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Freemasonry THE ARCANE SCHOOLS A Review of their Origin and Antiquity; with a History of Freemasonry and its Relation to the Theosophic, Scientific, and Philosophic Mysteries BY John Yanker 1909 __________________________________ CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ARCHAIC LEGENDS PROTO-ARYAN CIVILIZATION AND MYSTRIES ARYAN CIVILIZATION AND MYSTRIES THE MYSTERIES IN RELATION TO PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY IN RELATION TO MASONIC RITES THE MYSTIC AND HERMETIC SCHOOLS IN CHRISTIAN TIMES RECAPITULATED PROOFS OF ANCIENT MASONRY MASONRY IN BRITTAIN AND SAXON ENGLAND MASONRY IN NORMAN TIMES FREEMASONRY IN MODERN TIMES ORIGIN OF THE SYSTEM TERMED HIGH-GRADE (ANCIENT) FREEMASONRY IN THE GRAND LODGE ERA (MODERN) FREEMASONRY UNDER THE UNITED GRAND LODGE _______________________________________________