The Pope And Freemasonry.

of their God , whose representative he was , accompanied with doleful cries and howling of men , women , ancl animals , to sj'mbolise the deathshrieks ancl exclamations of terror ancl despair , ivhich would unquestionably salute the ears of

Noah while enclosed within the vessel of safety , " & c . " The clove was a conspicuous symbol . . and a lunette floating on the surface of the ocean , attended by a dove with an olive branch in its mouth , encircled by a rainbow , formed a striking

and expressive symbol , ivhich needs no explanation , " & c . I will only add that this explanation is abundantly illustrated by quotations from Iamblicus on the ancient mysteries , ancl other authorities . No doubt also many of your readers know that the sixth book of Virgil ' s ^_ Eneicl

contains an account of the initiation into the mysteries . It would require too much space to enter into a more lengthy explanation , but I think I have quoted sufficient to enable yoar readers to follow me whilst I give a brief outline of the machinery of the Book of Bevelation . There ive find the

pure church described as a ivoman clothed ivith the sun and standing upon the crescent of the moon : Avhilst a corrupted church is exhibited to us , both under the image of a female floating upon the surface of many waters , and under that of a harlot using a monstrous beast as a vehicle . The

former of these , ivhen about to bring forth her firstborn , is attacked by a monstrous serpent , which spouts out against her offspring a deluge of water ; but the earth opens its mouth and receives the mighty inundation into the central

abyss . The woman standing upon the crescent is the A ery figure of the Saurian Juno or of the Egyptian Isis , ivho were represented in a precisely similar manner ivith reference to the lunar boat :

the attack upon the woman ancl her offspring by the deluging serpent , which is frustrated by the earth ' s absorption of the ivaters , is perfectly analagous to the attack of the cliluvian serpent Python ( or Typhon ) upon Latona and Horns , ivhich is

similarly frustrated by the destruction of that monster . The false church , bearing the name of Mystery , floating on the mighty ivaters , or riding on a terrific beast , exhibits the very same aspect as the g'reat mother of Paganism sailing OA * er the

ocean , riding ou the lion , venerated with certain appropriate mysteries . Then again AVO see St . John himself personating an aspirant about to be initiated . He first beholds a door opened in the

magnificent temple of heaven , and into this he is invited to enter by the voice of one who acts as heirophant . Here he witnesses the unsealing of a sacred book ; and forthwith he is ' appalled by a troop of ghastly apparitions , which flit ia horrid

succession before his eyes . Among these are preeminently conspicuous a vast serpent , the wellknown symbol of the Great Father , ancl two portentous wild beasts , ivhich come out of the sea and out of the earth , which correspond with the canine

phantoms of the orgies ivhich seemed to rise out of the ground , ancl with the image of the principal hero-god who was universally deemed the offspring of the sea . Passing these in safety , St . John is conducted into the presence of a female , closely

resembling - the great mother of pagan theology . Like Isis emerging from the sea , this female divinity , borne by her marine wild beast , appears to float upon the surface of many ivaters . She is said to be an open and systematical harlot , just

as the Great Mother ivas tlie declared female principle of fecundity ; and as she was always propitiated by literal fornication reduced to a religious system , and as the initiated were made to drink a prepared liquor out of a sacred goblet , so this harlot is represented as intoxicating the kings

of the earth ivith the golden cup of her prostitution . On her forehead the very name Mystery is inscribed , and the label teaches us that in point of character , she is the great universal mother of idolatry .. The nature of this mystery the

officiating heirophant undertakes to explain ; ant ] an important prophecy is most curiously and artfully veiled under the very language and imagery of the orgies . To the sea-born Great Father was ascribed a three-fold state ; he lived , he died , and he

revived , and these conditions ivere drily exhibited in the mysteries . While dead , he lies floating on the mighty ocean , just like Horns , or Osiris ,- Siva , or Vishnu ; when he revives again , like these kindred deities he emerges from the waves , ancl ,

whether dead or alive , he bears sei ^ en heads ancl ten horns , corresponding- in number with the seven ark-preserved Eishis , [ Noah , & c ] , and the ten aboriginal Patriarchs . The Avorshippers of the Great Father bore his special mark or stigma

ancl were distinguished by his name ; so the worshippers of the beast bear his mark , and are designated by his mark . The first or doleful part of the mysteries ends and the joyful part approaches . After St . John has beheld the enemies of God plunged into a dreadful lake of liquid fire ,