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On Freemasonry.
ciple hermaphrodite , or male and female together , thereby denoting that essence which is generative or productive of all things . " _ After all , it is highly probable that this androgynal doctrine might be derived from a passage in the Book of Genesis , which records that man was created male and femaleand that God called their name Adam . * Some of
, the Rabbins understand this literally , and assert that the man and woman were created in one person , and that God subsequently separated them from each other . f Plutarch considered the eternal God as an Intelligence ; both male and female—light and life , and that he brought forth another Intelligence , who was the Creator of all things .
My limits will not allow me to go further in detail on this part of the subject ; and therefore I must take it for granted that I have adduced sufficient evidence to prove that the bun was actually worshipped as a god in all the religious mysteries of ancient nations , however the peculiar ceremonies might vary ; and that such an impure system of
devotion led to the most grievous errors both in faith and practice . I proceed to contrast this complete identification of the Supreme Deity and Creator of the world with the Sun in the spurious Freemasonry of ancient times , with the references to the same luminary in our own pure and holy system .
I he Sun , in our Lodges , is represented merely as a creature in the hand of God to convey benefits to man . Besides , if Freemasonry in the nineteenth century consider the Sun as an object of worship , it may with great propriety be asked , which Sun ? for the centre of our system forms only an unit amidst the 75 , 000 systems , each having a
central Sun , with which modern discovery has furnished universal space . Freemasonry speaks of the Sun as a fixed body , producing the phenomenon of being always at its meridian height to some part of the earth ' s surface , from the revolution of the latter body on its own axis ; it speaks of the glorious Sun beheld by the candidate at his first
entrance into the Lodge , emerging from darkness in the East , and diffusing light and nourishment to all sublunary things ; and represented by the Master , who is placed in the
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On Freemasonry.
ciple hermaphrodite , or male and female together , thereby denoting that essence which is generative or productive of all things . " _ After all , it is highly probable that this androgynal doctrine might be derived from a passage in the Book of Genesis , which records that man was created male and femaleand that God called their name Adam . * Some of
, the Rabbins understand this literally , and assert that the man and woman were created in one person , and that God subsequently separated them from each other . f Plutarch considered the eternal God as an Intelligence ; both male and female—light and life , and that he brought forth another Intelligence , who was the Creator of all things .
My limits will not allow me to go further in detail on this part of the subject ; and therefore I must take it for granted that I have adduced sufficient evidence to prove that the bun was actually worshipped as a god in all the religious mysteries of ancient nations , however the peculiar ceremonies might vary ; and that such an impure system of
devotion led to the most grievous errors both in faith and practice . I proceed to contrast this complete identification of the Supreme Deity and Creator of the world with the Sun in the spurious Freemasonry of ancient times , with the references to the same luminary in our own pure and holy system .
I he Sun , in our Lodges , is represented merely as a creature in the hand of God to convey benefits to man . Besides , if Freemasonry in the nineteenth century consider the Sun as an object of worship , it may with great propriety be asked , which Sun ? for the centre of our system forms only an unit amidst the 75 , 000 systems , each having a
central Sun , with which modern discovery has furnished universal space . Freemasonry speaks of the Sun as a fixed body , producing the phenomenon of being always at its meridian height to some part of the earth ' s surface , from the revolution of the latter body on its own axis ; it speaks of the glorious Sun beheld by the candidate at his first
entrance into the Lodge , emerging from darkness in the East , and diffusing light and nourishment to all sublunary things ; and represented by the Master , who is placed in the