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To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
" TABLEAU CULT DE HEBrtAIQUE . " MY DEAR BROTHER . —A Pamphlet entitled ( No . 33 ) Freemasons ' Quarterly Review , has accidentally presented itself to my notice , in which I find inserted , firstly , my supplementary explanations upon my " Tableau Cult de Hebraique . " Secondlobservations from an illustrious Brother " T" of Grantham .
y , , Thirdly and lastly , complementary remarks for the applied industry I have offered , as pacificator between the Supreme Counsel and Grand Orient of France . My dear Brother , I tender you my thanks for your attention . Agreeably with the observations of the before-mentioned illustrious Brother , ( 1 must candidly acknowledge , that after the surprize and reverence I have experienced from the interminable light that has been most
graciously conferred on me , by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Grand Master of British Masons , ) his widely extended knowledge of antiquity , ancl boundless views of Masonic mysteries , through the light which has beamed upon me from Grantham , is a second balm flowing to my heart ; and it gives me unspeakable joy to have found one other Brother with whom I can commune in a Masonic spirit , although I can give a ready willing credence to his Thesis . The veryrespectedBrother
asserts , that Masonry was practised by the oldest nations , India , Egypt , & c , & c ., as traces through emblems of the hi ghest antiquity prove . I readily admit , that mysteries from on high have always found standing , as these were the instruments to religious guidance . The adepts ,
hierophantien , magicians , priests , and cabalists , each and every nation had its religious theatrical decorations and costumes , and they adorned their scenery with particular symbolical signs , ancl all that thereunto belonged ; and these it was who appointed festivals and every other kind of public meeting : ancl every change that was carried out in the religious administration , was concealed from the common people . It appears " the basis " upon which religion was founded , was nearly
the same with all . The cabalistic Jewish reli gion had , and have perpetually a Triad , in which a Triple holiness is contained , ijyn 5 ! but which fundamentally means one Godly holiness . I make my ideas reluctantly known through emblems . The Brahmins' Triality were Brahmah , Wishanon , and Shevan . The Triality of the Egyptians were Ices , Auceres , ancl Aurus . The modern in Europe , and other parts of the Christian world , is known ; and whoever may have indulged in the
research of antiquity , cannot deny that whatever , in any nation , may he the disguise of the Triality , we often times agree on one point , namely , in an incorporeal , everlasting , and perpetual Spiritual presence . And that presence is extant in the spheres , its union with the corporeal portion of the world , its influence on nature , and every part of the creation , sufficientl y indicates that its knowledge is secret . In order to strengthen the assertions of our respected Brother , that the
mysteries of Masonry existed among the nations of that period , it would lie necessary to disinter some of the mysteries of the Indians and E gyptians from their undisclosed recesses , and make a comparison with them ami the actual mysteries of Masonry .
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To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
" TABLEAU CULT DE HEBrtAIQUE . " MY DEAR BROTHER . —A Pamphlet entitled ( No . 33 ) Freemasons ' Quarterly Review , has accidentally presented itself to my notice , in which I find inserted , firstly , my supplementary explanations upon my " Tableau Cult de Hebraique . " Secondlobservations from an illustrious Brother " T" of Grantham .
y , , Thirdly and lastly , complementary remarks for the applied industry I have offered , as pacificator between the Supreme Counsel and Grand Orient of France . My dear Brother , I tender you my thanks for your attention . Agreeably with the observations of the before-mentioned illustrious Brother , ( 1 must candidly acknowledge , that after the surprize and reverence I have experienced from the interminable light that has been most
graciously conferred on me , by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Grand Master of British Masons , ) his widely extended knowledge of antiquity , ancl boundless views of Masonic mysteries , through the light which has beamed upon me from Grantham , is a second balm flowing to my heart ; and it gives me unspeakable joy to have found one other Brother with whom I can commune in a Masonic spirit , although I can give a ready willing credence to his Thesis . The veryrespectedBrother
asserts , that Masonry was practised by the oldest nations , India , Egypt , & c , & c ., as traces through emblems of the hi ghest antiquity prove . I readily admit , that mysteries from on high have always found standing , as these were the instruments to religious guidance . The adepts ,
hierophantien , magicians , priests , and cabalists , each and every nation had its religious theatrical decorations and costumes , and they adorned their scenery with particular symbolical signs , ancl all that thereunto belonged ; and these it was who appointed festivals and every other kind of public meeting : ancl every change that was carried out in the religious administration , was concealed from the common people . It appears " the basis " upon which religion was founded , was nearly
the same with all . The cabalistic Jewish reli gion had , and have perpetually a Triad , in which a Triple holiness is contained , ijyn 5 ! but which fundamentally means one Godly holiness . I make my ideas reluctantly known through emblems . The Brahmins' Triality were Brahmah , Wishanon , and Shevan . The Triality of the Egyptians were Ices , Auceres , ancl Aurus . The modern in Europe , and other parts of the Christian world , is known ; and whoever may have indulged in the
research of antiquity , cannot deny that whatever , in any nation , may he the disguise of the Triality , we often times agree on one point , namely , in an incorporeal , everlasting , and perpetual Spiritual presence . And that presence is extant in the spheres , its union with the corporeal portion of the world , its influence on nature , and every part of the creation , sufficientl y indicates that its knowledge is secret . In order to strengthen the assertions of our respected Brother , that the
mysteries of Masonry existed among the nations of that period , it would lie necessary to disinter some of the mysteries of the Indians and E gyptians from their undisclosed recesses , and make a comparison with them ami the actual mysteries of Masonry .