The Masonic Career of A.E. Waite

Appendix B

MASONIC WRITINGS OF A. E. WAITE

(1)     BOOKS WHOLLY OR PARTLY RELATING TO FREEMASONRY

          TheReal History of the Rosicrucians founded on their own Manifestos, and on facts anddocuments collected from the writings of Initiated Brethren (Redway,18 87)

         The Occult Sciences, a Compendium of Transcendental Doctrine and Experiment (KeganPaul, 1891) (Part 3, Section 3: The Freemasons)

Azoth, or TheStar in the East (TheosophicalPublishing Society, 1893) (Appendix II: The Secret of Freemasonry)

Devil-Worshipin France, of The Question of Lucifer.  ARecord of things seen and heard in the Secret Societies according to the evidence ofInitiates (Redway,1896)

The Life ofLouis Claude de Saint-Martin, The Unknown Philosopher, and the substance of hisTranscendental Doctrine (Wellby,1901) (Appendix IV: Martinism and the Masonic Rite of Swedenborg)

Studies inMysticism (Hodder &Stoughton, 1906) (Part Ill, chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 concern Freemasonry)

The SecretTradition in Freemasonry and an analysis of the Inter-Relation between the Craft andthe High Grades in respect of their term of research(Rebman, 1911) 2 vols. Some Deeper Aspects ofMasonic Symbolism (Anarnosa, N.M.R.S., 1916)

The HiddenChurch of the Holy Graal, its Legends and Symbolism (New York,Rebman, 1909) (Book IX, chapter 8: The Analogies of Masonry)

A NewEncyclopaedia of Freemasonry (Ars Magna Latomorum) and of cognate InstitutedMysteries: their Rites, Literature and History (Rider,1921) 2 vols.

           (The issue of 1934 adds an account of The Masonic Peace Memorial)

‘RobertFludd and Freemasonry’, Manchester Association for Masonic Research (Offprint), 1922

TheBrotherhood of the Rosy Cross, being Records of the House of the Holy Spirit in its Inwardand Outward History (Rider, 1924)(Chapters XV to XXI and XXIV relate to Freemasonry)

           Emblematic Freemasonry and the Evolution of its Deeper Issues (Rider,1925)

The Liturgy of the Rite of the Strict Observance (Warrenton,N.C., 1934, Mimeographed)

           The Secret Tradition in Freemasonry (Rider, 1937)

Shadows ofLife and Thought, being a Retrospective Review in the form of Memoirs (Selwynand Blount, 1938) (Chapter 17, and passim)

(2)   CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS

ARS   QUATUOR CORONATORUM

1902           Comment on E. J. Castle, ‘The Reception (Initiation) of a Templar’ vol. 15, pp.170-2

THEBRITISH MAIL

1890           ‘Freemasonry’, vol. 20, New Series, No. 172, March, pp. 20-1

THE BUILDER

1915    ‘Master Building’, vol. 1, pp. 240-1(Reprinted from The Occult Review)

1916            Criticism of’The Great Work’, vol. 2

           ‘some Deeper Aspects of Masonic Symbolism’, vol. 2, pp. 107-9; 144-6; 175-6

1917            ‘Discourse onthe Fellowcraft Degree’, vol. 3, pp. 334-5

1918    Note on the Origin of Co-Masonry, vol.4, p. 112

1920            ‘London MorningPost’s attack on Freemasonry’, vol. 6, p. 333

1921            ‘EmblematicFreemasonry’, vol. 7, pp. 160-5

1922   Note concerning the Comacini, vol. 8, p.25

   Review of Dudley Wright, ‘Masonic Legends andTraditions’, vol. 8, p. 221

THE FREEMASON

1915   Reply to Welcome at Author’s Lodge No.3456, 6 March, vol. 55

1920’The Recent Attacks on Freemasonry’, vol. 60, pp. 133-5 (Reprinted, in abridged form, fromThe Occult Review)

1921  ‘The Laureate of Masonry’, vol. 61, p. 576

FREEMASONS’CHRONICLE

1930   ‘The Knights Templar and their allegedperpetuation in Freemasonry’, vol. 111, pp.

          257,290, 315; vol. 112, pp. 73, 91, 108-9, 124

HORLICK’sMAGAZINE AND HOME JOURNAL FOR AUSTRALIA, INDIA AND THE COLONIES

1904      ‘TheKeeping of the Brotherhood’, vol. 2, pp. 365-74

              ‘The Freedom of the Brotherhood’, vol. 2, pp. 429-42

              ‘The Transformations of the Brotherhood’, vol. 2, pp. 559-68

1905       ‘The InnermostSanctuary’, vol. 3, pp. 241-8

LIGHT

1895   Letter, ‘The Mystery of Miss Diana Vaughan’,vol. 15, pp. 593-4

1896       Letter on ‘DianaVaughan’, vol. 16, pp. 11-12 ‘The Question of Lucifer’, vol. 16, pp. 271-2

Letter,’The Question of Lucifer’, vol. 16, pp. 321-2

MANCHESTERASSOCIATION FOR MASONIC RESEARCH, TRANSACTIONS

1921’Robert Fludd and Freemasonry: a speculative excursion’, vol. ll, pp.65-80

THEMASONIC SECRETARIES’ JOURNAL

1918’The Rite of the Strict Observance’, vol. 1, pp. 179-81

THEMASTER MASON

1927  ‘The Royal and Masonic Art’, vol. 4, pp. 745-53

NOCALORE(TRANSACTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LODGE OF RESEARCH)

1946   ‘An Introduction to the C.B.C.S.’, vol.16, pp. 62-91

THEOCCULT REVIEW

1907            ‘satanism andthe Black Mass’by S. R. (on Leo Taxil) vol. 5, pp. 318-21

1908    ‘The Latin Church and Freemasonry’, vol.8, pp. 146-50

1911    ‘Count Cagliostro and Freemasonry’, vol.13, pp. 48-50

           ‘Freemasonry and the French Revolution’, vol. 14, pp. 140-7

1913    ‘A Master of the Inward Way'(Saint-Martin & Martines de Pasqually), vol. 18, pp. 259-67

1915    ‘Master Building’ (Review of J. FortNewton, The Builders), vol. 22, pp. 3 9-42

1917    ‘A Lodge of Magic’ (Martines dePasqually and the Elect Cohens), vol. 26, pp. 228-34

1919    Review of Buckmaster, The Royal Order of Scotland, vol. 29, pp. iv-v

1920    ‘Occult Freemasonry and the JewishPeril’, vol. 32, pp. 142-53 Letter, ‘Mark Degree’, vol. 32, p. 183

1921    Review of Churchward, The Origin and Evolution of Freemasonry, vol. 33,p. 121 Review of Wright, Masonic Legends andTraditions, vol. 34, p. 186

1925    Review of Haywood, Symbolical Masonry, vol. 4 1, pp. 12 7-8

           Review of Haywood, Great Teachings ofMasonry, vol. 4 1, p. 12 8

           Review of Fort Newton, The Men’s House, vol.4 1, p. 199

1927    ‘The Templar Orders in Freemasonry’,vol. 45, pp. 12-19; 161-70

1930    ‘An Elect Priesthood’ (Review ofForestier, La Franc-Maconnerie Occultiste), vol. 52,pp. 383-7

1939    Review of van Rijnberk, Martines de Pasqually, vol. 66, p. 262

1911-1931Waite contributed a monthly feature, ‘Periodical Literature’, in which he reviewedcontemporary journals, including many masonic journals.

SOMERSETMASTERS LODGE, TRANSACTIONS

1921’MasonicTraditionandtheRoyalArch’,pp.244-55

S.R.I.A.,TRANSACTIONS OF THE METROPOLITAN COLLEGE

1906   ‘The Place of Masonry in the Rites ofInitiation’, pp. 9-16

    1909 ‘Preliminary Considerations onthe nature of Ritual and Symbolism’, pp. 15-20