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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
Bishop Cumberland says , that Agruerus was the same as Lamech . but Faber , with greater probability , makes him ao-ree with Noah . Now it appears clear that the Aletse , Titans , Corybantes , Curetes , Dioscori , & c , were only different names for the Cahiri ; and the rites of the Cabiri were practised by the Druids of Britain , as well as in
almost every other ancient nation . * Pythagoras carried his Freemasonry into Gaul , whence it was sure to be transmitted to Britain , for Cesar positively affirms , that the Gauls , who were desirous of initiation and instruction in the Druidical mysteries , always passed over to Britain for that purpose ; in which island they had been cultivated with greater care and attention under the patronage of the learned and expert Phenician merchants ; and consequently were more perfectly understood .
Cesar further informs us that the Bardic or Druidical system included astronomy and geometry , physiology , natural philosophy , and a knowledge of practical science , mechanics and architecture . Now these parts of the true Freemasonry must have been transfused into their institutions long after they had existed in a more impure form . For though , like
the Grecian and Roman superstitions , the relig ion of Britain was originally derived from a corruption of the patriarchal system of worship , yet it degenerated into such horrid abominations , as to excite the execration of mankind . Nor does it appear that even the institutes of Pythagoras , mild and gentle as they werehad contributed to advance the moral
, character of this religion ; for in the time of the Romans , and consequently after the Christian era , it was named , in contradistinction to all others , dim immanitatis . \ This institution , which united many of the worst features of the eastern superstitions with a theoretical profession of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
Bishop Cumberland says , that Agruerus was the same as Lamech . but Faber , with greater probability , makes him ao-ree with Noah . Now it appears clear that the Aletse , Titans , Corybantes , Curetes , Dioscori , & c , were only different names for the Cahiri ; and the rites of the Cabiri were practised by the Druids of Britain , as well as in
almost every other ancient nation . * Pythagoras carried his Freemasonry into Gaul , whence it was sure to be transmitted to Britain , for Cesar positively affirms , that the Gauls , who were desirous of initiation and instruction in the Druidical mysteries , always passed over to Britain for that purpose ; in which island they had been cultivated with greater care and attention under the patronage of the learned and expert Phenician merchants ; and consequently were more perfectly understood .
Cesar further informs us that the Bardic or Druidical system included astronomy and geometry , physiology , natural philosophy , and a knowledge of practical science , mechanics and architecture . Now these parts of the true Freemasonry must have been transfused into their institutions long after they had existed in a more impure form . For though , like
the Grecian and Roman superstitions , the relig ion of Britain was originally derived from a corruption of the patriarchal system of worship , yet it degenerated into such horrid abominations , as to excite the execration of mankind . Nor does it appear that even the institutes of Pythagoras , mild and gentle as they werehad contributed to advance the moral
, character of this religion ; for in the time of the Romans , and consequently after the Christian era , it was named , in contradistinction to all others , dim immanitatis . \ This institution , which united many of the worst features of the eastern superstitions with a theoretical profession of