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On The Knowledge Of Freemasonry By The Druids.
original character . The Pelasgi introduced the doctrines of the Cabiri into Ireland , where there are yet in existence monuments of antiquity erected for the celebration of their mysteries , * and the same doctrines were also practised in many parts of England by the Druids . In Westmoreland , the monument known as Arthur ' s round table is conjectured to have been erected for the purpose of celebrating the Cabiric rights , its knights being held to be no others than the Cabiric deities themselves !
, and in the more celebrated Druidical temple of Stonehenge , " the great sanctuary of the dominions , " it was supposed that all the Arkite and Sabian divinities of British mythology were present . And again , in the temple of Abury , the rites of these idolatrous deities were undoubtedly practised ; and some writers have gone so far as to suppose that the name of this latter great and celebrated temple of the Druids was derived from the term Cabiri , or Abiri ( Ahurv ) , both of which terms
are interpreted to signify " the mighty ones . " And if this derivation of its name be correct , it will be difficult to find a stronger proof of the unmasonic character of the Druids , than the fact that this , one of their greatest , perhaps the greatest of their temples , was erected for the avowed purpose of practising doctrines emanating from every possible evil feeling allied to the opposition of the pure Freemasonry of the Patriarchs . The Druids themseves openly professed to have gained their
principal knowledge from the "' Pheryll , or priests of the Pharaon , " which was the antient British name of the Cabiri , and Talasin ( a Druid ) in one of his songs , of which Mr . Davies gives us a translation , describes himself as " that splendid one , who sportingly came from the invudinq host of
the Feryll ( or Pheryll ) " X thus adding to his boast of the derivation of his doctrines , to which he here alluded , an ostentatious display of the invading character of the Cabiri , who notoriously sought , by every species of deception , to overwhelm the pure patriarchal belief , and to substitute in its place their own attractive but heathenish ceremonies ; and wherever an opportunity presented itself for their introduction , this object was for a time attended with too great a success ; and their mischievous
doctrines seem to be too clearly distinguishable amongst the ceremonies used by the Druids in the practice of the Celtic mysteries of Ceridwen ( the Grecian Ceres ) , to afford a doubt of their influential character over our -British ancestors ; for we find them invariably bringing forward three distinct states of the British hierarchy , all more or less identified with the mysteries of Ceridwen ; to which states they have usually given the title of " the three mihty swineherds" which was one of
g , the titles of the Cabiric priests , who were frequently styled sues ( swine ); and Greece and Rome , who borrowed their mythology from the Cabiri , consecrated the sow to Ceres , giving it the name of the mystical animal . The amulets , particularly the " Ovum Anguinum" of the ]) ruid . t , which was by way of eminence regarded as the " Insignia ; Druidis , " further identif y their worship as derived from the Cabiri ; for the mundane egg of the various pagan nations also bore reference to tiie Arkite
superstition , and was in some sense an emblem of the ark itself ; and the Samothracians , who were generally considered the most devoted and correct worshippers of the original Cabiric rights , held in great veneration their magic rings , which were of the same nature as the amulets of the Cabiric priesthood , and were believed to have a similar powerthat of averting danger . ( To be eonehuled in aur next . )
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Knowledge Of Freemasonry By The Druids.
original character . The Pelasgi introduced the doctrines of the Cabiri into Ireland , where there are yet in existence monuments of antiquity erected for the celebration of their mysteries , * and the same doctrines were also practised in many parts of England by the Druids . In Westmoreland , the monument known as Arthur ' s round table is conjectured to have been erected for the purpose of celebrating the Cabiric rights , its knights being held to be no others than the Cabiric deities themselves !
, and in the more celebrated Druidical temple of Stonehenge , " the great sanctuary of the dominions , " it was supposed that all the Arkite and Sabian divinities of British mythology were present . And again , in the temple of Abury , the rites of these idolatrous deities were undoubtedly practised ; and some writers have gone so far as to suppose that the name of this latter great and celebrated temple of the Druids was derived from the term Cabiri , or Abiri ( Ahurv ) , both of which terms
are interpreted to signify " the mighty ones . " And if this derivation of its name be correct , it will be difficult to find a stronger proof of the unmasonic character of the Druids , than the fact that this , one of their greatest , perhaps the greatest of their temples , was erected for the avowed purpose of practising doctrines emanating from every possible evil feeling allied to the opposition of the pure Freemasonry of the Patriarchs . The Druids themseves openly professed to have gained their
principal knowledge from the "' Pheryll , or priests of the Pharaon , " which was the antient British name of the Cabiri , and Talasin ( a Druid ) in one of his songs , of which Mr . Davies gives us a translation , describes himself as " that splendid one , who sportingly came from the invudinq host of
the Feryll ( or Pheryll ) " X thus adding to his boast of the derivation of his doctrines , to which he here alluded , an ostentatious display of the invading character of the Cabiri , who notoriously sought , by every species of deception , to overwhelm the pure patriarchal belief , and to substitute in its place their own attractive but heathenish ceremonies ; and wherever an opportunity presented itself for their introduction , this object was for a time attended with too great a success ; and their mischievous
doctrines seem to be too clearly distinguishable amongst the ceremonies used by the Druids in the practice of the Celtic mysteries of Ceridwen ( the Grecian Ceres ) , to afford a doubt of their influential character over our -British ancestors ; for we find them invariably bringing forward three distinct states of the British hierarchy , all more or less identified with the mysteries of Ceridwen ; to which states they have usually given the title of " the three mihty swineherds" which was one of
g , the titles of the Cabiric priests , who were frequently styled sues ( swine ); and Greece and Rome , who borrowed their mythology from the Cabiri , consecrated the sow to Ceres , giving it the name of the mystical animal . The amulets , particularly the " Ovum Anguinum" of the ]) ruid . t , which was by way of eminence regarded as the " Insignia ; Druidis , " further identif y their worship as derived from the Cabiri ; for the mundane egg of the various pagan nations also bore reference to tiie Arkite
superstition , and was in some sense an emblem of the ark itself ; and the Samothracians , who were generally considered the most devoted and correct worshippers of the original Cabiric rights , held in great veneration their magic rings , which were of the same nature as the amulets of the Cabiric priesthood , and were believed to have a similar powerthat of averting danger . ( To be eonehuled in aur next . )