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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 7 of 16 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
directed it to be placed in the foundation as the chief cornerstone . Here it remained undisturbed either by Zerubabel or Herod , as it was destined to defeat the insane attempt of Julian to rebuild the Temple , which it effected by destroying his workmen through the agency of fire . * '' A similar fiction about the Eod of Moses was also
imported from the Continent , which was traced from the Paradisiacal Tree of Knowledge ; t another about the institution of Templary , which , as it was said , had its origin in Egypt before the Exodus ; f that Moses and Aaron , having been initiated into its mysteries , brought it with them into Judaaa ; that thence it passed through the two St . Johns to the Crusades
, & c . ; and a fourth , about the imaginary travels of Peleg , and the erection of his triangular Temple . § We had another , which recounted the pseudo history of Hiram Abiff ; and many similar ones , which it would be a waste of time to mention . It may be necessary to add , that these fables were not countenanced by any but some young ancl inexperienced Brethren
, who were ambitious of being accounted cleverer and brighter Masons than their feHows . And you woidd have been astonished to see the absurd airs of importance , which the possessors of these fabulous conceits assumed when the conversation of a Lodge happened to turn upon the abstruse subject of cabalistical acquirements . "
My tongue itched to inquire into the particulars of the history of Hiram Abiff , and I had some difficulty to restrain my curiosity . My companion observed the movement , and interpreted it correctly . " You wish to learn something of the reputed private history of this eminent Freemason , " he said ; " but I am not quite sure that I shall be able to gratify your curiosity , for conjecture , after all , is no great authority . You
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The Revelations Of A Square.
directed it to be placed in the foundation as the chief cornerstone . Here it remained undisturbed either by Zerubabel or Herod , as it was destined to defeat the insane attempt of Julian to rebuild the Temple , which it effected by destroying his workmen through the agency of fire . * '' A similar fiction about the Eod of Moses was also
imported from the Continent , which was traced from the Paradisiacal Tree of Knowledge ; t another about the institution of Templary , which , as it was said , had its origin in Egypt before the Exodus ; f that Moses and Aaron , having been initiated into its mysteries , brought it with them into Judaaa ; that thence it passed through the two St . Johns to the Crusades
, & c . ; and a fourth , about the imaginary travels of Peleg , and the erection of his triangular Temple . § We had another , which recounted the pseudo history of Hiram Abiff ; and many similar ones , which it would be a waste of time to mention . It may be necessary to add , that these fables were not countenanced by any but some young ancl inexperienced Brethren
, who were ambitious of being accounted cleverer and brighter Masons than their feHows . And you woidd have been astonished to see the absurd airs of importance , which the possessors of these fabulous conceits assumed when the conversation of a Lodge happened to turn upon the abstruse subject of cabalistical acquirements . "
My tongue itched to inquire into the particulars of the history of Hiram Abiff , and I had some difficulty to restrain my curiosity . My companion observed the movement , and interpreted it correctly . " You wish to learn something of the reputed private history of this eminent Freemason , " he said ; " but I am not quite sure that I shall be able to gratify your curiosity , for conjecture , after all , is no great authority . You