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Article ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES. ← Page 8 of 15 →
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
In the mystic chamber of the temple of Phila ? , near the first cataract , is the follosving subject , svhich is placed here for the purpose of shosving that the ancient Egyptians possessed a knosvledge of the nature and attributes of the Great Architect of the Universe , and that they possessed the elements of a pure belief , svhich ss'as veiled in alleyory and illustrated biis . imbols .
This figure represents the god AMUNKNEPII turning a potter ' s svheel , and moulding the mortal part of Osiris , as father of men , * out of a lump of clay ; the clay is placed on the potter ' s svheel , svhich he turns svith his foot , svhile he fashions it svith his hands . Above the figure is an inscription in hieroglyphical characters , of svhich the follosving is a translation : — " Knum , the Creator , on his svheel moulds the dis'ine members of Osiris f the tvne of man" ) in the
shining house of life ( i . e . in heaven , or the solar disc , typical of the abode of Amun . " ) AMUN-KNBPH , or Neph , Kneph , Chnoupis , Noub , represents the creative posver of Amun , that is , " the spirit of God , " the breath of life poured into our nostrils . The Deity , therefore , in his creative capacity moulds man . In Hebresv , ADAM , the first man ( D" ) ft 3 ADM ) , means both man and red earth , or clay . We see this type of the creative posver
of the Deity in the subject figured above , and it is in idea precisely the same figure svhich is adopted by Isaiah svhen sublimely alluding to the same subject . — " But nosv , O Lord , thou art our Father ; sve are the clay ,- \ and thou our potter ; and sve are all the work of thy hand . " ( Chap . Ixiv . ver . 8 . ) On the Egyptian monuments Amun is ahvays painted of a blue colour , this colour being symbolical of truth and the svord Amunin Hebresv
, , , is identical svith the hieroglyphical name , meaning " truth , " " wisdom , " and , svhen typified by the sapphire , the precious stone of blue colour svorn on the breastplate of the high priest of the Jesvs , it represented the svord of God , the decrees of the Most High , inclosed in the Sepher , the Old Testament , svhich in Hebresv is ssritten ~ ) 13 D ( Sphir ) .
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
In the mystic chamber of the temple of Phila ? , near the first cataract , is the follosving subject , svhich is placed here for the purpose of shosving that the ancient Egyptians possessed a knosvledge of the nature and attributes of the Great Architect of the Universe , and that they possessed the elements of a pure belief , svhich ss'as veiled in alleyory and illustrated biis . imbols .
This figure represents the god AMUNKNEPII turning a potter ' s svheel , and moulding the mortal part of Osiris , as father of men , * out of a lump of clay ; the clay is placed on the potter ' s svheel , svhich he turns svith his foot , svhile he fashions it svith his hands . Above the figure is an inscription in hieroglyphical characters , of svhich the follosving is a translation : — " Knum , the Creator , on his svheel moulds the dis'ine members of Osiris f the tvne of man" ) in the
shining house of life ( i . e . in heaven , or the solar disc , typical of the abode of Amun . " ) AMUN-KNBPH , or Neph , Kneph , Chnoupis , Noub , represents the creative posver of Amun , that is , " the spirit of God , " the breath of life poured into our nostrils . The Deity , therefore , in his creative capacity moulds man . In Hebresv , ADAM , the first man ( D" ) ft 3 ADM ) , means both man and red earth , or clay . We see this type of the creative posver
of the Deity in the subject figured above , and it is in idea precisely the same figure svhich is adopted by Isaiah svhen sublimely alluding to the same subject . — " But nosv , O Lord , thou art our Father ; sve are the clay ,- \ and thou our potter ; and sve are all the work of thy hand . " ( Chap . Ixiv . ver . 8 . ) On the Egyptian monuments Amun is ahvays painted of a blue colour , this colour being symbolical of truth and the svord Amunin Hebresv
, , , is identical svith the hieroglyphical name , meaning " truth , " " wisdom , " and , svhen typified by the sapphire , the precious stone of blue colour svorn on the breastplate of the high priest of the Jesvs , it represented the svord of God , the decrees of the Most High , inclosed in the Sepher , the Old Testament , svhich in Hebresv is ssritten ~ ) 13 D ( Sphir ) .