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On The Causes Of The Original Dispersion Of Primitive Nations,
old Irish writer , speaking of the Barrcidh , or conical cap , of the ancient Irish , which was similar in shape to the architectural finish of the 1 illar Tower , says , that " it is a head-dress fit for an angel . " " In the Mexican Codex Eorgianus , " says Humboldt , " the head of the sacrificing priest is covered with one of those conical caps which are worn m China , and on the north-west coast of America : opposite this figure is seated the god of fire . "
It is scarcely necessary to remind the reader that the mitre of Aaron , and of the Jewish High Priests , was undeniably a consecrated and mystic symbol ; and that the triang le is likewise in Freemasonry a sacred emblem , to which Southey beautifully alludes in his poeticallyinspired description of tlie " Heaven of Heavens , where Sevan self doth dwell— J
Behold , the sacred triangle is there , Holding the emblem which no tongue may tell . " And it will be remembered also , that when Ptolemy Philadelphus sent a kingly present to the Jewish temple , in gratitude for having been initiated into the mysteries of the Old Testament , it consisted ( according to Josephus , in his Antiquities ) , of a certain TRIANGULAR golden table ( vol . 1 . 409 ) in whose CENTRE blazed an invaluable carbuncle
, . Yet , let it not be believed , that true Masonry ever encouraged the errors of the Pish-de-Danaan worshi ppers;—that these were abjured by the sons of Light , is sufficientl y recorded in the Freemason song in the Ahiman Rezon— .
" Sanctum sanctorum , Triangles no more of ' em , Wisdom ' s revealed . " In commenting on this particular branch of idolatry under discussion , I cannot hut remark , that there appears to me just reason to believe , that this was the peculiar abomination into which the Ten Tribes of Israel lapsed , at their separation from Judah under Jeroboam ; of which opinion strong presumptive proof is offered / inasmuch from the
as , account given by Herodotus , ( and cited b y Josephus ) , of the invasion of the Egyptian Shishak , under Rehoboam , it appears that , having conquered Jerusalem , and defiled the public buildings , by carving on them the distinctive symbols of his own peculiar and national creed , that is to say , ( according to the same author ) , by defacing them with representations of that very symbol , the mysterious yoni , which we have been discussing , he returned to his ov . n country , without in any way molesting Samariathe residence of the
, Ten Tribes , who , it needs not any great measure of sagacity to perceive , had doubtless embraced his reli gious views . What those views were , in the si ght of God , is fully expressed , 1 Kings xiv . 7 , 8 , 9 , and xv . 26 , 30 , 34 ; also 2 Kings iii . 2 , 3 , & c . In conclusion we may note , that the triangle was indisputably a sacred emblem from all antiquity , as might be shown by innumerable exam ples ; amongst others , a coin struck at Cibotus , ivith a triangular pediment , & c . surmounting the arkhas been much cited
, ; but I have not seen noticed , m connexion with this subject , those exceedingly curious coins called Cistophori of Pergamos , which Cicero mentions possessing a great number of , on which we see represented various devices , indicative of recondite mysteries ; the triangle surmounting the whole , and held in the deadl y fangs of serpents . PROTEUS . [ Part 11 . in our next ]
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On The Causes Of The Original Dispersion Of Primitive Nations,
old Irish writer , speaking of the Barrcidh , or conical cap , of the ancient Irish , which was similar in shape to the architectural finish of the 1 illar Tower , says , that " it is a head-dress fit for an angel . " " In the Mexican Codex Eorgianus , " says Humboldt , " the head of the sacrificing priest is covered with one of those conical caps which are worn m China , and on the north-west coast of America : opposite this figure is seated the god of fire . "
It is scarcely necessary to remind the reader that the mitre of Aaron , and of the Jewish High Priests , was undeniably a consecrated and mystic symbol ; and that the triang le is likewise in Freemasonry a sacred emblem , to which Southey beautifully alludes in his poeticallyinspired description of tlie " Heaven of Heavens , where Sevan self doth dwell— J
Behold , the sacred triangle is there , Holding the emblem which no tongue may tell . " And it will be remembered also , that when Ptolemy Philadelphus sent a kingly present to the Jewish temple , in gratitude for having been initiated into the mysteries of the Old Testament , it consisted ( according to Josephus , in his Antiquities ) , of a certain TRIANGULAR golden table ( vol . 1 . 409 ) in whose CENTRE blazed an invaluable carbuncle
, . Yet , let it not be believed , that true Masonry ever encouraged the errors of the Pish-de-Danaan worshi ppers;—that these were abjured by the sons of Light , is sufficientl y recorded in the Freemason song in the Ahiman Rezon— .
" Sanctum sanctorum , Triangles no more of ' em , Wisdom ' s revealed . " In commenting on this particular branch of idolatry under discussion , I cannot hut remark , that there appears to me just reason to believe , that this was the peculiar abomination into which the Ten Tribes of Israel lapsed , at their separation from Judah under Jeroboam ; of which opinion strong presumptive proof is offered / inasmuch from the
as , account given by Herodotus , ( and cited b y Josephus ) , of the invasion of the Egyptian Shishak , under Rehoboam , it appears that , having conquered Jerusalem , and defiled the public buildings , by carving on them the distinctive symbols of his own peculiar and national creed , that is to say , ( according to the same author ) , by defacing them with representations of that very symbol , the mysterious yoni , which we have been discussing , he returned to his ov . n country , without in any way molesting Samariathe residence of the
, Ten Tribes , who , it needs not any great measure of sagacity to perceive , had doubtless embraced his reli gious views . What those views were , in the si ght of God , is fully expressed , 1 Kings xiv . 7 , 8 , 9 , and xv . 26 , 30 , 34 ; also 2 Kings iii . 2 , 3 , & c . In conclusion we may note , that the triangle was indisputably a sacred emblem from all antiquity , as might be shown by innumerable exam ples ; amongst others , a coin struck at Cibotus , ivith a triangular pediment , & c . surmounting the arkhas been much cited
, ; but I have not seen noticed , m connexion with this subject , those exceedingly curious coins called Cistophori of Pergamos , which Cicero mentions possessing a great number of , on which we see represented various devices , indicative of recondite mysteries ; the triangle surmounting the whole , and held in the deadl y fangs of serpents . PROTEUS . [ Part 11 . in our next ]