semblance, of identity, between two apparently opposed objects, 
 and then drawing conclusions from a series of very ingenious de- 
 ductions between the known and the unknown terms ; the known 
 term serving to draw the analogy. 
 
 It was thus that the custom of using symbols was established 
 in all the Schools of Philosophy, symbols being the known 
 terms through which the unknown could be defined and proved 
 
 Freemasonry has strictly preserved this old system of impart- 
 ing knowledge. It represents today ancient universities with 
 their methods of analogy, or science of .symbols ; and, to illus. 
 trate the universality of that method, too generally ignored by 
 Masons, and its innumerable applications, we will make use of 
 it to expose in a very clear manner the system of government 
 advocated by Freemasonry. 
 
 All the known forms of government are but modifications of 
 three great political systems : 
 
 Theocracy, Autocracy, Democracy. 
 
 These form, what we would symbolically call, the political 
 triangle : 
 
 T 
 
 A D 
 
( 2 ) 
 
 Theocracy is that government which is bases upon the suprem- 
 acy of God,^ the sole Ruler ; the Book of Revelation is the 
 unique Law ; the state officers are the Priests ; and the people, 
 the Believers. All unbelievers are outlaws and have no rights 
 nor benefits in the theocratic society to which they are refused 
 admittance. 
 
 Masonry ofifers these points of resemblance with Theocracy, 
 the Supreme Ruler of the Institution is the G/. A.". O.". T.'. U.'. ; 
 and that no atheist can be received in its ei ". Theocracy was 
 the government of the Israelites under Moses and the prophets. 
 Theocracy is the main form of government in Asia. Theocracy 
 is administered by the Priests ; it is the State within the Church. 
 
 Autocracy is that form of government which is based upon 
 the Law of the strongest ; it is a military form of goverment- 
 Autocracy is the political system of Julius Caesar, of Charle- 
 magne, of Peter the Great, of Napoleon. In Theocracy, the 
 Supreme Ruler, being eternal, remains forever up )n the celes- 
 tial throne ; but in Autocracy, the sup'reme ruler being mortal 
 his power is transmitted through inheritance, by right, called 
 the Divine Right. 
 
 Autocratic nations are governed by officers classified into a 
 certain order and subordination called Hierarchy. 
 
 Freemasony is highly hierarchical ; even in its simplest form, 
 it comprises no less than three degrees, and no regular (_].•. is, 
 permitted to work, unless there are three officers present. 
 
 Autocracy was the government of the Israelites under their 
 kings. Autocracy is the main form of government in Europe. 
 Autocracy is administered by the soldiers and the Priests ; it is 
 the State with the Church. 
 
 Democracy is that form of government which is based upon 
 the Law of the majority; it is a civil form of government. In 
 Democracy the supreme ruler is named by the people and regu- 
 larly overthrown at the end of a period varying between four 
 and seven years. 
 
 Freemasonry accepts the system of voting by the craft for the 
 election of officers of a i_j.'., and the democratic principle of 
 chnging these officers after a certain term of service ; but Free- 
 
(3) 
 
 masonry resembles Democracy especially in establishing the 
 most perfect Equality and 'Fratetnity among its members who 
 all enjoy a full and entire Liberty ; and in allowing every Ma- 
 son to enter the glorious contest for honors and dignities. 
 
 Democracy is the main form of government in America. De- 
 mocracy is administered by the lawyers ; it is the State without 
 the Church. 
 
 Freemasonry embodies these thiee great systems of govern- 
 ment in one synthetic political form, touching, but in one essen- 
 tial and fundamental principal, 
 
 Theociacy (God as the Supreme Ruler), 
 
 Autocracy (Military Discipline), 
 
 Democracy (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity for allj. 
 
 This is well expressed by the pentacle, or figure, representing 
 a triangle within a circle ; and the letter G placed in the center, 
 initial of the Sacred Name of Deity, to whom, from the young- 
 est E.'. A.', to the W.'. M.'., we should with reverence most 
 humbly bow ; it is also the initial of the sacred power of Gov- 
 ernment to which we all should, with equal reverence, submit. 
 
 As a further proof of the fact that the Masonic Sociology is 
 
 based upon these three great forms of government, let us refer 
 
 to the titles of three principle ofijcers of a higher Masonic body 
 
 governed by a 
 
 High Priest, representative of the religious system of Theocracy, 
 
 King, representative of the military system of Autocracy, 
 
 Scribe, representative of the civil system of Democracy. 
 
 The synthesis of Masonic government, as applied to a social 
 organization, may justly be named Hierocracy. 
 
 It is indeed sufficient to refer you to the government of our 
 Blue &*., throughout the world, by a Master, a Senior Warden, 
 and a Junior Warden ; to the dependence of a Blue i_i.*. to the 
 Grand Lodge ; and of the Grand Lodge to that Celestial Lodge 
 above, where the Supreme Architect of the Universe presides, 
 to remark this great subdivision of power (or authority) in three 
 
( 4 ) 
 
 elements. The symbolism of the Order is quite prodigal in rep- 
 reprentations of this hierarchical form : from Jacob's Ladder of 
 the Apprentice, to the Philosophical Ladder of the Kadosh. 
 
 Is it necessary to recall the hierarchical nomenclatures of the 
 thirty-three degrees of the Scottish Rite, of the ninety six de- 
 grees of the Egyptian Rite, etc., to show the hierarchial gradua 
 tion of Masonic initiation ? 
 
 In the hierocratic system of Masonic sociology the power of 
 authority is graduated, as well as the instruciions in the myster- 
 ies of the Order ; but it effects for the number 3 that marked 
 preference shown by the Pythagoreans, the Kabbalists, and in- 
 deed by all the initiates of ancient Oriental and Occidental 
 traditions. 
 
 Let us now glance at the general constitution, or rather the 
 anatomy of that Universal System of Social Organization which 
 the spirit of Freemasonry seeks to establish in the world for 
 the government of all nations in Asia, Europe, and America 
 and to which form we have given the name of ilierocracy, that 
 is, Sacred Government. 
 
 The fact that our Temples are erected T.-. T." G.-. A.'. O.-. 
 T.'. U.'. ; the fact that a Mason is taught never to enter upon 
 any great and important undertaking without first invoking the 
 blessing of Deity ; the fact that the first question asked a candi- 
 date in a ^z^.^. calls for the profession of his belief in Godi 
 prove that the whole social system of Masonry is based upon 
 the fundamental principle of Theocracy — Religion. 
 
 But if we remember how carfully Masonry aVoids any tenden- 
 cy towards sectariani-m, we will soon discover that by the word 
 Religion is not meant any particular form of religious worship, 
 but rather, as Webster says, in one of his definitions of the word 
 Religion : " Godliness or real piety in practice, consisting in 
 the performance of all known duties to God and our fellowmen, 
 'n obedience to divine command, or from love to God and his Law.^' 
 
 This is the Masonic Religion, and Webster's definition is ac- 
 ceptable to Jews, Hindoos, and Mahommedans, as well as to 
 Christians. 
 
( 5 ) 
 
 The intermediate factor between God and Man, containing 
 that divine command, that Laiv, is Conscience. 
 
 We now possess three elements constituting the first hierarch- 
 ical ternary of the Masonic Social Science — Religion. 
 
 ( God, ) 
 
 -< Concience, \ Religion, 
 ( Man, ) 
 
 identical to the fundamental principle of that Asiatic form of 
 government, Theocracy. 
 
 The second and third -pillars that support the Social Temple 
 of Masonry, or Hierocracy, are clearly symbolized by being the 
 first objects that the neophyte will see in a regular □.•., The 
 first pillar, the G.*. A."., the candidate was caused to contem- 
 plate solely with the spiritual eye of the soul. But the second 
 and third pillars, on the contrary, being directly related to our 
 worldly welfarCj must be looked upon with .the material eye of 
 the body. 
 
 Which are they.' 
 
 The H.-. B.-., Sq.'. and C.'. 
 
 What do they represent, in sociology ? 
 
 The H.'. B.'., the rule and guide of our conduct, is, the beau- 
 tiful symbol of the Law, of the civil constitution, of the general 
 Order, of military organization.. It represents the ensemble of 
 the three great political divisions of a nation. 
 
 _ ( The Executive, 1 
 
 Law, •< The Legislative, > 
 
 ( The People, ) 
 
 which constitute the second great ternary of Masonic Hier- 
 ocracy, identical with the European autocratic principle of 
 discipline. / 
 
 The neophytes supports the H.". B.-. which is to teach him in 
 social science the necessity for each citizen indiscriminately to 
 stand by the Law, to support legal authority ; and in order to 
 impress this necessity more deeply in his mind, the candidate is 
 made to promise most solemnly Secrecy and Obedience, or in 
 plainer words : to obey in silence, at the risk of his life, the proper 
 legal authority and thus preserve order as well as the existence 
 
( 6 ) 
 
 of all our institutions. In fine, the Sq.'. and C". are nothing 
 else but instruments of work ; they represent general activity 
 as does the symbol of the beehive. The right-hand of a citizen 
 of the Masonic Republic must always rest on the instruments of 
 redeeming labor. 
 
 This precept is often presented in Masonry under different 
 symbols, but none are more impressive than the d.'- f.". of an 
 E.\ A.\, at the altar of Masonry, supporting the Law with one 
 hand, and working with the other. 
 
 The Sq.*. and C". represent, then, labor, in its dual form : 
 Operative and Speculativef or material and intellectual, and we 
 readily find the hierarchical elements of the third great ternary 
 of Masonic Hierocracy, identical with the fundamental principle 
 of true American Democracy : " Every citizen is a workman." 
 
 LABOR. 
 
 F.-. C.-. ' Sq.-. 
 
 Intellectual Material 
 
 (The School), (The Shop). 
 
 Teacher, \ f Master, 
 
 Disciples, [• \ Fellow Craft, 
 
 ' Scholars, j (Entered Apprentice. 
 
 To use the language of one of the charges : " Only the man 
 who has his right limbs as a man ought to have " is accepted in 
 the citizenship of Hierocracy. 
 
 The woman, the child, the old man in his dotage, the fool or 
 idiot, the illiterate, are excluded from F.*. M.\ with the maimed 
 or dismembered ; not by a cruel lack of humanity, but as a 
 striking symbol that the Masonic Republic cannot dispense with 
 work, even through mental or physical disqualifications. Every 
 and must partake of the Masonic duties as well as of Masonic 
 rights and benefits. It is for that very reason that the Mason 
 is urged to aid and assist the poor and distressed at the very 
 moment when he is, himself, so completely destitute as to be 
 unable to deposit even a pin's head in the archives of the Order. 
 It seems that then and there would be, for the brethren present, 
 an excellent opportunity to strengthen, by example, the Law of 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 charity so eloquently recommended to the candidate, and have 
 some disinterested friend step forward and help, aid, and assist 
 the destitute brother. But no ! no one present seems in the 
 least, willing to lend him a penny that he may be able to con- 
 form to the ancient custom preserved in every regular and well 
 governed cz.'.. 
 
 This is to demonstrate that a citizen of Universal Masonic 
 Hierocracy, who is capable, to work and receive wages through- 
 otit the world, and thus enjoy the rights and benefits inherent 
 to a free man, is mad* to aid and assist tAe others, but not to re- 
 ceive alms himself for which he has absolutely no need. 
 
 The Law regulating labor, intellectual and material, is wisely 
 set forth by the symbulism of the twenty-four hours of the 
 day, divided into three equal parts, whereby we find eight hours 
 for the service of God and the relief of distressed worthy 
 brothers ; eight for our usual vocations, and eight for refresh- 
 ment and sleep ; thus avoiding among laborers of all classes, 
 physical aftd mental over exertions, undue competition, etc. 
 
 This program of the eight-hour workday is exactly that which 
 every modern socialist system does not cease to demand from 
 the legislatures in every country ; and this wise Masonic Law, 
 regulating labor, will surely be promulgated the day when our 
 brethren in Congress will allow the Masonic Law to be the rule 
 and guide of their public, as well as their private conduct. 
 
 We have seen that the Masonic Hierocracy is formed by an 
 association of active citizens, only comparable to an immense 
 beehive, and that its constitution rests upon three solid pillars 
 Religion, Law, Labor, fu.idamental principles of the Theoc- 
 racy of contemplative Asia, the Autocracy of heroic Europe, 
 and the Democracy of industrious America. 
 
 It remains to be shown the internal mechanism of that syn- 
 thetic form of government which is identically the same as the 
 □.'. itself by the Worshipful Master, the Senior Warden, and 
 the Junior Warden. 
 
 In social science what do these officers represent ? The ritual 
 
( 8 ) 
 
 will clearly inform us as to their functions, and, consequently, 
 as to their qualities : 
 
 " The W.'. M.'. rises in the East to open and govern his 
 Lodge, set the craft to work, and give them proper instruction." • 
 
 The Master then represents government, the executive power ; 
 as he sets the craft to work, it is es'tablished that all Orders 
 emanate from him ; the W.\ M.'. rules according to strict Au- 
 tocracy, namely, uniting in himself the legislative and executive 
 powers. He rises in the East because nearly all eastern gov- 
 ernments are of this form. 
 
 But the W.'. M.'. also gives the craft proper instruction, which 
 presents the high officer under the aspect of a Teacher. Teach- 
 ing evokes the idea of Science, as government that of Wisdom. 
 
 Indeed Solomon, impersonated by the W.'. M.*_. in the great 
 tragedy of the sublime degree, was an autocrat, widely known 
 and celebrated for his deep wisdom and his extraordinary scien- 
 tific knowledge. The W/. M.', js then unmistakably designated 
 as the living symbol of Government and Science. 
 
 The Senior Warden's duties are " to pay the craft their wages, 
 if any be due, that none may go away dissatisfied, and that 
 beautiful harmony, which is the support of all institutions, may 
 never be disturbed. 
 
 The functions of this officer, like those of the W.*. M."., are 
 dual ; by paying the craft their wages, he is caused to impersonate 
 CAPITAL ; •' to each one his due " evokes the idea of a just and 
 equal distribution, an idea reinforced by the following sentence : 
 " Harmony being the strength and support of all institutions 
 but more especially this of ours." 
 
 It shows plainly the role of Capital and Hierocratic Govern- 
 ment ; that of a peace-preserver, a mediator, possessing the 
 divine privilege of arbitration. 
 
 In the mysteries of the third degree the Senior Warden im- 
 personating the beautiful character of Hiram, King of Tyre, 
 
( 9 ) 
 
 who well establishes his representation of capital, by furnishing 
 the material and the workman for the building of the Temple. 
 If it was permitted for me to reveal secrets that are not inline, I 
 would refer you to other masonic degrees where that illustrious 
 potentate proves his conciliating power between opposite parties 
 and reestablishes peace and harmony for an instant disturbed. 
 
 The Senior Warden, then, represents capital and disposes of 
 the power of Justice, 
 
 The Junior Warden v/ho calls the craft from labor to refresh- 
 ment and superintends them during the hours there, or so that 
 the time given to recreation is not desecrated by intemperance 
 or excess, represents labor itself and its organization. In the 
 same mysteries of the Master's degree, the Junior Warden who 
 represents the third personage of the drama, as the jewel worn 
 by H.A.B., the metalworker, clearly indicates. None -better 
 than H.A.B. understood the management of the multitudes. 
 By one sign of his hand the immense army of workmen em- 
 ployed at the construction of the Temple at Jerusalem, placed 
 themselves in the most magnificent order : at the right-hand, 
 the carpenters ; at the left-hand, the miners, the smelters, and 
 the metal-workers ; in the center, the stone masons ; H.A.B. 
 has but to extend his arm and this immense crowd of men, com- 
 ing from all parts of the world, living different lives, speaking 
 different tongues, remain immovable awaiting orders ! 
 
 The Junior Warden is the appropriate symbol oi Labor and of 
 Organisation of Labor. 
 
 Consequently, we have, in the three officers of a Master's Lodge 
 the representatives of the three great motors of a social organ- 
 ization : Science, that conceives ; Capital, that furnishes the 
 means ; and Labor, that executes. In Hierocracy, 
 
 Science disposes of the Oovernment, 
 
 Capital holds the power of justice, and 
 Labor, that of Organization. 
 
( 10 ) 
 
 Science is the active principle in Masonry, and. to it is given 
 the government of the entire system ; and very wisely too, if we 
 remember it is the result of long years of patient observation 
 meditation and reflection ; that it takes an effort of Nature, 
 forty years of study to make a wise man : and that, like that of 
 any other person, a scientist cares more for intellectual than for 
 worldly wealth, and seeks conquests rather within the kingdom 
 of Nature than in the empires of the neighboring nations. The 
 country of a philosopher is the Universe and has no need for 
 colonies. His palaces are schools and universities. 
 
 Thus a true Masonic social organization should be governed 
 by philosophers, like in the times of Hermes, Solon; Lycurgus, 
 Zoroaster, Confucius, Pythagoras, Moses, and others. 
 
 The Government of Wisdom presents guaranties of exterior 
 and interior peace for the people, seeking meanwhile to aug- 
 ment continually the sum of their comforts, materially and in. 
 tellectually. Thus the popular vote by which the virtuous phi- 
 losopher has no more voice than the illiterate drunkard is anti- 
 masonic. 
 
 Labor plays the passive role : it executes the idea conceived 
 by science ; its mission is to obey, not Capital, but Science, as 
 the hand of the painter follows with ducility the impulse of the 
 artist's brain. 
 
 Labor is given the duty to organize itself for the best realiza- , 
 tion of the designs which the inventor has traced upon the 
 trestle board. The classification of workmen into corporations 
 their hierarchy based solely on the individual skill, are the fun- 
 damental principles of a most excellent organization of labor ; 
 and when these rules shall be strictly observed, there will be 
 nought to fear of social intemperance or excess. 
 
 Capital is the neutral element, the intermediate term, the 
 equilibrating principle between Science and Labor. Law is in- 
 trusted to capital, because in order to render impartial decisions, 
 
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 a judge must be placed in an independent situation. It is well 
 known, though the number of honest und upright magistrates is 
 considerable, that a poor man, when called upon to settle a dis- 
 pute, is more liable to bribery than a wealthty man. 
 
 Capital must sit upon the seat of Justice and its pa'ace must 
 be a Capitol where just and upright laws are promulgated, not 
 laws that are made to feed the prolixity of the lawyers, but only 
 for the good of the nation and for the protection of the people. 
 
 We will how enter into the secret spring of the works of that 
 colossal clock which we have called Hierocracy, and which rep- 
 resents the Masonic Social Government. We will expose its 
 vital principle, its soul. Therefore, it will be necessary to pene- 
 trate into the middle-chamber and raise the veil that hides its 
 mysteries. The ritual has given us \.\\& frame of the Social Tem- 
 ple ; the mysteries themselves will allow us to discover the oc- 
 cult motor-power of the entire organization — and give us the 
 true Word. 
 
 In the middle chamber, the real throne "of Hierocracy, sits 
 Solomon, the Wise ; Hiram, the. Rich ; and H.A.B., the Indus- 
 trious. We know who they are. 
 
 Science, Capital, Labor. 
 
 In which work are these three different and apparently oppo- 
 site forces engaged ? 
 
 In the building of one Temple. 
 
 How do they work ? 
 
 In the most perfect earmony. 
 
 Harmony was their True Word. It was the True Word of 
 Pythagoras and of his School. It was the True Word of the 
 Egyptian Initiates. It is the True Word of modern Masonic 
 
 Sociology. 
 
 Yes, Science, Capital, Labor, must work in unison for they 
 are dependent upon each other for their very existence. 
 
( 12 ) 
 
 If the sublime association is broken, the equilibrium of the 
 social system is destroyed, the harmony is impaired, the True 
 Word is lost and the beautiful Temple of ideal society remains • 
 unfinished. 
 
 And Masonry symbolized that social truth by the admirable 
 scene at the Master's grave, where, although it may be presumed 
 that Solomon and his Royal Friend both knew the Word, the 
 great omnipotent secret is forever lost for it can be pronounced 
 only when the missing associate is present ; in other words, be- 
 cause Harmony can be established only when three notes 
 (thirds) enter into the formation of the chord which is then 
 named a concord ox 2i perfect chord. 
 
 Harmony is the Word of the Freemasons, as Central fire of 
 Nature are the Words of the Rosicrucians, and Equilibrium the 
 Word of the Martinists ; they all represent the same idea, a 
 truth, symbolized by a word which renders the possessor 
 omnipotent. 
 
 When Solomon, Hiram of Tyre, and H.A.B., namely, Science, 
 Capital, and Labor (the Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty of a 
 nation) work in unison, we see the Temple advance rapidly 
 towards its completion ; but as soon as one of these principles 
 secedes, all work suddenly ceases' and the workmen walk in 
 confusion about the Temple. And more still ; as this seceding 
 principle is dependent upon the others for its own existence, we 
 see its life violently brought to its end. This is the moral of 
 the tragic death of our G.*. M.-., considered under the point of 
 view of sociology. 
 
 ' Wfco, in fact, were these three assassins of the Sublime 
 Workmen ? 
 
 Three other workmen, and besides, the own countrymen of 
 the victim. 
 
 Labor, symbolized by H.A.B., was stained by men of his own 
 party, that is by Labor itself. 
 
( 13 ) 
 
 ■ The founders of our divine institution succeeded in admirably 
 illustrating, and eloquently proving that : 
 
 When one social power alone (to the exclusion of its natural 
 supports, the two others) wants to seize the Rule of Law, the 
 Square of equality, and the Mallei of authority, those valuable 
 working tools are soon prostituted for the accomplishment of 
 egotistical designs and become instruments of Social Murder ! 
 
 The Rule of Law is then applied solely to the satisfaction of 
 human passions ; it is tbe lever to unreasonable and dangerous 
 Ambition. 
 
 The Square of Equality becomes an instrument of tyranny 
 against the supremacy of Wisdom and Virtue ; it becomes igno- 
 rance to triumph, for a moment, over real knowledge. ' 
 
 The Setting Maul, or itallet of Authority, is a most dreadful 
 aim in the hand. of an isolated party, for it is then used to crush 
 the intelligence under the blows of the brutal and violent in- 
 stincts of the multitude. It was the Mallet of ecclesiastical Au- 
 thorfty, Fanaticism, that caused the religious massacres that 
 dishonors the history of the Church. It is Fanaticism that arms 
 today the occult forces of anarchy, as it did in the terrible 
 times of the civil rebellions, social revolutions and partisan 
 wars which dishonor the history of nations. 
 
 Now these three assassins are called in sym- 
 bolic Masonry, but in Masonic Sociology their true names are 
 
 Ambition, Ignorance, Fanaticism, 
 
 and they are the vices that prevent us, Freemasons, from realiz- 
 ing today that sublime harmony of powers symbolized by the 
 strong union of our three ancient Grand Masters. 
 
 It is to impress upon man's mind the necessity of being hum- 
 ble and modest that Freemasonry deprives her candidate of all 
 his worldly possessions and presents him in a miserable condi" 
 tion led as a slave to the market. It is to teach him to be hum- 
 ble, that in spite of his high moral qualifications, XiO stocky is 
 
( 14 ) 
 
 taken in his simple affirmation, and no obligation is considered 
 binding other than a tolemn oath taken in presence of A/. G.". 
 and his fellow men. 
 
 If these trials do not destroy forever the sentiment of un- 
 reasonable Ambition in an intelligent man, we may well ask, 
 what other lesson would be more eloquent ? And when later 
 on that same man will be urged to educate his mind by the 
 acquirement of the Seven Liberal Arts, namely, the entire range 
 of human knowledge ; and of the Five Orders of Architecture, 
 representing the esthetic education or the Art of the Beautiful, 
 what school of philosophy will illustrate in a more poetical man- 
 ner, the necessity of destroying Ignorance, and the making of 
 every workman of the Social Temple, a man of broad scientific 
 and artistic achievements ? 
 
 In fine how could Fanaticism and Intolerance of blind Secta- 
 rianism be more eloquently condemned than by the beautiful 
 symbol of the strong union of three men of different beliefs : 
 
 Solomon, an initiate in Egyptian mysteries ; Hiram, of Tyre, 
 an adorer of Moloch ; and H.A.B., a follower of the religion of 
 Mithra ; working together in perfect unison, to erect a beauti- 
 ful Temple to the Glory of the God of Israel ! 
 
 Let us resume. Masonic society is based upon Religion, or 
 Morality ; Law, or Order ; Labor, or Activity. 
 
 Each of the fundamental principles is governed according to 
 the strictest rules of Hierarchy, as the classification of Masonic 
 degrees and that of the officers of the Lodge clearly indicate that 
 Labor is divided into two branches : Material and Intellectual, 
 according to the divisions of Masonry itself, in Operative and 
 Speculative branches. 
 
 Material Labor, as Operative Masonry presents three degrees 
 corresponding to the Initiatory degrees : The Master, The Fel- 
 low Craft, The Entered Apprentice. 
 
 Intellectual Labor, as Speculative Masonry, is also governed 
 
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 by three degrees, corresponding to the organization of the Lodge 
 The Teacher, or W." M.-. ; the Disciples, or W.-. W.'. ; and the 
 Scholars, or M.'. M.'. 
 
 In Law, we find the same organizations : Executive, Legisla- 
 tive, People. 
 
 In Religion, also the three terms : God, Conscience, Man. 
 
 This constitutes the primary elements of Social Masonry de- 
 rived from the Theocracy of Asia, Autocracy of Europe, and 
 Democracy of America. 
 
 The life of this societj^takes its origin the perfect union of 
 three great powers Science, Capital, and Labor, intimately 
 combined by the strong association of their mutual interests and 
 by the Unity of their aim, which is the erection of a beautiful 
 Temple, the symbol of an ideal and faultless social organization. 
 
 The system of government advocated by Masonry is admira- 
 ble for its extreme simplicity. It consists in preserving the great- 
 est natural equality among the craft, so that each member is 
 taken and accepted as a brother, as a man, free-born, and par- 
 ticipating by his own freewill and accord in the common work. 
 
 In giving to each workman a certain amount of labor, physi" 
 cal or intellectual, thus procuring him the means to support him- 
 self and family, and even to contribute to the relief of worthy 
 and distressed brothers, their widows and orphans. ' 
 
 In paying the craft their just dues that none may go away 
 dissatisfied, it thus establishes on earth the messianic reign of 
 justice. In allowing every duly and truly prepared citizen to 
 enter into the great contest for advancement and honors, 
 prompted solely by a noble -emulation. 
 
 In granting these honors to those only who have proven 
 themselves worthy and well qualified by due examination and 
 strict trial, and not to them who would illegally extort them 
 by the influence of friends, the protection of superiors, the 
 privilege of birth, by intrigue, or by violence. Master's wages 
 cannot be obtained save by personal merit. 
 
 That are our modern governments in comparison with the 
 
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 liberal, just, and grand system set forth by Freemasonry and 
 veiled in her sublime symbolism ? 
 
 In our present empires, kingdoms, and republics, we see that 
 Wisdom is sneered at, that Capital is corrupting the legislatures 
 and courts of so called justice, and remains obstinately deaf to 
 the demands of the poor and destitute working man. We see 
 that Labor itself is in a chronic state of rebellion against gov- 
 ernment and capital, and boldly assumes the foolish presumpj^ 
 tion of dictating Laws to the world and submitting every one to ' 
 its own blind and passionate despotism. 
 
 It is not Harmony which is the true word describing the social 
 situation of contempprary times, but its ugly substitute, Discor- 
 dance which expresses well our present state of social puirefaciio/i. 
 
 Certainly this disorganization is due to the greatest vices 
 which infect all classes of actual society : the ambition of the In- 
 tellectual party, the ignorance of the Financial party, and the 
 Fanaticism of the Laboring party. 
 
 It is why Wisdom of today ought to order the immediate exe- 
 cution of the three assassins of civilization, as King Solomon 
 ordered the immediate execution of the three slayers of our 
 G.". M.". ; before raising the body of Perfect Organization ; for, 
 even chained and in bondage, these villians, when still breath- 
 ing, will prevent every attempt for the restoration of the sublime 
 Unity of the Masonic Social Ternary : Wisdom, Capital, Labor. 
 
 And so, my brethren; let us unite all our efforts to reestablish 
 the perfect union of the three great principles of social happi- 
 ness J but, to succeed, let us first subdue our passions and be- 
 gin with the most dangerous ones ; Ambition and Fanaticism. 
 Let us acquire every day more instruction that may remove 
 more and more the hoodwink of Ignorance, and the cable" 
 tow of Prejudice, and thus be well qualified to work at the 
 building of the Great Temple ; The Ideal Social Republic, whiere 
 no sound of an iron tool will be heard, that is, where Peace and 
 Harmony will never be disturbed by a discordant note. 
 
that of Involution'for. theli!^Uer.f!Vcultie6 manifested by -his reaean, Idealisin avers 
 mat human existence is oiiily a continual struggle between theanlmal instincts, at- 
 tribiitahle to the material nature of the boily^ana the lofty aspirations inherent to the 
 divine charaot-T of the s'plrit. The soul decides betjveen the opposed attractions and 
 thus become ihe seat of tne Free Witll. If It allies itself with the divine emanation, in 
 . uislng toward ideal regions, ihe soul creates a personal entity of thatvrhlch was, in 
 the beginning, oiily aspark escaped from the Central Universe Fire. If, onthecon- 
 traryi It Towers itself toward animalism, it condemns" Itself to the disintegralioM com- 
 mon to physical bodies, and it is doomed to begin over again the entire cycle of th6 
 revolution of matier. i 
 
 ' ' The Free Will is, therefore, the.fSculty of the soul which should, before all, be culti- 
 .. vated in the highest possible measure, and to this object all educational efforts should 
 ■tend. . . 
 
 ;*'The UhivEK8al Idealist Union is then especially engiiged in establishing the ' 
 'principles of rational peiiagoffy ; one which-will most contribute to give full play to 
 the mechanism of the human Will; one which will develope most ompletely the per- 
 ,sonality of individuals, contrary to those contemporary methods which endeavor 
 '(and with success) lo lesson the characteristics of the subject, and substitute a facti- 
 tious, feigned personality, according to Ihe fashions of everybody, uniform, common, 
 trivial, and pretentious, education to which we owe all the stupid sins against tlie 
 State, Religion, Science and Art. 
 
 : The Universal Idealist Union has, then, a aclentiflc aim, as well as a human- 
 itarian one. It prepares the cording of a permanent Congress of Idealistic and Mys- 
 tic Sciences; while, at the same tim_e, it leads to the advent of Universal Fraternity. 
 But- it is in the name of Eokc that the Union Makes an appeal to all the intellectual 
 and spiritiiarii^lits for the recdl^litution ef the flambeau of Truth. 
 
 ' - We demand the cooperation of all those who believe^ who love, and who imllt in order 
 to enlarge the already wide circle of our affiliations, and to extend over the surface 
 of^the entire globe the net work of our Association of "Peace.and Good Will," de^- 
 -ifined to become a Religion among religions; a State in Che midst of States-; a family In 
 :■ the.lxeart of families; so that everywhere may be found -men who welcome each other 
 as brothers, as fellow citizens, as co religionists, whatever may be' their races, their , 
 countries, and their beliefs. 
 
 In ilHishing, we make ah ardent appeal to all the Mothers, to thole educators par ex- 
 cellence, to those suMime workers to whom we owe the huinanlty of tomorrow. It is 
 from them especially tbat we must expect those examples of devotion, thoSe acts of 
 real piety, to strengthen us in the pvaetice of many virtues; It is for them to guide us 
 in the way which they know so well, that of " Altkuism and iDBALiTr." 
 
 Dr. Edouard Blitz, Secretary. 
 Nevada, Mlsspuri, U. S. A. 
 
 Union Idealiste TJniYerselle. 
 
 ALTRUISM AND IDEALITY. 
 
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 Historic Magazine and Notes and Queries, Manchester, New 
 Hampshire, U, S. A. These can be supplied by Dr. Edouard Blitz, 
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 lUblisher, S. C. Gould, Manchester, New Hampshire, U. S. A., 
 
 1. Official Announcement. By Dr. Edouard Blitz, Secretary. 
 
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 3. The Riddle of Man's Life. By " Nathanael." 
 
 4. Hermes Trismegistus. By Carl Michelsen. 
 
 5. The Lusignans. Historical Sketches. By Dr. Edouard Blitz. 
 
 6. Dreams. Vivid Recollections. By Carl Michelsen. 
 
 7.- Social Science as Ta.ught by Freemasonry. By Dr, Ed. Blitz. 
 8. The Secret of Jesus. By Octavius B. Frothingham. (Reprint.) 
 
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