 | Nesta H. Webster - Freemasonry - 2000 - 444 pages
...interpretations vary in different countries and at different periods. Freemasonry is described in its Ritual as " a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." But what code of morality? In studying the history of the Order we shall find that the same code was... | |
 | Joe Nickell - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2001 - 344 pages
..."society with secrets." Carried to North America in the eighteenth century, Masonry has been defined as "a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" (Masonic Bible 1964, 26). One of the essential elements of any true Masonic group is "a legend or allegory... | |
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Freemasonry is a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. 
