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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
the promontory at Tsenarus stands a temple which has tlie appearance of a cavern . In the mountain of Chusistan were excavated a series of stupendous cavern temples , in which the mysteries of Mithras were celebrated . They were of vast extent , and contained every requisite for initiation . Like a Mason's Lodgethey were an emblem of the
uni-, verse ; and being constructed astronomically , the length , breadth , depth , and height , were emblematically considered illimitable . Here the candidates sunt tormentorum ij lxxx gradus transierit . And there could be no initiation , axpts ov ras oySor / KovTa KoXao-cty TrapeXdoi . The cavern temples of India are well known .
On the summit of the lofty mountain Tschebat El Kofferi , on the banks of the Nile , are a series of subterraneous remains , which could be intended for no other purpose but initiation into the spurious Freemasonry of Egypt . They consist of " a large saloon supported by hexagonal pillars , contrived in the rock itself . The roofs are adorned with
paintings , which even at present we distinguish exceedingly well , while the gold , with which they were originally decorated , glitters on all sides . Here and there we perceive openings , which lead to other apartments ; but as they are filled with rubbish , and as the passages into them are embarrassed with it , few travellers choose to venture themselves
there . Above , there is another apartment , to which you may with difficulty arrive by climbing up the outside of the mountain . It is not so extensive a saloon as the former , but it is painted after a similar manner , and , like it , communicates with other adjoining apartments . " This account is taken from Norden ; and Pococke further describes them
as a series of long rooms and spacious galleries , some of which were beautifully finished with painting and sculpture . A splendid specimen of " the lowest of valleys . "
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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
the promontory at Tsenarus stands a temple which has tlie appearance of a cavern . In the mountain of Chusistan were excavated a series of stupendous cavern temples , in which the mysteries of Mithras were celebrated . They were of vast extent , and contained every requisite for initiation . Like a Mason's Lodgethey were an emblem of the
uni-, verse ; and being constructed astronomically , the length , breadth , depth , and height , were emblematically considered illimitable . Here the candidates sunt tormentorum ij lxxx gradus transierit . And there could be no initiation , axpts ov ras oySor / KovTa KoXao-cty TrapeXdoi . The cavern temples of India are well known .
On the summit of the lofty mountain Tschebat El Kofferi , on the banks of the Nile , are a series of subterraneous remains , which could be intended for no other purpose but initiation into the spurious Freemasonry of Egypt . They consist of " a large saloon supported by hexagonal pillars , contrived in the rock itself . The roofs are adorned with
paintings , which even at present we distinguish exceedingly well , while the gold , with which they were originally decorated , glitters on all sides . Here and there we perceive openings , which lead to other apartments ; but as they are filled with rubbish , and as the passages into them are embarrassed with it , few travellers choose to venture themselves
there . Above , there is another apartment , to which you may with difficulty arrive by climbing up the outside of the mountain . It is not so extensive a saloon as the former , but it is painted after a similar manner , and , like it , communicates with other adjoining apartments . " This account is taken from Norden ; and Pococke further describes them
as a series of long rooms and spacious galleries , some of which were beautifully finished with painting and sculpture . A splendid specimen of " the lowest of valleys . "