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On Freemasonry.
of his power , when he had by himself purged our sins , sat down on the right hand of tbe majesty on high . " St . Paul uses the word ANATOLE , Oriens , to represent the Redeemer of mankind in his glorious brightness . In the application of this word some distinctions have been made : airo avurdXtov , means , from the eastby avm-oKtu , the rising of stars in general is signified ; and by TJ avarolirj , the expression of St . Luke , the rising of a particular star in the east
, which is the blazing star of Freemasonry , and , with the Cabalists , denoted the eternal WISDOM of God , which is the same as the eternal WORD of God , or Christ . And hence the early Christians , when they prayed , turned their eyes towards the east , or in other words , towards the Saviour , who was crucified with his face towards the west . Clemens Alexandrinus gives as a reason for praying towards the east , that it is the dayspring , or source of light . And the same practice constitutes au essential
ceremony in our Lodges , where WISDOM is placed in the east . God created man upright , in mind as well as in body ; but he was tempted by the serpent to fall into sin , which was immediately punished . He was driven out of the happy garden , and the shekinah , or blazing star from heaven , was placed as a guard to protect the tree of life . From this shekinah proceeded that celebrated cabalistical symbol of the Deity called the Sephiroth , consisting of ten splendours , three of which
are placed as the united light of God , or crown of glory . They were called splendours from a Hebrew root , signifying that they shone with the brightness of the sapphire . Corona summa , qute est mysterium centri , ipsa est radix abscondita , et tres mentes superiores sunt gerinen .
quse uniunt sese in centre , quod est radix earum ; septem vero numerationes qua ; sunt rami , uniunt se germini quod refert mentes , et omnes se uniunt in centra , quod est radix in mysterio nominis radicalis et essentialis , quse radix influit in omnes , et unit omnes influentia sua . " 30 In one of the ineffable degrees of Masonry , called " Master in Israel , " the blazing star is made to consist of five points , like a royal crown , in the centre of which appears the initial of the sacred name . They refer to the five equal lights of Masonry , viz . the Biblesquare
, , , compasses , key , ancl triangle ; ancl as the blazing star enlightens the physical , so the five equal points should enlighten the moral condition of an iuitiated Brother . They denoted the five orders of architecture ; the five points of fellowship ; the five senses , which constitute the physical perfection of man ; and the five zones of the world , all of which are masonically peopled . The punishment of Adam was followed brepentanceand repentance
y , was the basis of that covenant between God ancl man which is embodied in the system of speculative Masonry ; and comprehends the promise of salvation through faith in a Redeemer , who should bruise the serpent ' s head . Hence the serpent has been introduced amongst our symbols . One of M . Peuvret ' s degrees refers to this event : but it is expressed so cabalistically obscure as to be difficult of comprehension . Thus , the lecture says , " when Adam was created , the light of his life shone in the
pure oil of divine essentiality ; but , hy his fall , mortal water penetrated so that his mercury became a cold poison , which was before an exaltation lo joy fulness . So came darkness into his oil , and he died to the divine light , drawn thereto by the property of the serpent ; for in the serpent
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On Freemasonry.
of his power , when he had by himself purged our sins , sat down on the right hand of tbe majesty on high . " St . Paul uses the word ANATOLE , Oriens , to represent the Redeemer of mankind in his glorious brightness . In the application of this word some distinctions have been made : airo avurdXtov , means , from the eastby avm-oKtu , the rising of stars in general is signified ; and by TJ avarolirj , the expression of St . Luke , the rising of a particular star in the east
, which is the blazing star of Freemasonry , and , with the Cabalists , denoted the eternal WISDOM of God , which is the same as the eternal WORD of God , or Christ . And hence the early Christians , when they prayed , turned their eyes towards the east , or in other words , towards the Saviour , who was crucified with his face towards the west . Clemens Alexandrinus gives as a reason for praying towards the east , that it is the dayspring , or source of light . And the same practice constitutes au essential
ceremony in our Lodges , where WISDOM is placed in the east . God created man upright , in mind as well as in body ; but he was tempted by the serpent to fall into sin , which was immediately punished . He was driven out of the happy garden , and the shekinah , or blazing star from heaven , was placed as a guard to protect the tree of life . From this shekinah proceeded that celebrated cabalistical symbol of the Deity called the Sephiroth , consisting of ten splendours , three of which
are placed as the united light of God , or crown of glory . They were called splendours from a Hebrew root , signifying that they shone with the brightness of the sapphire . Corona summa , qute est mysterium centri , ipsa est radix abscondita , et tres mentes superiores sunt gerinen .
quse uniunt sese in centre , quod est radix earum ; septem vero numerationes qua ; sunt rami , uniunt se germini quod refert mentes , et omnes se uniunt in centra , quod est radix in mysterio nominis radicalis et essentialis , quse radix influit in omnes , et unit omnes influentia sua . " 30 In one of the ineffable degrees of Masonry , called " Master in Israel , " the blazing star is made to consist of five points , like a royal crown , in the centre of which appears the initial of the sacred name . They refer to the five equal lights of Masonry , viz . the Biblesquare
, , , compasses , key , ancl triangle ; ancl as the blazing star enlightens the physical , so the five equal points should enlighten the moral condition of an iuitiated Brother . They denoted the five orders of architecture ; the five points of fellowship ; the five senses , which constitute the physical perfection of man ; and the five zones of the world , all of which are masonically peopled . The punishment of Adam was followed brepentanceand repentance
y , was the basis of that covenant between God ancl man which is embodied in the system of speculative Masonry ; and comprehends the promise of salvation through faith in a Redeemer , who should bruise the serpent ' s head . Hence the serpent has been introduced amongst our symbols . One of M . Peuvret ' s degrees refers to this event : but it is expressed so cabalistically obscure as to be difficult of comprehension . Thus , the lecture says , " when Adam was created , the light of his life shone in the
pure oil of divine essentiality ; but , hy his fall , mortal water penetrated so that his mercury became a cold poison , which was before an exaltation lo joy fulness . So came darkness into his oil , and he died to the divine light , drawn thereto by the property of the serpent ; for in the serpent