1 _note_;
in which all agree, 255;
of nature, 258;
what we practically believe, 293

Ritual: Old Charges part of, 128;
growth of, 142-4;
evolution of, 219 _note_

Rome: secret orders in, 81;
college of architects in, 86

Rosicrucians: use Masonic symbols, 156, 157;
and Ashmole, 163;
distinct from Masons, 164;
and De Quincey, 179 _note_;
and Third Degree, 190

Royal Arch Masonry: 220 _note_

Ruskin, John: quoted, 7, 8;
on light, 14 _note_;
on the church, 250

St. John's Day: 181;
origin of, 183, _note_

Sayer, Anthony: first Grand Master, 182

Schaw Statutes: 123

Sciences;
the seven, 195;
in Cooke MS, 108

Scott, Leader: quoted, 72;
on Cathedral Builders, 87;
on Comacines and Masonry, 111

Scott, Sir Walter: on the word cowan, 138 _note_;
a Mason, 232

Secrecy: of the Mysteries, 48;
of great teachers, 57;
as to the arts, 74;
not real power of Masonry, 212;
reasons for, 243 _note_

Secret Doctrine: 57;
objections to, 59;
open to all, 61;
reasons for, 63;
what is it, 68

_Secret Sermon on the Mount_: 47

Sectarianism: Masonry against, 254

_Seven Lamps of Architecture_: quoted, 7

Shakespeare: 155;
and Masons, 259 _note_

Shelley: 14

Signs: in the Mysteries, 47;
Franklin on, 200;
and charity, 244

Socrates: on unity of mind, 21;
and the Mysteries, 46

Solomon: and Hiram, 75;
and the Comacines, 89;
in Cooke MS, 109;
sons of, 149

Solomon: Temple of, 75;
style of, 76;
legends of, 77 _note_;
and Masonry, 79;
influence of on architecture, 191

Speculative Masonry: in Regius MS, 106;
growth of, 123;
meaning of, 144 _note_;
Lodges of, 148;
before 1717, 167

Spenser, Edmund: Masonic symbols in, 155

Square: discovery of, 10;
in Pyramids, 13;
eloquence of, 26;
emblem of truth, 28;
in China, 30;
in obelisk, 33;
throne of Osiris, 46;
"square men," 155;
an ancient one, 159;
of justice, 275

_Staffordshire; Natural History of_, quoted: 166

Steinmetzen, of Germany: 118 _note_;
degree of, 145

Stones: sanctity of, 28

Stuckely: Diary of, 203

Swastika: antiquity of, 23;
meaning of, 24;
sign of Operative Masons, 201 _note_

Symbolism: Carlyle on, 4;
early Masonic, 11;
Pike on, 18;
richness of, 20;
unity of, 21;
Mencius on, 30;
in Bible, 31;
of Collegia, 93;
of Comacines, 90;
in Masonry, 143;
of numbers, 154;
in language