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Chapter 7

           AllthemembersofthelodgesweremenPierreknewinordinarylife,anditwasdifficultforhimtoregardthemmerelyasBrothersinFreemasonryandnotasPrinceB.orIvánVasílevichD.,whomheknewinsocietymostlyasweakandinsignificantmen.UndertheMasonicapronsandinsigniahesawtheuniformsanddecorationsatwhichtheyaimedinordinarylife.Oftenaftercollectingalms,andreckoninguptwentytothirtyrublesreceivedforthemostpartinpromisesfromadozenmembers,ofwhomhalfwereaswellabletopayashimself,PierrerememberedtheMasonicvowinwhicheachBrotherpromisedtodevoteallhisbelongingstohisneighbor,anddoubtsonwhichhetriednottodwellaroseinhissoul.

           HedividedtheBrothersheknewintofourcategories.Inthefirstheputthosewhodidnottakeanactivepartintheaffairsofthelodgesorinhumanaffairs,butwereexclusivelyoccupiedwiththemysticalscienceoftheorder:withquestionsofthethreefolddesignationofGod,thethreeprimordialelements—sulphur,mercury,andsalt—orthemeaningofthesquareandallthevariousfiguresofthetempleofSolomon.PierrerespectedthisclassofBrotherstowhichtheelderoneschieflybelonged,including,Pierrethought,JosephAlexéevichhimself,buthedidnotsharetheirinterests.HisheartwasnotinthemysticalaspectofFreemasonry.

           InthesecondcategoryPierrereckonedhimselfandotherslikehim,seekingandvacillating,whohadnotyetfoundinFreemasonryastraightandcomprehensiblepath,buthopedtodoso.

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