Masonic Symbolism.

nection betwixt Persia ancl Freemasonry or Rosicrnciauism , which I have mentioned , it is just worthy of remark that on the coins of the Aridrethes , a series of kings who lived before Jesus , there is the N symbol , and the A , also the M , a trinity of angles , the T ancl the hexalpha . These symbols are associated Avith the figures of Minerva and Victory , from whence Christianity derived the idea of the Virgin and Child , inculcating thereby the beautiful teaching of the " God man , " or divine nature which enters into all humanity . Before concluding my article for this month I Avould-like to say a few words

concerning mirrors or images . They are of peculiar significance in Masonry , as well as in magical science , and ancient mysticism and Christianity . Warburton speaks of the " shining image " of Isis , or midnight sun , which appeared to Lucius as well as to Moses . It is often referred to by the mystics as representing divinity in general . And Paul , the mystic writer of the Anno Christian era , says of mirrors , " We with open face behold as in a glass or mirror the glory of the Lordare changed

, into the same image from glory to glory . " Andagain , "For now we see through a glass , or mirror , darkly , but then face to face . " Apropos of this , we , in the North , have a curious custom or magical superstitious tradition . It is said that if a maiden proceed at the mirk hour of nig ht on " Hallowmas Eve , when the witches do glide , " to her apartment , and comb her hair before a mirror by candlelight , the apparition of her true lover , or spirit-partner , will be shoivn

in the mirror ; some say that ivater is more potent to produce this effect than a mirror . Thus Narcissus falls in love with his oivn double by seeing it reflected in a brook . We are all seeking the " shining image . " We , of the antiquated faiths , yearning like those of yore for the absorption into deity , after myriads and myriads of countless ages , which it almost makes the brain reel and the heart burst to think of , of never ending progression ; the JeAvs , as they look for

the promised Messiah with whom they shall proceed to an immortal earthly kingdom , seek the shining image , as the Isis sought Osiris , or Ceres Proserpine , or the Christians their bodily resurrection after ages of an unbroken dreamless sleep , or as the Japanese seek the Tensir Dai Sin . We are all travelling onAvard to the lig ht . Away across the river gleams the loved forms of the spirit ones AVIIO have gone beforeand even noAv the boatman pale comes to

, ferry us over to the other side . Whether we be Rosicrucians , Brahmins , Jews , Christians , or Moslems , we shall , as the apostle says , " know hereafter , " when we shall be "face to face "—participators in the great progression—one with the great I am—Omnia in omnium . Next month I purpose taking up the subject and dealing ivith some of the other symbols .

Falling, Fallen, Leaves.

FALLING , FALLEN , LEAVES .

THE leaves are falling one by one , As autumn hours speed away ; A dimmer sky , a colder sun Mark each departing day ; The wavy trees around are bending Beneath a stern and bitter blast , And autumn ' s hues are sadly VAen & mg With pleasant aspects fading fast .