Albert Pike
Albert Pike
Albert Pikewas an attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason. Albert Pike is the only Confederate military officer with an outdoor statue in Washington, D.C...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth29 December 1809
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
sympathy law-of-attraction principles
The double law of attraction and radiation or of sympathy and antipathy, of fixedness and movement, which is the principle of Creation, and the perpetual cause of life.
father spirit worship
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
mistake ignorance humility
Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection.
religious book knowledge
It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.
mystery ancient masonry
Masonry is identical with the Ancient Mysteries
mysterious holy form
Before God manifested Himself, when all things were still hidden in Him... He began by forming an imperceptible point; that was His own thought. With this thought He then began to construct a mysterious and holy form... the Universe.
kings respectable
Work only can keep even kings respectable.
simple matter lasts
We avoid sensuousness, only by resorting to simple negation. We come at last to define spirit by saying that it is not matter.
land levels looks
We do not see and estimate the relative importance of objects so easily and clearly from the level or the waving land as from the elevation of a lone peak, towering above the plain; for each looks through his own mist.
kindness office prudent
Be prudent, diligent, temperate and discreet. Remember that every human being has a claim upon your kind offices.
religious believe knights
If, anywhere, brethren of a particular religious belief have been excluded from this Degree [18° Knight Rose Croix], it merely shows how gravely the purposes and plan of Masonry may be misunderstood. For whenever the door of any Degree is closed against him who believes in one God and the soul's immortality, on account of the other tenets of his faith, that Degree is Masonry no longer.
bravery temptation enemy
Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite of all temptations or menaces.
honesty integrity heart
A good man will find that there is goodness in the world; an honest man will find that there is honesty in the world; and a man of principle will find principle and integrity in the hearts of others.
religious symbolism expression
All religious expression is symbolism.