Masonic Symbolism Around the 33rd Degree

[Paul Ferguson]

"Freemasonry’s symbolism around the 33rd degree reflects a layered inheritance: visible borrowings from Hermetic and alchemical imagery, selective incorporation of Kabbalistic doctrines in some national traditions, and an Enlightenment-era reworking of ritual meaning that both secularized and systematized older esoteric motifs."

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