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Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' REVIEW. ← Page 5 of 8 →
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Review.
Egyptians was the Bull ' s head , or Osiris , which consists of the union of the solar circle , Q _ with the lunar crescent , te > , thus forming the common astronomical symbol , Q , expressive of the constellation Taurus , and consisting of the union of the greater with the lesser light . The inferior- Hemisrjhere of the globe
being p laced under tbe rule of the Serpent , the Hieroglyphic invented to express the descent of the Sun into the regions ofthe Serpent , or those of Hades , ancl Patala was the head of the Bull , or Osiris , adjoined to the body of the Serpent . This combination is recognised by mycologists as the serpentine Osiris , and is still retained , although obscured , in the form of the constellation
Capricornus , which is compounded of a horned head , originally that of a Bull , but at present converted into that of a Goat , united to the body of a Dragon , or that of a fish . —The serpentine Osiris , compounded of ihe Bull and Snake , is thus the prototype of the Elephanl , which consists of a Bull ' s , or Quadrupedal body , united to the snake , imagined to be discovered in the proboscis of the Indian animal . —Hence the Elephant is the Indian Serpentine Osiris , and is the emblem of tbe constellation Capricornus , or inferior portal
of the heavens . This combination is named by the Brahmans , Games , and decidedly corresponds with the Roman Janus ; — Ganes , or human figure united to the head of the Elephant , being the deity of doors , and gates , precisely in the same manner that Janus presided over the entrances of the Temples and mansions of the Romans . In mythology , the Elephant , or Ganes , of
Hindoostan , corresponds , therefore , with the sign Capricorn of the Zodiac , the serpentine Osiris of Egypt , and the Janus of the Romans ; and this figure , indicating the entrance of the Sun into Patala , or Hades , is , strange to say , found at the entrance of an ancient Hindoo Temple , which is built precisely in the form of the Siva Linga of Hindoos , and is in existence in the county of
Angus in Scotland . The Lion and the Elephant are thus emblems of the Two Tropics , or gates of the Heavens ; and , as such , are consequently placed at the gates of idolatrous Temples , —each of those fabrics being supposed to represent the universe , enclosing the animus mundi , the Phallus , or Linga , which is placed within the centre of the interior . The Lion is accordingly the sign of
the Solar ascent , and the Elephant that of the Solar descent . — Whence , at the ancient door of "the Little Steeple , " is discovered the combination of the Elephant and Lion , in the identical posi-VOL . i . \ - \ -
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Review.
Egyptians was the Bull ' s head , or Osiris , which consists of the union of the solar circle , Q _ with the lunar crescent , te > , thus forming the common astronomical symbol , Q , expressive of the constellation Taurus , and consisting of the union of the greater with the lesser light . The inferior- Hemisrjhere of the globe
being p laced under tbe rule of the Serpent , the Hieroglyphic invented to express the descent of the Sun into the regions ofthe Serpent , or those of Hades , ancl Patala was the head of the Bull , or Osiris , adjoined to the body of the Serpent . This combination is recognised by mycologists as the serpentine Osiris , and is still retained , although obscured , in the form of the constellation
Capricornus , which is compounded of a horned head , originally that of a Bull , but at present converted into that of a Goat , united to the body of a Dragon , or that of a fish . —The serpentine Osiris , compounded of ihe Bull and Snake , is thus the prototype of the Elephanl , which consists of a Bull ' s , or Quadrupedal body , united to the snake , imagined to be discovered in the proboscis of the Indian animal . —Hence the Elephant is the Indian Serpentine Osiris , and is the emblem of tbe constellation Capricornus , or inferior portal
of the heavens . This combination is named by the Brahmans , Games , and decidedly corresponds with the Roman Janus ; — Ganes , or human figure united to the head of the Elephant , being the deity of doors , and gates , precisely in the same manner that Janus presided over the entrances of the Temples and mansions of the Romans . In mythology , the Elephant , or Ganes , of
Hindoostan , corresponds , therefore , with the sign Capricorn of the Zodiac , the serpentine Osiris of Egypt , and the Janus of the Romans ; and this figure , indicating the entrance of the Sun into Patala , or Hades , is , strange to say , found at the entrance of an ancient Hindoo Temple , which is built precisely in the form of the Siva Linga of Hindoos , and is in existence in the county of
Angus in Scotland . The Lion and the Elephant are thus emblems of the Two Tropics , or gates of the Heavens ; and , as such , are consequently placed at the gates of idolatrous Temples , —each of those fabrics being supposed to represent the universe , enclosing the animus mundi , the Phallus , or Linga , which is placed within the centre of the interior . The Lion is accordingly the sign of
the Solar ascent , and the Elephant that of the Solar descent . — Whence , at the ancient door of "the Little Steeple , " is discovered the combination of the Elephant and Lion , in the identical posi-VOL . i . \ - \ -