Ritual of Pennsylvania Ancient York Masonry
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781564599858
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Spirituality - General; Alternate Spirituality; Philosophy; Freemasonry
First sentence: ESSENE is from the Hebrew root, (Esan, to be strong), (Essene) because they exhibited strength of mind, in enduring suffering, and in subduing the passions; the Essenes were an older of the Jews, and the fact that they developed themselves gradually, and at first imperceptibly, through intensifying the prevalent religious doctrines, renders it impossible to say precisely at what time they were detached from the general body.