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The Square and Compasses Volume 1 – by Donald H. B. Falconer
THE SQUARE AND COMPASSES
IN SEARCH OF FREEMASONRY
DONALD H B FALCONER
MASONIC QUALIFICATIONS of W. M.
Bro. Donald H.B.Falconer
Craft: PM, PDGDC, Scottish Constitution,
NSW Constitution
Previously also English Constitution
Royal Arch: PZ, PDGDC,
Scottish Constitution
Cryptic Council: PTIM,
Scottish Constitution
Previously also English Constitution
Lodge & Council: PWCN, PMEC,
Scottish Constitution
Allied Masonic Degrees:
PM, DGSW, PGStBr,
English Constitution
Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests:
PHP, PGIVP, English Constitution
Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite:
PMWS, PGC, 31º,
Scottish Constitution
Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers
and Bricklayers ("Operatives": VIIº, SPM, DGMM
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The Square and Compasses Volume 1 – by Donald H. B. Falconer
Also a member of the following Orders for more than forty years:
Royal Order of Scotland
The Order of the Temple,
Scottish Constitution.
Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine etc,
Previously Scottish Constitution, now NSW Constitution
Previously also a long-term member of the following Orders:
Order of the Secret Monitor, English and then NSW Constitution
Societas Rosicruciana in Scotia
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE – THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF SPECULATIVE
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The Square and Compasses Volume 1 – by Donald H. B. Falconer
PREAMBLE
Freemasonry has played a positive role in the development of civilisation and the
advancement of moral attitudes and religious observances in all ages of recorded history.
Ever since our primitive ancestors first began to think about their origins and to
contemplate the existence of a divine creator, freemasonry has played a vital role in the
development of civilisation and the parallel growth of religion. Few realise how important
freemasonry has been in establishing the welfare of human beings. In this context, the
origins of freemasonry have been examined and its accomplishments as a civilising force
have been traced through the evolution of the human race. The precepts and teachings of
freemasonry, which reflect freemasonry’s humanitarian and religious associations during
the last ten millennia or longer, also are considered in some detail.
This book differs from the usual books on freemasonry, both in its subject matter and in its
approach to the various subjects covered. It gathers together a series of discussion papers
prepared by the author and presented to various masonic bodies during the last forty years.
It is intended to provide a stimulus and hopefully an inspiration for anyone wanting to
know how freemasonry originated and what it is about. The original papers were prepared
as separate entities, each intended to consider some specific aspect of freemasonry.
References to subjects beyond the scope of a paper, but about which it would be helpful for
the reader to have some knowledge, are as brief as possible consistent with their bearing
upon the discussion. Related aspects of importance usually are covered in separate papers.
Most of the assembled papers have been revised and amplified more than once, many
several times, to reflect the latest archaeological discoveries and related research, as well
as the continuing developments in science. In this respect the advances in knowledge that
have been achieved during the second half of the twentieth century have been truly
remarkable.
The original papers have been incorporated into this book as chapters arranged in a logical
sequence. The author hopes that each chapter will provide a useful basis for discussions by
interested groups. The texts of the papers have therefore been used without change, no
attempt having been made to consolidate the subject matter, nor to remove references to
related aspects. For this reason similar references may appear in more than one chapter, for
which the author offers no apology. Although most chapters could be presented and
discussed in a single session, sometimes more than one session would be appropriate for
the scope and importance of the subject. Publications the author thinks are of particular
interest in relation to a subject are referred to at the appropriate place in the text.
Contrary to a hypothesis sometimes put forward, speculative freemasonry is not a recent
invention, but evolved in lodges of operative freemasons in conjunction with the practice
of the stonemason's craft. Humans differ from other animals, because they have an
insatiable curiosity concerning their origins and the environment in which they live. As a
direct consequence of this, speculative freemasonry developed in lodges of operative
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