Secrets and Practices of the Freemasons: Sacred Mysteries, Rituals and Symbols Revealed - Jean-Louis de Biasi 2011
Art Credits
Page xviii: Official pin of Nevada’s Grand Master, Carl L. “Bud” Banks reprinted with permission.
Page xx: Executive Chamber of the Supreme Council 33rd Degree Southern Jurisdiction, in the House of the Temple. Reprinted with permission by Executive Director Admiral Sizemore.
Page 19: Bust of Plato in the Library of the Scottish Rite, Washington DC. Reprinted with permission by Executive Director Admiral Sizemore.
Page 26: Masonic representation of Hiram’s grave. Redrawn from the book “The True masonic Chart”. Reprinted with permission of the Scottish Rite Library.
Page 29: Bust of Pythagoras in the Library of the Scottish Rite, Washington DC. Reprinted with permission by Executive Director Admiral Sizemore.
Page 31: Masonic representation of an Egyptian goddess with the blazing pentagram. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 40: The sacred delta in the center of the ouroboros, symbol of eternity. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 49: House of the Temple, Washington DC. Reprinted with permission by Executive Director Admiral Sizemore.
Page 50: Entrance door of the House of the Temple, Washington DC. Reprinted with permission by Executive Director Admiral Sizemore.
Page 54: The Pentagram and its attributions to the five elements. Redrawn by the Llewellyn art department.
Page 56: Ancient representation of Mithra and the ox sacrificed. From the book “Mithra, ce dieu mystérieux” by Martin Vermaseren.
Page 57: Symbolic representation of the Chamber of Reflection subject by the author of this book. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 60: Masonic Lodge. Redrawn by the Llewellyn art department.
Page 63: The Capitol. Personal photo by the author.
Page 64: The Capitol. Personal photo by the author.
Page 81: Representation of the eight-pointed star and the ziggurat from the Aurum Solis tradition. Symbol from an Aurum Solis Degree, authorized by The Grand Master I am. Redrawn by the Llewellyn art department.
Page 82: Main symbol of the Ogdoadic Tradition today called “Aurum Solis”. Symbol from an Aurum Solis, authorized by The Grand Master I am. Redrawn by the Llewellyn art department.
Page 89: Florence’s Baptistery. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 95: Vitruvius’s gnomon traditionally used to organize a new city. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 111: The sacred book, present on every central altar of the Masonic Temples. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 115: Jewel of a Master of a Lodge using Egyptian symbols. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 118: Circumpunct. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 121: Symbols representing the different steps of the ascent of the soul. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 122: The obelisk and its reflection. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 124: Dome of the Capitol. Personal photo by the author.
Page 125: Structure of Freemasonry. Everett Henry.
Page 128: Square and compass in the 1st Degree. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 128: Square and compass in the 2nd Degree. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 128: Square and compass in the 3rd Degree. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 134: Mason marks found on old stones of the White House, Washington DC. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 135: Symbolic representation of the Pelican and the Rose—Cross. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 141: One of the representations of the Rose Cross. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 145: The cube and its development in the cross. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 145: Valentin Andreae Arms. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 146: Qabalistic Order of the Rose—Cross. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 146: The unfinished pyramid and its development in the cross. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 187: The cube and the pronounciations of the name of God (from the Bible). Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 189: The triangle and the letter G in its Greek shape. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 197: Structure of the well in the Royal Arch Degree in the Scottish Rite. Redrawn by the author from the book “The True Masonic Chart”. Authorization of the Scottish Rite Library.
Page 200: The Tetragrammaton. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 202: Representation of the Rose Cross symbol in a plate from Khunrath. Heinrich Khunrath. Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae [Hamburg: s.n., 1595]. From the Duveen Collection. By courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison..
Page 205: Pentagram and the invocation direction. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 205: Symbolic representation of the Rite Rose—Cross developed in this part of the book. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 218: Representations of an initiation in the Mithraic Mysteries. From the book “Mithra, ce dieu mystérieux” by Martin Vermaseren, Editions Sequoia, 1960.
Page 218: Mithra and Sol. From the book “Mithra, ce dieu mystérieux” by Martin Vermaseren, Editions Sequoia, 1960
Page 220: Symbolic representation of the 32nd Degree called the “Camp”. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 221: Symbolic representation of the ninth pointed star, center of the symbolic representation from Kircher. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 221: Detail of the frontispiece of a book from the Qabalist Athanasius Kirche. Free European source called European Cultual Heritage Online.
Page 223: Frontispicce of a book from the Qabalist Athanasius Kircher. Free European source called European Cultual Heritage Online.
Page 225: Representation of the Hermetic Cross from old documents in the Rite of Heredom. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 251: The Washington Monument as symbolic axis (gnomon) of the city. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 255: Symbolic structure of the Library of Congress. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Page 256: Pavement of the Great Hall of the Library of Congress. Personal photo by the author.
Page 257: General view of Capitol Hill. Personal photo by the author.
Page 259: Capitol Hill and the cardinal directionss. Artwork is a personal drawing by the author.
Artwork in the Appendices were all drawn by the author.