C. W. Leadbeater, The Hidden Life in Freemasonry
The Temple of the Angels in Leadbeater
In the closing ceremonial account of The Hidden Life in Freemasonry, Leadbeater describes invocations followed by angels tracing squares in light. Pyramids rise above the squares, inverted forms descend below them, and a tetrahedron occupies the central triangle. A plan and a colour plate accompany the passage. The ensuing narrative describes the angels moving through changing figures and filling the transparent temple with coloured fire and music.
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In the sources
The ceremonial narrative
ReportedLeadbeater’s account describes angels building a temple from geometric forms and lines of light.
Context & interpretation
The plan, colour plate and visionary ceremonial account in paragraphs938–946 of The Hidden Life in Freemasonry.
Original passages
Source 1
The Hidden Life in Freemasonry
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Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Illustration and accompanying passage
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Source 2
The Hidden Life in Freemasonry
transparent like crystalOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Plate XI and the ceremonial narrative, paragraph945
Quotation and accompanying passage individually checked against the exact original page image. Line breaks and line-end hyphenation normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0576-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0576-E001-P0244
- Original scan leaf
- 244
- Recorded leaf number
- 244
- Current Reader position
- 244
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader