The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.

and is croAvned with a regal diadem , like the sevenSephiroth ofthe Jews , surmounted by the three hypostases of the divine essence . In conformity Avith this interpretation , the philosophical Brahmins suppose that there are fourteen bobuns or spheresviz .,

, the earth , with seven spheres beneath and six above it . They called the earth bhoor , and mankind , who inhabit it , bhoorlogue . The six superior worlds , or heavens , are thus described in the preface to the Code of Gontoo Laws . The Bobur is the

immediate vault of the visible heavens , in which the sun , moon ancl stars are placed . The Sivergeh is the first place and general receptacle for those Avho merit a removal from the earth . The Mahurrdogua are for the Fakeers ancl such persons as , by dint of pravcrhave acquired an extraordinary

, degree of sanctity . The Jumieh-logite are for the souls of pious and moral men , and and beyond this sphere they aro not supposed to pass Avithout some uncommon merits and qualifications . The sphere of Tuppeh is the roAvard of those who have all

their lives performed somo Avoudcrful act of penance ancl mortification , or who have died martyrs for their religion . The Suttee , or highest sphere , is the residence of Brahma and his especial favourites , particularly those men AVIIO have never uttered a falsehood during their Avhole lives , and for those Avomen who haA'e voluntarily burned themselves with their husbands .

It AVIII be observed , hoiveA'er , that tho spaces enclosed within the circles in our anaglyph are ten in number , like the Sephiroth of the Jews , and the figure of the deity is floating iu the expanse above them , to indicate his immortality . He is represented in the language of Dr . Brown *

to have " got out of Trismegistus , his circle , i . e ., to extend his Avings above the universe ancl to pitcli beyond ubiquity . " Now in the solar system of Pythagoras Avere the celestial spheres , the fixed sphere , the seven planets , the earth , and the autichthon ,

Avhich AA'as invisible to mortals . The intervals between the central earth or time , called by him the harmony of the spheres , Avere divided into ten semitones , From Terra to Lima two . semitones ; from Luna to Mercury a semitone ; from thence to Venus half a tone ; to Sol tAvo semitones ;

to Mars the same ; ancl to Jupiter and Saturn each half a tone , or two semitones together . From the neck , or rather on the breast of the figure , is suspended another table of concentric circles , with four spaces

surrounding the centre . NOAV it is Avell known that the number four , ov tetrad , Avas attributed to the deity , or Deiniurgus , as the tetrad is called by Hierocles , and therefore occupies the place of the heart , which is the vital part of men ancl animals , as God is the vital essence or sustainer of the

universe . It Avas also an emblem of truth , ancl hence the ancient Egyptians suspended from the neck of every chief magistrate a symbol Avhich AA'as denominated Truth . " Diodoms tells us that by a royal ordinance " the Chief Justice shall haA'e about his

neck an image of precious stones , suspended from a golden chain , a circular amulet called Truth ; and no cause shall be tried until this image be hung about his neck . " " In what manner God is a tetrad , " says Hierocles , * " you -will clearly find in the sacred discourse ascribed to Pythogoras ,

wherein God is pronounced to be the Number of Numbers . For if all beings subsist by his eternal council , it is manifest that number in eA'ery species of beings depends upon their causes . The first number is there , from thence derived hither ; the determinate end of number is the

decad , or ten ; for he Avho had reckoned further must return to unity ancl numbers a second decad ; and so on to the second decad , Avhich makes 100 . Again , he reckons from 100 in the same manner , and so may proceed to affinity , by the revolution of the decad . * ' f

From this cause Ave find in other systems the sacred Name composed of four letters , called by the Gentibs Tetractys , referring to eternity ; ancl hence the Hebrew character Jod at the beginning of the name of JEHOVAH , means the future Van , in the middlethe present ; and lie at the end

, , with the Kametz , the past . % And Christians apply it to the Trinit y ; Jod being the first person or Father ; lie the second , or Son ? ancl Van the third , or Holy Ghost . To SIIOAV the universal application of this Name , the Almighty , speaking of the