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On Freemasonry. The Number Three.
the triad was referred to the tri p le offspring of Noah , and it was dramatized in the Spurious Freemasonry , by the funereal ceremony of initiation ; for , as the infernal regions consisted of three parts , Elysium—Purgatory—Tartarus , so the initiations were divided into three degrees , Preparation —Initiation—Autopsia . The preparation was also
threefold ; so careful was the hierophant that a veneration for this sacred number should be inculcated in all the forms of initiation . * The candidate was p laced in the pastes on the evening of the first day ; remained an entire day enclosed or dead , in the language of the Spurious Freemasonry , and was liberated for initiationor in other wordsrestored to
, , life on the third . And this ceremony produced a series of triad references . It was symbolical of Noah , who entered into the ark in one year , remained enclosed a year , and was emancipated from his confinement , or reborn , in the
third year . Much confusion arose , in the mythology of the ancient world , from this doctrine . The aspirant , like Noah , is supposed to have lived in the old world , ancl was hence esteemed a venerable old man ; but he was new born fi-om the mysteries , as Noah was from the ark , and hence he was considered but an infant . Noah formed the ark , and it was
consequentl y represented as his daughter ; but he was united with the ark , and hence she was taken for his icife ; and ultimatel y he was born from the ark , which from this circumstance sustained the character of his mother . Again , when he is said to die , the ark is his coffin ; when a child , it is his cradle ; and when he is supposed to sleep in deep
repose during the prevalence of the waters , it is his bed . The confusion this would necessaril y create , could not be reconciled without having recourse to a p lurality of deities ; and therefore in Greece , as the father of the female principle or ark , Noah was termed Saturn ; as her husband , he was termed Jupiter ; as her son , Bacchus ; and when the
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On Freemasonry. The Number Three.
the triad was referred to the tri p le offspring of Noah , and it was dramatized in the Spurious Freemasonry , by the funereal ceremony of initiation ; for , as the infernal regions consisted of three parts , Elysium—Purgatory—Tartarus , so the initiations were divided into three degrees , Preparation —Initiation—Autopsia . The preparation was also
threefold ; so careful was the hierophant that a veneration for this sacred number should be inculcated in all the forms of initiation . * The candidate was p laced in the pastes on the evening of the first day ; remained an entire day enclosed or dead , in the language of the Spurious Freemasonry , and was liberated for initiationor in other wordsrestored to
, , life on the third . And this ceremony produced a series of triad references . It was symbolical of Noah , who entered into the ark in one year , remained enclosed a year , and was emancipated from his confinement , or reborn , in the
third year . Much confusion arose , in the mythology of the ancient world , from this doctrine . The aspirant , like Noah , is supposed to have lived in the old world , ancl was hence esteemed a venerable old man ; but he was new born fi-om the mysteries , as Noah was from the ark , and hence he was considered but an infant . Noah formed the ark , and it was
consequentl y represented as his daughter ; but he was united with the ark , and hence she was taken for his icife ; and ultimatel y he was born from the ark , which from this circumstance sustained the character of his mother . Again , when he is said to die , the ark is his coffin ; when a child , it is his cradle ; and when he is supposed to sleep in deep
repose during the prevalence of the waters , it is his bed . The confusion this would necessaril y create , could not be reconciled without having recourse to a p lurality of deities ; and therefore in Greece , as the father of the female principle or ark , Noah was termed Saturn ; as her husband , he was termed Jupiter ; as her son , Bacchus ; and when the