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! I ^ usi in one the ( Orphic hymns ; It is said or sung ^ " Jove was created a male an ^ an imspotted
b ^ ^^ gOttc ^ being both life and light s the Creator of the ^ ^ SiipretnO Divinity whichw ^ s the m which was ^
bolized in di ^ the point indicating the suh 0 and the circle the universe invigorated by hi # generative rays ; AMd in sbin allusion was ^ to ^ zodiac ; on ^
symbolism of the point a difierent ferm ^ as the M ^ Master teid to univers ^ ^
But to tw ^ Ifou are all very f ^ iliar w represent St ^ John to this modern exposition m true ancient signification . In the first place , we that at two p # tieular points of his course , the sun is found in the
zodiacal signs of Cancer and Capiicornus . The points are astronomically distinguished as the summer and winter solstice . "When the sun is in these points , he has reached his greatest northern and southern declination , and produces the most evident effect on the seasons , and on the length of the days and nights . The points , supposing the circle to represent the sun ' s course around the universe ,
will be indicated by the points where the parallel lines touch the circle , or , in other words , the parallel lines will indicate the limits of the sun ' s extreme northern and southern declination . But the days when the sun reaches these points are , respectively , the 21 st of June and the 22 nd of December ; and this will account for their subsequent application to the two Saints John , whose anniversaries have been placed by the Church near those days .
One other reference to this symbolism of the universe must for the present suffice . I allude to the covering of the Lodge . The mere mention that this is figuratively supposed to be a clouded canopy , or the firmament , on which the host of stars are represented , will be enough to indicate the continued allusion to the symbol of
the universe , The Lodge , as a representative of the world , is of course supposed to have no other roof than the heavens , and I would scarcely think it necessary to detain you with any discussion on the subject , were it not that another symbol , or the Theological Ladder , is so intimately connected with it , that the one naturally suggests the other . Now this mystical ladder , which connects the ground from
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! I ^ usi in one the ( Orphic hymns ; It is said or sung ^ " Jove was created a male an ^ an imspotted
b ^ ^^ gOttc ^ being both life and light s the Creator of the ^ ^ SiipretnO Divinity whichw ^ s the m which was ^
bolized in di ^ the point indicating the suh 0 and the circle the universe invigorated by hi # generative rays ; AMd in sbin allusion was ^ to ^ zodiac ; on ^
symbolism of the point a difierent ferm ^ as the M ^ Master teid to univers ^ ^
But to tw ^ Ifou are all very f ^ iliar w represent St ^ John to this modern exposition m true ancient signification . In the first place , we that at two p # tieular points of his course , the sun is found in the
zodiacal signs of Cancer and Capiicornus . The points are astronomically distinguished as the summer and winter solstice . "When the sun is in these points , he has reached his greatest northern and southern declination , and produces the most evident effect on the seasons , and on the length of the days and nights . The points , supposing the circle to represent the sun ' s course around the universe ,
will be indicated by the points where the parallel lines touch the circle , or , in other words , the parallel lines will indicate the limits of the sun ' s extreme northern and southern declination . But the days when the sun reaches these points are , respectively , the 21 st of June and the 22 nd of December ; and this will account for their subsequent application to the two Saints John , whose anniversaries have been placed by the Church near those days .
One other reference to this symbolism of the universe must for the present suffice . I allude to the covering of the Lodge . The mere mention that this is figuratively supposed to be a clouded canopy , or the firmament , on which the host of stars are represented , will be enough to indicate the continued allusion to the symbol of
the universe , The Lodge , as a representative of the world , is of course supposed to have no other roof than the heavens , and I would scarcely think it necessary to detain you with any discussion on the subject , were it not that another symbol , or the Theological Ladder , is so intimately connected with it , that the one naturally suggests the other . Now this mystical ladder , which connects the ground from