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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
These customs show what a hold the veneration for high hills had taken of the people of this island , which was incapable of extinction throughout a period of 1800 years of Christianity and civilization . The American savages used customs of a similar nature . " In short" as the learned Faber judiciouslremarks "
, y , every towering hill was reckoned holy ; and we are assured by Melanthes , that it was the universal practice of the ancients to offer sacrifice on the highest mountains to him who was the highest god ; " which shows how firmly established the predilection in favour of hills and valleys must have been in the minds of men before the general dispersion from the
plains of Shinar . The Mexican shrines of the sun and moon were usually placed on the summit of their pyramids , which were a transcript of the lofty hill ; and sometimes , according to Humboldt , two colossal statues of these deities , covered with plates of massive gold , occupied the same conspicuous situation .
I he three celebrated capital Lodges of Freemasonry were opened " on the highest of hills or in the lowest of valleys , " and were called the Holy Lodge , the Sacred Lodge , and the Grand and Royal Lodge . The first was opened on mount Sinai , where the holy law was delivered , and the pattern of the tabernacle revealed ; the second in the bowels
of mount Moriah , the original transcript of the sacred valley ; and the third on the same mountain , after the breaking up of the captivity of Babylon . Hence we hear of the Essenian Jews assembling in similar places , to hold their lodges or secret conclaves , and conduct their proceedings , for fear of the intrusion of cowans , who might convey an evil report to their enemies , and involve them in trouble and ruin .
From a tradition of the above customs , or from the cave of Elijah , * it is probable that the idolaters took their practice of excavating caverns of initiation on the summit , or in the heart of the highest mountains ; thus combining the advantages of hill and valley in one form , and securing the means of access both to the celestial and infernal deities .
I hus Strabo , speaking of the holy mountain of Parnassus , says that it contained many caverns and valleys which were highly reverenced . And Pausanias adds , that on the top of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
These customs show what a hold the veneration for high hills had taken of the people of this island , which was incapable of extinction throughout a period of 1800 years of Christianity and civilization . The American savages used customs of a similar nature . " In short" as the learned Faber judiciouslremarks "
, y , every towering hill was reckoned holy ; and we are assured by Melanthes , that it was the universal practice of the ancients to offer sacrifice on the highest mountains to him who was the highest god ; " which shows how firmly established the predilection in favour of hills and valleys must have been in the minds of men before the general dispersion from the
plains of Shinar . The Mexican shrines of the sun and moon were usually placed on the summit of their pyramids , which were a transcript of the lofty hill ; and sometimes , according to Humboldt , two colossal statues of these deities , covered with plates of massive gold , occupied the same conspicuous situation .
I he three celebrated capital Lodges of Freemasonry were opened " on the highest of hills or in the lowest of valleys , " and were called the Holy Lodge , the Sacred Lodge , and the Grand and Royal Lodge . The first was opened on mount Sinai , where the holy law was delivered , and the pattern of the tabernacle revealed ; the second in the bowels
of mount Moriah , the original transcript of the sacred valley ; and the third on the same mountain , after the breaking up of the captivity of Babylon . Hence we hear of the Essenian Jews assembling in similar places , to hold their lodges or secret conclaves , and conduct their proceedings , for fear of the intrusion of cowans , who might convey an evil report to their enemies , and involve them in trouble and ruin .
From a tradition of the above customs , or from the cave of Elijah , * it is probable that the idolaters took their practice of excavating caverns of initiation on the summit , or in the heart of the highest mountains ; thus combining the advantages of hill and valley in one form , and securing the means of access both to the celestial and infernal deities .
I hus Strabo , speaking of the holy mountain of Parnassus , says that it contained many caverns and valleys which were highly reverenced . And Pausanias adds , that on the top of