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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
corn , two dogs , and a hare ;* all of which were indispensable appendages to the mysteries . Having successfull y surrounded and overcome the obstacles b y which he was thus beset , the process of regeneration succeeds , which was accomplished b y casting a serpent into his bosom ; f and having passed through this part of the
ceremony , he was pronounced capable of predicting future events ; % or in other words , he was considered an O phite priest . Accordingly , in this part of the celestial globe , there is exhibited a serpent bearing a cup , as an emblem of divination . The raven , as a memorial of the Ark of Noah , next
appears ; for these rites were evidentl y diluvian ; and a record of the deluge constituted one of the ineffable mysteries amongst the people who inscribed the History of Initiation in the heavens . Hence the Argo , which was anciently believed to be a representation of the shi p or vessel in which the patriarch and his family were preserved , is
actually depicted in the immediate vicinity of the latter asterism , accompanied b y the dove , bearing in its mouth the olive branch of peace- and safety . Next in the series we find the aspirant in the character of a Centaur ; a distinction to which he is entitled by virtue of his preceding regeneration ; for the word Centauraccording
, to Faber , is CHEN-TOR , the priest of the arhite hull , which he has alread y encountered and overcome . He has in his hand some animal for sacrifice , which Eratosthenes , in his book of Catasterisms , applauds , as a work of great devotion . This victim is usuall y received as a wolf , but I should rather be inclined to suppose it a hind or fawn . He slays the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
corn , two dogs , and a hare ;* all of which were indispensable appendages to the mysteries . Having successfull y surrounded and overcome the obstacles b y which he was thus beset , the process of regeneration succeeds , which was accomplished b y casting a serpent into his bosom ; f and having passed through this part of the
ceremony , he was pronounced capable of predicting future events ; % or in other words , he was considered an O phite priest . Accordingly , in this part of the celestial globe , there is exhibited a serpent bearing a cup , as an emblem of divination . The raven , as a memorial of the Ark of Noah , next
appears ; for these rites were evidentl y diluvian ; and a record of the deluge constituted one of the ineffable mysteries amongst the people who inscribed the History of Initiation in the heavens . Hence the Argo , which was anciently believed to be a representation of the shi p or vessel in which the patriarch and his family were preserved , is
actually depicted in the immediate vicinity of the latter asterism , accompanied b y the dove , bearing in its mouth the olive branch of peace- and safety . Next in the series we find the aspirant in the character of a Centaur ; a distinction to which he is entitled by virtue of his preceding regeneration ; for the word Centauraccording
, to Faber , is CHEN-TOR , the priest of the arhite hull , which he has alread y encountered and overcome . He has in his hand some animal for sacrifice , which Eratosthenes , in his book of Catasterisms , applauds , as a work of great devotion . This victim is usuall y received as a wolf , but I should rather be inclined to suppose it a hind or fawn . He slays the