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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions. *
ON FREEMASONRY . EVIDENCES , DOCTRINES , AND TRADITIONS . *
BY THE REV . G . OLIVER , D . D . IN the extreme west we find the Spurious Freemasonry celebrated , in like manner , in dark caverns of the earthvalleys of the shadow of death—which still remain in all their native horror . " In Peru , numerous galleries built
with stone , and communicating with each other by shafts , fill up the interior of the artificial hills . " f Many of these excavations have been discovered in different parts of this continent . Two fine caves , resembling the extraordinary caverns in the Peak of Derbyshire , have recently been found about twelve miles from Albany . ^ " I have been assured "
, saysM . Humboldt , § "by some Indians of Cholula , that the inside of the pyramids is hollow ; and that , during the abode of Cortes in this city , their ancestors had concealed in the body of the . pyramid , a considerable number of warriors ,
who were to fall suddenly on the Spaniards ; but the materials of which the teocalli is built , and the silence of the historians of those times , give but little probability to this latter assertion . It is certain , however , that in the interior of the pyramids there are considerable cavities , which were used as sepulchres , and for other purposes . "
The use of these caverns by the Mexican hierophant , has been thus described . The candidate descended into the dark and cheerless caverns which had been excavated beneath the foundations of the temple , and passed through the horrible mysteries of the Mexican religion , which emblematically represented the wanderings of their god . These caverns
were denominated " the path of the dead , " corresponding with " the place of souls" mentioned by Eustathius . | j Every step he took some fearful object met his eyes , some appalling sound struck upon his ear ; and he proceeded with measured pace , fearful lest the knife of the sacrificing priest should be
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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions. *
ON FREEMASONRY . EVIDENCES , DOCTRINES , AND TRADITIONS . *
BY THE REV . G . OLIVER , D . D . IN the extreme west we find the Spurious Freemasonry celebrated , in like manner , in dark caverns of the earthvalleys of the shadow of death—which still remain in all their native horror . " In Peru , numerous galleries built
with stone , and communicating with each other by shafts , fill up the interior of the artificial hills . " f Many of these excavations have been discovered in different parts of this continent . Two fine caves , resembling the extraordinary caverns in the Peak of Derbyshire , have recently been found about twelve miles from Albany . ^ " I have been assured "
, saysM . Humboldt , § "by some Indians of Cholula , that the inside of the pyramids is hollow ; and that , during the abode of Cortes in this city , their ancestors had concealed in the body of the . pyramid , a considerable number of warriors ,
who were to fall suddenly on the Spaniards ; but the materials of which the teocalli is built , and the silence of the historians of those times , give but little probability to this latter assertion . It is certain , however , that in the interior of the pyramids there are considerable cavities , which were used as sepulchres , and for other purposes . "
The use of these caverns by the Mexican hierophant , has been thus described . The candidate descended into the dark and cheerless caverns which had been excavated beneath the foundations of the temple , and passed through the horrible mysteries of the Mexican religion , which emblematically represented the wanderings of their god . These caverns
were denominated " the path of the dead , " corresponding with " the place of souls" mentioned by Eustathius . | j Every step he took some fearful object met his eyes , some appalling sound struck upon his ear ; and he proceeded with measured pace , fearful lest the knife of the sacrificing priest should be