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The Kadiri Oedee Of El Tasawttf In Aeabi...
It m not necessary ior us to transfer the whole of the diploma to our pages ; we refer the curious to Lieut * Burton ' * very interesting volumes * "which we assure our readers convey * a most life-like picture of these sacred cities of Islam hermetically sealed from the
unbeliever , as they suppose ; for death would follow the detection of a Christian . We may however notice ; that the diploma , after a sort of genealogical tree from the first age of the world down to the present chief of the order , gives a numher of princely ranks that appear to be included in the diploma , which we suppose are conferred on the party to whom it is given ;
From his use of certain terms we think it is tolerably clear that Lieut . Burton is a member of our Order , and that by means of his attainments as a Freemason , as well as his knowledge of the Eastern languages , he was enabled to obtain admittance v into the Arabic institution .
Mr . Halloran , in his " Journal of a Tisit to Loo Choo , ''* tells us
that the captain of a war junk , who came on board her Majesty ' s ship at Kopmisang , had on his coat between his shoulders a yellow mark in this form ; also one of the same kind on the back of his cap . t It m very desirable that our Brethren in the East
should communicate any lniormation they niay obtain with regar , to any society at all approaching to the Masonic institution ; and we hope , as the " Indian Freemasons' Journal" frequently , in a spirit of friendliness , extracts our articles , that this hint may be conveyed throughout the Lodges in the East . "We think it is Col . Todd who mentions that Mr . Ellis , a Madras officer , passed
into the adytum or sacred part of a Hindoo temple , by the sign of a Master Mason ; and a Erench author some time since , in treating of the Chinese triad , asserted it was a Masonic institution . Cannot our Brethren in China give us some certain information on this point ?
It is undeniable that Freemasonry has been practised in the East from the earliest times ; we have our traditional history corroborated by facts . Col . Todd found many Masonic emblems on the Cyclopean walls of Mundore , probably the oldest building in the world ; and Von Hammer in " Mines de 1 ' Orient , " vol . vi . p . 46 , says , " We learn from Arabian historians an account of a Masonic institution of a of
temple or ^ house Solomon—the earliest authenticated historic testimony of what better answers to a Masonic institution—called the House of Wisdom , which Hakem , in the 11 th century , built at Cairo , where , besides public instruction , they taught a secret doctrine . " Hakem was the khaliph of Egypt ; under his race , the Eatimides , learning was encouraged ; and Arabian historians say the founder of the dynasty was a Jew , or of the Magian religion ; they
* We were somewhat surprised by seeing the use made by the Celestials of two of our familiar emblems . t Mr . Halloran , not understanding the emblem , fancied it to be a mark of the officer ' s rank .
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The Kadiri Oedee Of El Tasawttf In Aeabi...
It m not necessary ior us to transfer the whole of the diploma to our pages ; we refer the curious to Lieut * Burton ' * very interesting volumes * "which we assure our readers convey * a most life-like picture of these sacred cities of Islam hermetically sealed from the
unbeliever , as they suppose ; for death would follow the detection of a Christian . We may however notice ; that the diploma , after a sort of genealogical tree from the first age of the world down to the present chief of the order , gives a numher of princely ranks that appear to be included in the diploma , which we suppose are conferred on the party to whom it is given ;
From his use of certain terms we think it is tolerably clear that Lieut . Burton is a member of our Order , and that by means of his attainments as a Freemason , as well as his knowledge of the Eastern languages , he was enabled to obtain admittance v into the Arabic institution .
Mr . Halloran , in his " Journal of a Tisit to Loo Choo , ''* tells us
that the captain of a war junk , who came on board her Majesty ' s ship at Kopmisang , had on his coat between his shoulders a yellow mark in this form ; also one of the same kind on the back of his cap . t It m very desirable that our Brethren in the East
should communicate any lniormation they niay obtain with regar , to any society at all approaching to the Masonic institution ; and we hope , as the " Indian Freemasons' Journal" frequently , in a spirit of friendliness , extracts our articles , that this hint may be conveyed throughout the Lodges in the East . "We think it is Col . Todd who mentions that Mr . Ellis , a Madras officer , passed
into the adytum or sacred part of a Hindoo temple , by the sign of a Master Mason ; and a Erench author some time since , in treating of the Chinese triad , asserted it was a Masonic institution . Cannot our Brethren in China give us some certain information on this point ?
It is undeniable that Freemasonry has been practised in the East from the earliest times ; we have our traditional history corroborated by facts . Col . Todd found many Masonic emblems on the Cyclopean walls of Mundore , probably the oldest building in the world ; and Von Hammer in " Mines de 1 ' Orient , " vol . vi . p . 46 , says , " We learn from Arabian historians an account of a Masonic institution of a of
temple or ^ house Solomon—the earliest authenticated historic testimony of what better answers to a Masonic institution—called the House of Wisdom , which Hakem , in the 11 th century , built at Cairo , where , besides public instruction , they taught a secret doctrine . " Hakem was the khaliph of Egypt ; under his race , the Eatimides , learning was encouraged ; and Arabian historians say the founder of the dynasty was a Jew , or of the Magian religion ; they
* We were somewhat surprised by seeing the use made by the Celestials of two of our familiar emblems . t Mr . Halloran , not understanding the emblem , fancied it to be a mark of the officer ' s rank .