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On Freemasonry.
known as the Sun , and is called Sol , as Cicero informs us , " vel quia solus ex omnibus sideribus tantus est ; vel quia cum axortus est ; obscuratibus omnibus , Solis apparet . " Mithras was denominated by Zoroaster * Mea-iros 6 eos , and referred to the same luminary .
In like manner the Hindoo deity was the Sun , under his three well known forms : Brahma rising in the east ; Vishnu southing at his mez-idian : and Siva setting in the west . The aborigines of America worshipped tbe Sun under the name ofthe Great Father ; and the Peruvians celebrated a grand festival in his honour , at the autumnal equinox ; a
period , " when their divinity in advancing from the north passes over the equator , and may be seen to repose himself upon the pillars of his temples . " In the Gothic system of spurious Freemasonry , practised by the northern nations of Europe , the same reference is obvious . Their god Thor was the Sunand he was depicted with twelve stars in a
, circle round his head , to represent tbe twelve signs of the zodiac . In the description of heaven in the Edda , universal space is denominated " a hall , " wherein are twelve seats for the gods , besides the throne of the universal father , or the Sun .
The Celtic mysteries which were practised in our own island , were constructed on the same general principles ; being instituted in honour of IIu , the solar divinity ; who is represented by the Bardic writers as the ethereal being who is belted with the rainbow ; and in Egypt , the girdle of the hierophant , which was frequentl y a serpent , to express his
eternity , was emblematical of the Sun ' s orbit . The grand periods of initiation and festival in Britain were regulated by the times when the solar deity attained the equinoctial and solstitial points , and then the Bealtine fires were kindled , and hymns were chaunted , and hands were kissed in honour of the Sun , which was esteemed , in the degeneracy of the Druidical mysteries , the one governor of the world .
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On Freemasonry.
known as the Sun , and is called Sol , as Cicero informs us , " vel quia solus ex omnibus sideribus tantus est ; vel quia cum axortus est ; obscuratibus omnibus , Solis apparet . " Mithras was denominated by Zoroaster * Mea-iros 6 eos , and referred to the same luminary .
In like manner the Hindoo deity was the Sun , under his three well known forms : Brahma rising in the east ; Vishnu southing at his mez-idian : and Siva setting in the west . The aborigines of America worshipped tbe Sun under the name ofthe Great Father ; and the Peruvians celebrated a grand festival in his honour , at the autumnal equinox ; a
period , " when their divinity in advancing from the north passes over the equator , and may be seen to repose himself upon the pillars of his temples . " In the Gothic system of spurious Freemasonry , practised by the northern nations of Europe , the same reference is obvious . Their god Thor was the Sunand he was depicted with twelve stars in a
, circle round his head , to represent tbe twelve signs of the zodiac . In the description of heaven in the Edda , universal space is denominated " a hall , " wherein are twelve seats for the gods , besides the throne of the universal father , or the Sun .
The Celtic mysteries which were practised in our own island , were constructed on the same general principles ; being instituted in honour of IIu , the solar divinity ; who is represented by the Bardic writers as the ethereal being who is belted with the rainbow ; and in Egypt , the girdle of the hierophant , which was frequentl y a serpent , to express his
eternity , was emblematical of the Sun ' s orbit . The grand periods of initiation and festival in Britain were regulated by the times when the solar deity attained the equinoctial and solstitial points , and then the Bealtine fires were kindled , and hymns were chaunted , and hands were kissed in honour of the Sun , which was esteemed , in the degeneracy of the Druidical mysteries , the one governor of the world .