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On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
new-born sonls , and therefore the cavern , which was their temporary abode , was the symbolical Hades , or " place of souls , " where the infernal deities were supposed to have their residence . And Porphyry further asserts , that the egress of the candidate from those caves was emblematical of the resurrection .
At the ancient Tibur ( now Tivoli ) were numerous specimens of the sacred valley . The part called Canopus had a temple of Neptune , which was erected in a valley ; and towards the west is another valley , on the side of which , says Fosbroke , " is a place called Rocca Bruna . This is supposed to be a spot where the Emperor meant to
represent the infernal regions ; and he introduced streams , which he called Lethe , Cocytus , and Phlegethon , with buildings in which were paintings alluding to similar objects , and habitations for slaves . Not far from hence was the valley of Tempe , and the Elysian fields , where everything beautiful in art and nature were assembled to render it
inexpressibly delightful . Near the Ponte dell Aquoria is a grotto of difficult access , which appears to have been a subterraneous temple , and is supposed to have been that of
Tellus , or the Earth . " Here the honors of the valley were estimated so highly , that public games were instituted and performed in them , and winding steps placed in the acclivities , by which spectators might freely ascend , and descend , to witness their celebration . The cavern of Trophonius will furnish an example of the
union of hill and valley in the celebration of the Spurious Freemasonry of ancient times . " Trophonius is said to have been nursed by Ceres—Europa ; and he had a consesecrated grove near the city Orchomenus , and in it a famous oracular cavern . Upon the bank of the adjacent river stood a small temple of the nymph Mercynawho was worshipped
, in conjunction with him , and who was supposed to have been the companion of Proserpine . Near the river was also a tumulus , said to be the monument of a person called Arcesilaus , and a chapel dedicated to Ceres—Europa . —• Within the cavern were statues of Trophonius and Hercyna , holding in their hands rodsaround which serpents were
, entwined . Not far from the oracle was a statue of Jupiter Pluvius , and upon the summit ofthe hill a temple of Apollo ; another of Proserpine and Jupiter , and a third of Juno , Jupiter , and Saturn . The rivulet itself was named Her-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. Evidences, Doctrines, And Traditions.
new-born sonls , and therefore the cavern , which was their temporary abode , was the symbolical Hades , or " place of souls , " where the infernal deities were supposed to have their residence . And Porphyry further asserts , that the egress of the candidate from those caves was emblematical of the resurrection .
At the ancient Tibur ( now Tivoli ) were numerous specimens of the sacred valley . The part called Canopus had a temple of Neptune , which was erected in a valley ; and towards the west is another valley , on the side of which , says Fosbroke , " is a place called Rocca Bruna . This is supposed to be a spot where the Emperor meant to
represent the infernal regions ; and he introduced streams , which he called Lethe , Cocytus , and Phlegethon , with buildings in which were paintings alluding to similar objects , and habitations for slaves . Not far from hence was the valley of Tempe , and the Elysian fields , where everything beautiful in art and nature were assembled to render it
inexpressibly delightful . Near the Ponte dell Aquoria is a grotto of difficult access , which appears to have been a subterraneous temple , and is supposed to have been that of
Tellus , or the Earth . " Here the honors of the valley were estimated so highly , that public games were instituted and performed in them , and winding steps placed in the acclivities , by which spectators might freely ascend , and descend , to witness their celebration . The cavern of Trophonius will furnish an example of the
union of hill and valley in the celebration of the Spurious Freemasonry of ancient times . " Trophonius is said to have been nursed by Ceres—Europa ; and he had a consesecrated grove near the city Orchomenus , and in it a famous oracular cavern . Upon the bank of the adjacent river stood a small temple of the nymph Mercynawho was worshipped
, in conjunction with him , and who was supposed to have been the companion of Proserpine . Near the river was also a tumulus , said to be the monument of a person called Arcesilaus , and a chapel dedicated to Ceres—Europa . —• Within the cavern were statues of Trophonius and Hercyna , holding in their hands rodsaround which serpents were
, entwined . Not far from the oracle was a statue of Jupiter Pluvius , and upon the summit ofthe hill a temple of Apollo ; another of Proserpine and Jupiter , and a third of Juno , Jupiter , and Saturn . The rivulet itself was named Her-