It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)
Though Masonry neither usurps the place of, nor apes religion, prayer is an essential part of our ceremonies. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)