The onward march of the human race requires that the heights around it should blaze with noble and enduring lessons of courage.

The capitals were enriched by pomegranates of bronze, covered by bronze net-work, and ornamented with wreaths of bronze; and appear to have imitated the shape of the seed-vessel of the lotus or Egyptian lily, a sacred symbol to the Hindus and Egyptians. Profusely illustrated with many images from the original sources Pike had before him when he prepared the original edition.

Contents [ edit ] The Double Headed Eagle emblem of the Scottish Rite, from the cover of Morals and Dogma.

Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. An emphasis on religious and cultural tolerance is shown throughout the work, emphasizing that the root of all religions is the same (according with the Prisca Theologia doctrine).Until 1964, this book was given to every Mason completing the 14th degree in the Southern jurisdiction of the US Scottish Rite Freemasons. That these represented the planets, we are assured by Clemens of Alexandria, in his Stromata, and by Philo Judaeus. It is but a shallow scoff to say that prayer is absurd, because it is not possible for us, by means of it, to persuade God to change His plans. With the rise of interdisciplinary legal studies, however, these teachings have begun to influence the law both in the West and beyond. The laws of God are not obligatory on us because they are the enactments of His POWER, or the expression of His WILL; but because they express His infinite WISDOM.