Entity Periods

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

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confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low — certainty of the period assignment'}
rationale
{'description': 'Justification with source citations'}

9 rows where period_id = "PER_MASONIC"

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ENT_MAS_BOAZ,PER_MASONIC Boaz (the pillar) ENT_MAS_BOAZ Masonic / Rosicrucian Era (manifestos and speculative lodges to present) PER_MASONIC high Personified left-hand pillar of Solomon's porch in Masonic ritual symbolism. HOMONYM: distinct from the biblical Boaz (ancestor of David), entity ENT_ISR_BOAZ; this is the Temple pillar of 1 Kings 7 as used in lodge symbolism. SRC_MACKEY_FREEMASONRY reviewed
ENT_MAS_CHRISTIAN_ROSENKREUTZ,PER_MASONIC Christian Rosenkreutz ENT_MAS_CHRISTIAN_ROSENKREUTZ Masonic / Rosicrucian Era (manifestos and speculative lodges to present) PER_MASONIC high Legendary founder of the Rosicrucian brotherhood narrated in the Fama and Chymical Wedding; revered as an archetypal adept within practicing Rosicrucian orders. SRC_YATES_ROSICRUCIAN reviewed
ENT_MAS_GAOTU,PER_MASONIC The Great Architect of the Universe (G.A.O.T.U.) ENT_MAS_GAOTU Masonic / Rosicrucian Era (manifestos and speculative lodges to present) PER_MASONIC high Non-sectarian name of God required of Masonic candidates and invoked in lodge ritual; a deity sincerely affirmed (in varied confessional terms) by practicing Freemasons worldwide. SRC_MACKEY_FREEMASONRY reviewed
ENT_MAS_HIRAM_ABIFF,PER_MASONIC Hiram Abiff ENT_MAS_HIRAM_ABIFF Masonic / Rosicrucian Era (manifestos and speculative lodges to present) PER_MASONIC high The murdered master-builder of Solomon's Temple in the Masonic Hiramic legend, ritually personified by the candidate in the Third Degree of practiced Craft Masonry. SRC_MACKEY_FREEMASONRY reviewed
ENT_MAS_INVISIBLE_COLLEGE,PER_MASONIC The Invisible College ENT_MAS_INVISIBLE_COLLEGE Masonic / Rosicrucian Era (manifestos and speculative lodges to present) PER_MASONIC high The unseen confraternity of Rosicrucian adepts proclaimed in the manifestos; a believed-in body of hidden masters within Rosicrucian practice and a template for later occult orders. Distinct from the Rosicrucian tradition-hub (ENT_MAS_ROSICRUCIAN) — this is the body of adepts itself. SRC_YATES_ROSICRUCIAN reviewed
ENT_MAS_JACHIN,PER_MASONIC Jachin (the pillar) ENT_MAS_JACHIN Masonic / Rosicrucian Era (manifestos and speculative lodges to present) PER_MASONIC high Personified right-hand pillar of Solomon's porch in Masonic ritual symbolism (lecture of the Fellow Craft); a working ritual symbol, not the biblical priest. Homonym/parallel to scriptural pillar named in 1 Kings 7. SRC_MACKEY_FREEMASONRY reviewed
ENT_MAS_JAHBULON,PER_MASONIC Jahbulon ENT_MAS_JAHBULON Masonic / Rosicrucian Era (manifestos and speculative lodges to present) PER_MASONIC high Composite sacred word disclosed in older Royal Arch Masonic ritual, traditionally parsed as conjoined divine names; a ritually-used (and controversy-attended) name within practiced Royal Arch Masonry, modeled neutrally. SRC_MACKEY_FREEMASONRY reviewed
ENT_MAS_LODGE,PER_MASONIC The Masonic Lodge (Craft Freemasonry) ENT_MAS_LODGE Masonic / Rosicrucian Era (manifestos and speculative lodges to present) PER_MASONIC high Hub for organized speculative Freemasonry, a globally practiced fraternal-initiatic system (Grand Lodge of England 1717 onward) whose ritual symbolism is the attestation base for these entities. SRC_MACKEY_FREEMASONRY reviewed
ENT_MAS_ROSICRUCIAN,PER_MASONIC The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross (Rosicrucianism) ENT_MAS_ROSICRUCIAN Masonic / Rosicrucian Era (manifestos and speculative lodges to present) PER_MASONIC high Hub for Rosicrucianism, an esoteric current launched by the early-17th-c. manifestos and continued by practicing modern orders (AMORC, SRIA, Rosicrucian Fellowship). SRC_YATES_ROSICRUCIAN reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);