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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
Many of these stones were reputed to be oracular ; and hence the indignation of the bards when they were removed at the first promulgation of Christianity . Thus Merddin complains to Taliesin , amongst other things , of the profanation committed by a removal of " the grey stones , " for which a terrible retribution is threatened . And in another
poem this retribution is explained to mean the absolute destruction of the world , which the fanatical bards expected would certainly take place as the punishment of such an horrible desecration .
In every part of the world it was believed that m these stones a divinity was resident . Thus , Arnobius , when converted to Christianity , laments his former blindness in adoring a square stone , under a persuasion that the Deity was present in its substance . And the aboriginal Americans , according to Gage , in his survey of the West Indies ,
venerated a piece of black wood , because they declared that a god was in it , and that they had heard it speak and prophecy . Even the detached tribes of wandering Arabs venerated the black stone Kaabah , which is described as being originally " whiter than snow , and more brilliant than the sun . " " At the time of the flood , " say the Arabian writers , " it was taken up to heaven , or elsewhere , where God chose , and restored to Abraham by the angel Gabriel . "
A tradition of a stone similar to our Stone of Foundation , named Mnizur , was current amongst the idolatrous nations of the east It is preserved by Psellus in the Chaldean Oracles , and was reputed to possess miraculous properties , and particularly to have the power of preventing mischief from earthly demons . The passage is a description of its invo
use . " When you see the demon coming towards you , - cate the celestial deities by sacrificing on the stone Mnizuris . " Faber , * to whom I am indebted for this information , thinks that the word Mnizur is a contraction of Menah-Tzur , the stone of the Ark ; and it apparently alludes to the altar built by Noah after the flood . Ptolemy Hephestion mentions a large stone upon the borders of the ocean , probably near Gades in Betua , which he calls Petra Gigonia , and says that it could be moved with a blade of grass . Gigon , from
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
Many of these stones were reputed to be oracular ; and hence the indignation of the bards when they were removed at the first promulgation of Christianity . Thus Merddin complains to Taliesin , amongst other things , of the profanation committed by a removal of " the grey stones , " for which a terrible retribution is threatened . And in another
poem this retribution is explained to mean the absolute destruction of the world , which the fanatical bards expected would certainly take place as the punishment of such an horrible desecration .
In every part of the world it was believed that m these stones a divinity was resident . Thus , Arnobius , when converted to Christianity , laments his former blindness in adoring a square stone , under a persuasion that the Deity was present in its substance . And the aboriginal Americans , according to Gage , in his survey of the West Indies ,
venerated a piece of black wood , because they declared that a god was in it , and that they had heard it speak and prophecy . Even the detached tribes of wandering Arabs venerated the black stone Kaabah , which is described as being originally " whiter than snow , and more brilliant than the sun . " " At the time of the flood , " say the Arabian writers , " it was taken up to heaven , or elsewhere , where God chose , and restored to Abraham by the angel Gabriel . "
A tradition of a stone similar to our Stone of Foundation , named Mnizur , was current amongst the idolatrous nations of the east It is preserved by Psellus in the Chaldean Oracles , and was reputed to possess miraculous properties , and particularly to have the power of preventing mischief from earthly demons . The passage is a description of its invo
use . " When you see the demon coming towards you , - cate the celestial deities by sacrificing on the stone Mnizuris . " Faber , * to whom I am indebted for this information , thinks that the word Mnizur is a contraction of Menah-Tzur , the stone of the Ark ; and it apparently alludes to the altar built by Noah after the flood . Ptolemy Hephestion mentions a large stone upon the borders of the ocean , probably near Gades in Betua , which he calls Petra Gigonia , and says that it could be moved with a blade of grass . Gigon , from