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Article TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Review.
this horse is still seen impressed upon ancient Carthaginian coinsi It is admitted that both the Phamicians and Carthaginians traded to Britain , ancl consequently the mariners of those ancient maritime nations conveyed with them to these islands the naval symbol of the Horse , which was , in fact , the emblem of the ship ; the horse , carrying upon Land in the same manner as the ship
carries upon Sea , ancl thus the ship became conversely the symbol of the Horse , as the fatter was rendered the emblem ofthe Ship . From this combination of the horse and ship arose the Scottish unicorn , which consists merely of the Horse , with the mast , or bolt sprit of the ship , implanted between his eyes . The horse was consecrated to Apollo , or the Sun , —indicating
the rise ofthe Sun from the Sea , ancl his ascent to the meridian , mid-day , or mid-summer . Hence the Horse is the symbol of the Northern Tropic ; ancl thus he appears in conjunction with the Leonine Elephant , on the southern side ( or side next the Tropic , ) of the entrance of this most ancient ancl remarkable Tower . It is proper to notice , that the Hieroglyphics iu question have been noticed , by preceding antiquarians , as being the Caledonian
Boar . —But to the figure of the Boar they have no resemblance ; whilst the Caledonian Boar is itself a mythological figure , constructed in allusion to the Sun , being a conspicuous character in the labours of Hercules , or Ileri Cat , a Hindoo name of the Sim , and indicating the Luminary ' s progress through the Zodiacal constellations .
Above the Hieroglyphics , which have been described , are three figures , also cut in relief , which have evidently been sculptured by followers of the Christian Relig ion . They represent the Crucifixion , and two devotees , or monks , —having no appearance whatever of the Virgin Mary , and St . John , as mentioned in the Encyclopedia Britannica . Those figures are carved in a style of superior
excellence to those of the Elephant and Horse ; but whether they do , or not , belong to the same age , I feel myself incapable of determining . I must , however , observe , that the Saka , or Younger Buddha , oi Hindoos , is undoubtedly a corrupt tradition of the History of our SAVIOUR . This point I conceive to be capable ol establishment by means of undoubted historical jiroof ; but to entei
into full demonstration of this most interesting fact , would lead me far beyond tbe bounds which a paper intended for the limits of your miscellany would admit . I therefore content myself with remark-
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Review.
this horse is still seen impressed upon ancient Carthaginian coinsi It is admitted that both the Phamicians and Carthaginians traded to Britain , ancl consequently the mariners of those ancient maritime nations conveyed with them to these islands the naval symbol of the Horse , which was , in fact , the emblem of the ship ; the horse , carrying upon Land in the same manner as the ship
carries upon Sea , ancl thus the ship became conversely the symbol of the Horse , as the fatter was rendered the emblem ofthe Ship . From this combination of the horse and ship arose the Scottish unicorn , which consists merely of the Horse , with the mast , or bolt sprit of the ship , implanted between his eyes . The horse was consecrated to Apollo , or the Sun , —indicating
the rise ofthe Sun from the Sea , ancl his ascent to the meridian , mid-day , or mid-summer . Hence the Horse is the symbol of the Northern Tropic ; ancl thus he appears in conjunction with the Leonine Elephant , on the southern side ( or side next the Tropic , ) of the entrance of this most ancient ancl remarkable Tower . It is proper to notice , that the Hieroglyphics iu question have been noticed , by preceding antiquarians , as being the Caledonian
Boar . —But to the figure of the Boar they have no resemblance ; whilst the Caledonian Boar is itself a mythological figure , constructed in allusion to the Sun , being a conspicuous character in the labours of Hercules , or Ileri Cat , a Hindoo name of the Sim , and indicating the Luminary ' s progress through the Zodiacal constellations .
Above the Hieroglyphics , which have been described , are three figures , also cut in relief , which have evidently been sculptured by followers of the Christian Relig ion . They represent the Crucifixion , and two devotees , or monks , —having no appearance whatever of the Virgin Mary , and St . John , as mentioned in the Encyclopedia Britannica . Those figures are carved in a style of superior
excellence to those of the Elephant and Horse ; but whether they do , or not , belong to the same age , I feel myself incapable of determining . I must , however , observe , that the Saka , or Younger Buddha , oi Hindoos , is undoubtedly a corrupt tradition of the History of our SAVIOUR . This point I conceive to be capable ol establishment by means of undoubted historical jiroof ; but to entei
into full demonstration of this most interesting fact , would lead me far beyond tbe bounds which a paper intended for the limits of your miscellany would admit . I therefore content myself with remark-