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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times,
duced , which , splitting into two halves , formed heaven and earth ; whence the ' ilKeavos oo-rrep yaietris -n-avras rervKrat of Homer . How the goddess of love was hatched from this primeval egg , the dove being assigned to her as a symbol ; and by reason of a reference to this event in the creation of the worldbthe use of the word Merachephethher
, y , Egyptian temple was constructed in the form of an egg . Then the creation of nature ' s works was expounded to the enlightened candidate ; and last of all the formation of man in the image of his Maker . This lecture was common to the Mysteries of all nations ; although it admitted of slight variations to suit the genius of the le to
peop whom it was propounded . Thus in Chaldea , the fish god Oannes was said to have sprung from the primogenial egg floating on the dark atmosphere of the primeval waters ; and his name is accordingly derived from & ov , an egg . In the Phenician Mysteries , par , or mud , was substituted for the but with preciselthe refe
egg , y same - rence ; for the earth was actuall y enclosed within the superincumbent waters , like a nucleus , or the yolk of an egg , till the third day of the creation , when they were separated and its
substance might hence , with strict propriety , be denominated mud . The knowledge of this state of things was perpetuated in the chaotic temple of Ptolemy the son of Lagos . The Cosmogony ofthe Mysteries of India commenced thus , as appears from an ancient purana translated b y Mr . Halhed . Of all in the created
" objects w orld water existed first ; when as yet there was neither devatah , nor man , nor animal , ' nor vegetable , nor star , nor other heavenly body . The whole universe was dark and ivater . In this primeval water did Bhagavat ( God ) in a masculine form , repose for the space of one cal ( a thousand ); after which period
pa ages , the intention of creating other beings for his own wise purposes became predominant in the mind of the great Creator . Thus observing the whole world involved in darkness , and submerged in water , " he placed in them a seed , which soon became an egg , brilliant as the meridian sun . Out of this egg Brahma was producedafter having remained full
, a year inclosed in absolute absorption ; and he was hence termed an emanation of the Deity . The egg was afterwards divided into two parts , to form the concave or egg-like canopy of heaven , and the earth . And in the sacred books already cited , the brief account of the creation of man is
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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times,
duced , which , splitting into two halves , formed heaven and earth ; whence the ' ilKeavos oo-rrep yaietris -n-avras rervKrat of Homer . How the goddess of love was hatched from this primeval egg , the dove being assigned to her as a symbol ; and by reason of a reference to this event in the creation of the worldbthe use of the word Merachephethher
, y , Egyptian temple was constructed in the form of an egg . Then the creation of nature ' s works was expounded to the enlightened candidate ; and last of all the formation of man in the image of his Maker . This lecture was common to the Mysteries of all nations ; although it admitted of slight variations to suit the genius of the le to
peop whom it was propounded . Thus in Chaldea , the fish god Oannes was said to have sprung from the primogenial egg floating on the dark atmosphere of the primeval waters ; and his name is accordingly derived from & ov , an egg . In the Phenician Mysteries , par , or mud , was substituted for the but with preciselthe refe
egg , y same - rence ; for the earth was actuall y enclosed within the superincumbent waters , like a nucleus , or the yolk of an egg , till the third day of the creation , when they were separated and its
substance might hence , with strict propriety , be denominated mud . The knowledge of this state of things was perpetuated in the chaotic temple of Ptolemy the son of Lagos . The Cosmogony ofthe Mysteries of India commenced thus , as appears from an ancient purana translated b y Mr . Halhed . Of all in the created
" objects w orld water existed first ; when as yet there was neither devatah , nor man , nor animal , ' nor vegetable , nor star , nor other heavenly body . The whole universe was dark and ivater . In this primeval water did Bhagavat ( God ) in a masculine form , repose for the space of one cal ( a thousand ); after which period
pa ages , the intention of creating other beings for his own wise purposes became predominant in the mind of the great Creator . Thus observing the whole world involved in darkness , and submerged in water , " he placed in them a seed , which soon became an egg , brilliant as the meridian sun . Out of this egg Brahma was producedafter having remained full
, a year inclosed in absolute absorption ; and he was hence termed an emanation of the Deity . The egg was afterwards divided into two parts , to form the concave or egg-like canopy of heaven , and the earth . And in the sacred books already cited , the brief account of the creation of man is