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Article ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES. ← Page 13 of 15 →
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
sary to remark that the subjects of the above drasvings are combined from the tsvo descriptions of shrines , namely , the ark or chest , and the boat containing the canopy , the ark in the Egyptian processions being generally surmounted by representations of Amon and other deities , and the boat svith the canopy , containing the svinged figures before alluded to , svith many other mythological emblems . Nosv the boat , carried by the pastophorihad an evident reference to the helio-arkite svorshipand
, , this , together svith all other emblems calculated to lead to superstition and idolatry , svas carefully excluded in the composition of the ark of the Israelites . It is hosvever perfectly evident , as stated in the Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature , " that the tabernacle made svith hands , svith its utensils and ministers , bore a designed external resemblance to the Egyptian models ; but purged of the details and peculiarities , svhich svere the most open to abuse and misconstruction . The establishment of these
facts contains the strongest imaginable proof of the original purity of the mysteries , for emblems derived from their media ss'ould surely not have been selected as models for the holy things of " God ' s chosen people , " if in their origin they had emanated from dark or impure sources . May sve not rather imagine that their adoption for this sacred purpose svas
intended as a restoration of their original application to primitive truth ? The next illustration upon this point refers to the breast-plate of the high-priest of the Jesvs , and more particularly as to the origin of the URIM and TIIUJIMIM , svhich svords , according to the explanation of commentators , mean " lights and perfections . " In following out this illustration it svill be first necessary to trace the derivation of these svordsand this part of the subject much
valu-, upon able information is to be gleaned from Wilkinson ' s " Manners and Customs , " Portal "Symboles des Egyptiens , " and "Couleurs Symholiques , " Dr . Lamb " On the Hebresv Alphabet , " and Cory ' s " Horus-Apollo , " as svell as Mr . Gliddon ' s svork before alluded to . From these sources it svill be seen that the Sun or God , Phrd or Phre , svas more frequently written Re or Rd { the designatory title of a Pharoah ) , and , as Wilkinson remarksPhre is merely Resvith the article Pi prefixedsvhich is
, , , pronounced PIRE , the Sun in the Thehan dialect , and Phre in the Memphitic . To the root Rd , Sun , sve may readily trace Ouro , royalty—Rd and Ouro are embraced in the idea of the Sun ( the deity of the solar orb)—and in Hebresv the name of the Sun ( "lift aur ) is derived from the same original root of Rd , Ouro , AUR .
THME ' , before alluded to , svas the emblematical goddess of Truth and Justice . She svas usually represented " hoodsvinked , " to indicate her strict impartiality in the administration of justice—an ostrich feather ( the feather of Truth ) surmounted her cap , and in her hand she held the emblem of eternal life ~ f " The Egyptian jud wore golden chains around their necks
ges , upon which svere suspended small figures of Thmc , ornamented svith jewels , indicative of the attributes of this gotldess iu her double capacity of Justice and Truth , " for , owing to the svise administration of their lasvs , the denizens of the Nile could , svith propriety , call their native land ' the region of justice and truth , ' and ' the countni of purity and justice ,
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
sary to remark that the subjects of the above drasvings are combined from the tsvo descriptions of shrines , namely , the ark or chest , and the boat containing the canopy , the ark in the Egyptian processions being generally surmounted by representations of Amon and other deities , and the boat svith the canopy , containing the svinged figures before alluded to , svith many other mythological emblems . Nosv the boat , carried by the pastophorihad an evident reference to the helio-arkite svorshipand
, , this , together svith all other emblems calculated to lead to superstition and idolatry , svas carefully excluded in the composition of the ark of the Israelites . It is hosvever perfectly evident , as stated in the Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature , " that the tabernacle made svith hands , svith its utensils and ministers , bore a designed external resemblance to the Egyptian models ; but purged of the details and peculiarities , svhich svere the most open to abuse and misconstruction . The establishment of these
facts contains the strongest imaginable proof of the original purity of the mysteries , for emblems derived from their media ss'ould surely not have been selected as models for the holy things of " God ' s chosen people , " if in their origin they had emanated from dark or impure sources . May sve not rather imagine that their adoption for this sacred purpose svas
intended as a restoration of their original application to primitive truth ? The next illustration upon this point refers to the breast-plate of the high-priest of the Jesvs , and more particularly as to the origin of the URIM and TIIUJIMIM , svhich svords , according to the explanation of commentators , mean " lights and perfections . " In following out this illustration it svill be first necessary to trace the derivation of these svordsand this part of the subject much
valu-, upon able information is to be gleaned from Wilkinson ' s " Manners and Customs , " Portal "Symboles des Egyptiens , " and "Couleurs Symholiques , " Dr . Lamb " On the Hebresv Alphabet , " and Cory ' s " Horus-Apollo , " as svell as Mr . Gliddon ' s svork before alluded to . From these sources it svill be seen that the Sun or God , Phrd or Phre , svas more frequently written Re or Rd { the designatory title of a Pharoah ) , and , as Wilkinson remarksPhre is merely Resvith the article Pi prefixedsvhich is
, , , pronounced PIRE , the Sun in the Thehan dialect , and Phre in the Memphitic . To the root Rd , Sun , sve may readily trace Ouro , royalty—Rd and Ouro are embraced in the idea of the Sun ( the deity of the solar orb)—and in Hebresv the name of the Sun ( "lift aur ) is derived from the same original root of Rd , Ouro , AUR .
THME ' , before alluded to , svas the emblematical goddess of Truth and Justice . She svas usually represented " hoodsvinked , " to indicate her strict impartiality in the administration of justice—an ostrich feather ( the feather of Truth ) surmounted her cap , and in her hand she held the emblem of eternal life ~ f " The Egyptian jud wore golden chains around their necks
ges , upon which svere suspended small figures of Thmc , ornamented svith jewels , indicative of the attributes of this gotldess iu her double capacity of Justice and Truth , " for , owing to the svise administration of their lasvs , the denizens of the Nile could , svith propriety , call their native land ' the region of justice and truth , ' and ' the countni of purity and justice ,