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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
whence came the term Gigonia , was , according to Hesychius , a name of the Egyptian Hercules . From hence we mayinfer , that both the stone here , and that also in Tenos , was sacred to this deity , who was called Archal , and Arcalus , by the Egyptians , Tyrians , and other nations . By Petra Gigonia was signified an Herculean monument , not raised
by him , but to his honour ; and it was undoubtedly erected by people of those colonies , who came both from Tyre and Egypt . * In the Mirror of Stones , a book written in more modern times , we find a stone called Kinocetus , which is endowed with similar virtues , for by its use evil spirits may be dislodged .
In the superstitions of Germany , a curved stone is found near Goslar , called the Drake Stone , which being worn about the neck , was stipposed to be a powerful remedy against enchantment . And of the same nature was the Glain Neidhr , or Adder Stone of the Druids . Thus a Roman
knight , who was agitating a suit at law , and addicted to Druidism , was put to death by Claudius Cffisar for entering the forum with the anguinum in his bosom , under the persuasion that it would influence the judges to give a decision in his favour , so universally had the superstition spread of the talismanic properties of consecrated stones .
Father le Compte says : " Not far from Nangan , in China , they pay their devotions to a certain square stone , called Xin , which has some sacred virtues in it , but how it became possessed of them , as they are silent in that particular , we are at a loss to determine . " Idolatry , when first introduced , made use of conicpyramidicaland square stonesand the
, , , sacred stone here mentioned may , in all probability , be some remains of these monuments . There can be little doubt , from all these uniform testimonies , that a tradition of our inscribed Foundation Stone was in existence amongst the dense population at Shinar before the language was confounded .
The subsequent appropriations of this stone , until it came into the hands of David , appear to be somewhat overstrained . As , however , they are described in traditions of great antiquity , we will endeavour to trace them correctly , step by step . In whatever locality Noah may have affixed his permanent residence , it does not appear that , he took any further notice of this famous stone . But having preserved it amidst the general destruction , and transferred it from the moun-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
whence came the term Gigonia , was , according to Hesychius , a name of the Egyptian Hercules . From hence we mayinfer , that both the stone here , and that also in Tenos , was sacred to this deity , who was called Archal , and Arcalus , by the Egyptians , Tyrians , and other nations . By Petra Gigonia was signified an Herculean monument , not raised
by him , but to his honour ; and it was undoubtedly erected by people of those colonies , who came both from Tyre and Egypt . * In the Mirror of Stones , a book written in more modern times , we find a stone called Kinocetus , which is endowed with similar virtues , for by its use evil spirits may be dislodged .
In the superstitions of Germany , a curved stone is found near Goslar , called the Drake Stone , which being worn about the neck , was stipposed to be a powerful remedy against enchantment . And of the same nature was the Glain Neidhr , or Adder Stone of the Druids . Thus a Roman
knight , who was agitating a suit at law , and addicted to Druidism , was put to death by Claudius Cffisar for entering the forum with the anguinum in his bosom , under the persuasion that it would influence the judges to give a decision in his favour , so universally had the superstition spread of the talismanic properties of consecrated stones .
Father le Compte says : " Not far from Nangan , in China , they pay their devotions to a certain square stone , called Xin , which has some sacred virtues in it , but how it became possessed of them , as they are silent in that particular , we are at a loss to determine . " Idolatry , when first introduced , made use of conicpyramidicaland square stonesand the
, , , sacred stone here mentioned may , in all probability , be some remains of these monuments . There can be little doubt , from all these uniform testimonies , that a tradition of our inscribed Foundation Stone was in existence amongst the dense population at Shinar before the language was confounded .
The subsequent appropriations of this stone , until it came into the hands of David , appear to be somewhat overstrained . As , however , they are described in traditions of great antiquity , we will endeavour to trace them correctly , step by step . In whatever locality Noah may have affixed his permanent residence , it does not appear that , he took any further notice of this famous stone . But having preserved it amidst the general destruction , and transferred it from the moun-