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Ninth Section.
| On the general teachings of the Egyptians | 75 |
Tenth Section.
| On the downfall of the Egyptian mysteries | 94 |
Eleventh Section.
| On the life and school of Pythagoras | 102 Pythagoras (c. 570–495 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded a secretive communal and religious school. In the context of this book, he is often seen as a bridge between Egyptian wisdom and Greek philosophy. |
Twelfth Section.
| Teachings of Pythagoras | 122 |
Thirteenth Section.
| On the origin of the Greek mysteries | 133 The "Greek mysteries" likely refers to rites such as the Eleusinian or Orphic mysteries, which involved secret initiations similar to those the author ascribed to the Egyptians. |
Fourteenth Section.
| Proof that the teachings of the Mysteries first took refuge with the Alexandrian philosophers, and from them into the bosom of Christianity. | 191 The "Alexandrian philosophers" refers to the school of Neoplatonism and other Hellenistic thinkers in Alexandria, Egypt, who blended traditional Greek philosophy with Eastern mysticism and early Christian theology. |
Fifteenth Section.
| Proof that the Order of Freemasons is the continuation of the ancient Mysteries under a changed form | 223 German: "Freymaurerorden." During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many historians and Masons attempted to prove that their organization descended directly from the secret religious societies of antiquity. |
Sixteenth Section.
| On the origin of the Order of Freemasons | 254 |
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