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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
situation amongst its hallowed symbols , the reasons for such an appropriation are fully competent to justify the proceeding . The Dove was an agent at the Creation ; at the Deluge ; and at the baptism of Christ . In each case it was an emblem of power , of unity and love . But the application was prostituted in the spurious system , and
the Dove became an object of adoration ; not only as an emblem of safety , figured by the olive branch presented to the candidate at the commencement of his initiation ; but also as the restorer of Light at the termination of the aphanism . For the Syrians believed that their goddess sprang into Light and being , from an egg incubated by a Dove . Hence the Egyptian custom probably originated , of embalming doves at the solemn initiation of the priests .
THE HIND . The Egyptian priests who introduced this asterism into the sphere , when they celebrated the funeral of Apis , were clothed in the skins of Hinds , which had been sacrificed ; bearing in their hands javelins tipped with ivy . And even in the more refined polythism of Greece , the title which was
bestowed on Orion or Nimrod , was softened into Ne / 3 pos , hinradus . From the above facts and illustrations it will appear evident that the history and symbols of initiation were curiously pourtrayed in the heavens . And if any further proof were wanting to confirm the extraordinary truthit
, may be produced from the caverns of initiation , which were decorated and adorned with paintings and sculpture borrowed from the celestial sphere . Porphyry and other ancient writers have furnished so clear an account of these places , that there is no difficulty in describing them with accuracy . The Sacellum was usually a dome , with a sun in the centre
of the roof , the planets were placed in order round him ; and the zodiac splendidly displayed , ( sometimes in embossed gold ;) in which the constellations Leo and Taurus had a sun and lunette rising from their backs ; as emblematical of the diluvian father and mother issuing from the ark . The four ages of the world were represented by so many globes
of gold , silver , brass , and iron . The whole bedecked with gems and precious stones , and knobs of burnished gold ; and during the celebration of the mysteries , illuminated by innumerable lamps which reflected a thousand different colours and shades of colour , like the enchanting vision of a celestial
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
situation amongst its hallowed symbols , the reasons for such an appropriation are fully competent to justify the proceeding . The Dove was an agent at the Creation ; at the Deluge ; and at the baptism of Christ . In each case it was an emblem of power , of unity and love . But the application was prostituted in the spurious system , and
the Dove became an object of adoration ; not only as an emblem of safety , figured by the olive branch presented to the candidate at the commencement of his initiation ; but also as the restorer of Light at the termination of the aphanism . For the Syrians believed that their goddess sprang into Light and being , from an egg incubated by a Dove . Hence the Egyptian custom probably originated , of embalming doves at the solemn initiation of the priests .
THE HIND . The Egyptian priests who introduced this asterism into the sphere , when they celebrated the funeral of Apis , were clothed in the skins of Hinds , which had been sacrificed ; bearing in their hands javelins tipped with ivy . And even in the more refined polythism of Greece , the title which was
bestowed on Orion or Nimrod , was softened into Ne / 3 pos , hinradus . From the above facts and illustrations it will appear evident that the history and symbols of initiation were curiously pourtrayed in the heavens . And if any further proof were wanting to confirm the extraordinary truthit
, may be produced from the caverns of initiation , which were decorated and adorned with paintings and sculpture borrowed from the celestial sphere . Porphyry and other ancient writers have furnished so clear an account of these places , that there is no difficulty in describing them with accuracy . The Sacellum was usually a dome , with a sun in the centre
of the roof , the planets were placed in order round him ; and the zodiac splendidly displayed , ( sometimes in embossed gold ;) in which the constellations Leo and Taurus had a sun and lunette rising from their backs ; as emblematical of the diluvian father and mother issuing from the ark . The four ages of the world were represented by so many globes
of gold , silver , brass , and iron . The whole bedecked with gems and precious stones , and knobs of burnished gold ; and during the celebration of the mysteries , illuminated by innumerable lamps which reflected a thousand different colours and shades of colour , like the enchanting vision of a celestial