Studies in Freemasonry and the Compagnonnage

In: Collected works of René Guénon

Abstract

Scientific ideas and the Masonic ideal -- The great architect of the universe -- Lost word and substituted words -- The builders of the Middle Ages -- Masons and carpenters -- Masonic orthodoxy -- Gnosis and Freemasonry -- The Masonic high grades -- Feminine initiation and craft initiations -- Pilgrimages -- The Compagnonnage and the Bohemians -- Heredom -- The monogram of Christ and the heart in ancient trade marks -- Corporative signs and their original meaning -- The enigma of Martines de Pasqually -- On the 'Lyonnais Rose-Croix' -- A new book on the Order of the Elus Coens -- A project of Joseph de Maistre for the Union of Peoples -- The strict observance and the unknown superiors -- Concerning the unknown superiors and the astral -- Some unpublished documents on the Order of the Elus Coens -- Cologne or Strasbourg? -- Review of by-ways of Freemasonry.