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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
which served , as is supposed , to collect the sounds that rose from below , and convey them to a pipe in a small double cell above , where they were heard with the greatest distinctness . The echo at the mouth of the grotto is very loud ; the tearing of a piece of paper made as great a noise as a smart blow of a cudgel on a board would have done ; a
gun gave a report like thunder that reverberated for some seconds ; but further in , these extraordinary effects ceased . " In some places the hill or mound itself was worshipped as a deity . In China , by a supreme ordinance of the state , sacrifices were offered to Chang-Ti , on four lofty mountains , which were denominated the four Yo . These being at an
inconvenient distance for the emperor to attend in person , they were subsequently imitated by the erection of artificial hills near their habitations , which were consecrated as deities , and the rites performed in the royal presence . The primitive religion of the Brahmins of India is said to have flourished in its greatest perfection on the summit of the mountains called Heemakot and Imaus . In the Sacontala is a passage which states the fact . " That
mountain , " says Matali , the charioteer of Indra , " is the mountain of Gandharvis , named Heemakot ; the universe contains not a more excellent place for the successful devotions of the pious . " Philostratus informs us that the Indians called the top of Mount Caucasus 6 w OIKOV , the house of the gods ; and Perron conjectures that one of the mountains of Canarah
or Salsette was originally shaped at the summit like a pyramid by art , that it might be worshipped as a deity . ¦ There is a curious tradition in India , as we learn from Wilford , which shows the prevalence of a belief in the sanctity of hills and valleys in that peculiar region of the world . " Britain" says this author" was termed by the Indians
, , Tricatachel , or the mountain with three peaks , and was heuce considered as a place of peculiar sanctity ; England , one of the peaks , was denominated Rajata-Dweep ; Scotland , another of the peaks , Scuteya-Dweep ; and Ii'eland , the third peak , Suvarna-Dweep . The Pitris , or primitive fatherswere said to reside in Suvarnaand their place of
, , abode was either on the summit of a mountain , or in a cave , called Maha-Dewa . From this cave issued a long passage into the infernal regions . Here the souls of their deceased ancestors were invoked . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
which served , as is supposed , to collect the sounds that rose from below , and convey them to a pipe in a small double cell above , where they were heard with the greatest distinctness . The echo at the mouth of the grotto is very loud ; the tearing of a piece of paper made as great a noise as a smart blow of a cudgel on a board would have done ; a
gun gave a report like thunder that reverberated for some seconds ; but further in , these extraordinary effects ceased . " In some places the hill or mound itself was worshipped as a deity . In China , by a supreme ordinance of the state , sacrifices were offered to Chang-Ti , on four lofty mountains , which were denominated the four Yo . These being at an
inconvenient distance for the emperor to attend in person , they were subsequently imitated by the erection of artificial hills near their habitations , which were consecrated as deities , and the rites performed in the royal presence . The primitive religion of the Brahmins of India is said to have flourished in its greatest perfection on the summit of the mountains called Heemakot and Imaus . In the Sacontala is a passage which states the fact . " That
mountain , " says Matali , the charioteer of Indra , " is the mountain of Gandharvis , named Heemakot ; the universe contains not a more excellent place for the successful devotions of the pious . " Philostratus informs us that the Indians called the top of Mount Caucasus 6 w OIKOV , the house of the gods ; and Perron conjectures that one of the mountains of Canarah
or Salsette was originally shaped at the summit like a pyramid by art , that it might be worshipped as a deity . ¦ There is a curious tradition in India , as we learn from Wilford , which shows the prevalence of a belief in the sanctity of hills and valleys in that peculiar region of the world . " Britain" says this author" was termed by the Indians
, , Tricatachel , or the mountain with three peaks , and was heuce considered as a place of peculiar sanctity ; England , one of the peaks , was denominated Rajata-Dweep ; Scotland , another of the peaks , Scuteya-Dweep ; and Ii'eland , the third peak , Suvarna-Dweep . The Pitris , or primitive fatherswere said to reside in Suvarnaand their place of
, , abode was either on the summit of a mountain , or in a cave , called Maha-Dewa . From this cave issued a long passage into the infernal regions . Here the souls of their deceased ancestors were invoked . "