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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
vault of heaven ; as a record that time could not change , nor circumstances deface . And they entertained the exciting anticipation that their Spurious Freemasonry would be thus conveyed to posterit y as an august monument of their wisdom , power , and influence over all other nations ; for the learning and science of this extraordinary people being
transferred to the neighbouring colonies , their religious institutions were accuratel y imitated by p riests and hierophants , and adapted to their own systems of mythological worshi p ; a process which disseminated the mysterious ceremonies of Egypt to the most distant regions of the earth .
A reference to the constellations in the southern hemisphere will place this assertion in its clearest light . Here Orion is graphicall y described as an aspirant toiling through the ceremonies of initiation ; and the events intended to be represented in this pictorial history , commence at that point where the candidatehaving surmounted the
prepara-, tory rite of purification by water , symbolized by the constellation Eridanus at his feet , arrives at the cavern in which he is exposed to the encounter of savage beasts ; for the purpose of proving , by the avoidance of fear on the one hand , and rashness on the other , his fortitude and steady courage . First the bull makes a furious attack;—roaring , and
appearing to tear up the ground with his horns . Against the efforts of this monstrous animal , the instructed candidate defends himself by holding up his mantle as a shield , with his left arm , and brandishing a club or mace in his rig ht . While engaged with this formidable opponent , he is surprised to find himself surrounded by other animals ;* viz ., an uni-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
vault of heaven ; as a record that time could not change , nor circumstances deface . And they entertained the exciting anticipation that their Spurious Freemasonry would be thus conveyed to posterit y as an august monument of their wisdom , power , and influence over all other nations ; for the learning and science of this extraordinary people being
transferred to the neighbouring colonies , their religious institutions were accuratel y imitated by p riests and hierophants , and adapted to their own systems of mythological worshi p ; a process which disseminated the mysterious ceremonies of Egypt to the most distant regions of the earth .
A reference to the constellations in the southern hemisphere will place this assertion in its clearest light . Here Orion is graphicall y described as an aspirant toiling through the ceremonies of initiation ; and the events intended to be represented in this pictorial history , commence at that point where the candidatehaving surmounted the
prepara-, tory rite of purification by water , symbolized by the constellation Eridanus at his feet , arrives at the cavern in which he is exposed to the encounter of savage beasts ; for the purpose of proving , by the avoidance of fear on the one hand , and rashness on the other , his fortitude and steady courage . First the bull makes a furious attack;—roaring , and
appearing to tear up the ground with his horns . Against the efforts of this monstrous animal , the instructed candidate defends himself by holding up his mantle as a shield , with his left arm , and brandishing a club or mace in his rig ht . While engaged with this formidable opponent , he is surprised to find himself surrounded by other animals ;* viz ., an uni-