-
Articles/Ads
Article ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES. ← Page 12 of 14 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
nunciation of JE-HO-VAH has been adopted for all . This is the course adopted by Dr . Lamb ; but , as stated by him , it is not correct in either case . When the Jews met with the sacred tetragrammaton , niiTj they read for it i ; HJ $ ( A DONAI ) , and as a direction , placed the points of the
latter word to the former , and hence our common pronunciation of Tftil * ( Je-ho-vah ) is derived . This is a question of peculiar interest to x ; those who have directed their attention to the high degrees of the ancient and accepted rite . Space will not , however , permit me now to go further into the various modes of pronouncing the sacred name ; I shall , therefore , merely observe , that Dr . Lamb considers that from the word ii " ' !^ ( S HILOH ) , we may probably obtain the original punctuation of the corresponding word nifT- Tw ^ 'd ) ( SHILOH ) is an abbreviated form of rt / ~ li ? ( SHB-YELOH ) , for ii '? "'") t £ ? N ( A SHER-YELOH ) , and
according to their proper pronunciation we shall have \ TOR > ALOH , THE SACKED NAME AS REFERABLE TO THE PATRIARCHAL ' ¦ " DISPENSATION , niiT , JEHOH , TO THE MOSAICAL , and T ni "? . JELOH , TO THE CHRISTIAN . Much might be added to this important part of the subject , but I trust sufficient has been said to render it intelligible , and as I am exceeding the prescribed limits , I must conclude the present chapter hy some observations on the
RELIGION OP ANCIENT EGYPT . The reduction of various hieroglyphical texts to their true meaning , added to correct explanations of the mythological emblems of ancient Egypt , will disclose a purer faith , and a more correct knowledge of the fundamental doctrines of genuine religion , than is generally supposed to have existed in the land of the Pharaohs . In her long-hidden legends ( as remarked in the previous chapter at pp . 1718 ) we are now enabled to
, , trace the articles of a patriarchal creed , and in resolving her mythological emblems to their elementary principles , we discover indications of the knowledge of truths , so awfully stupendous as to have only been capable of originating from a divine source . Thus the nature of the ^ ^^ Deity , and the three-fold distinctions in that nature , was a // V \ sublime truth revealed to the initiated , and this was symbolized V V by the following universal and significant emblem .
The perfection of the divine nature , of which the sun was deemed to be the brightest , the purest , and most glorious emblem , was designated by the circle , and the distinctions in that nature were indicated by the equilateral triangle . The essences , or divine attributes , were variously distinguished at different periods ; butCNEPH , OSIRIS , PTHA constituted the true Egyptian triad of deity . Each represented the same Eternal power , though under different attributes . Thus , CNEPH " the God without beginning , and without end , " represented the supreme presiding spirit , the primordial source of life and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
nunciation of JE-HO-VAH has been adopted for all . This is the course adopted by Dr . Lamb ; but , as stated by him , it is not correct in either case . When the Jews met with the sacred tetragrammaton , niiTj they read for it i ; HJ $ ( A DONAI ) , and as a direction , placed the points of the
latter word to the former , and hence our common pronunciation of Tftil * ( Je-ho-vah ) is derived . This is a question of peculiar interest to x ; those who have directed their attention to the high degrees of the ancient and accepted rite . Space will not , however , permit me now to go further into the various modes of pronouncing the sacred name ; I shall , therefore , merely observe , that Dr . Lamb considers that from the word ii " ' !^ ( S HILOH ) , we may probably obtain the original punctuation of the corresponding word nifT- Tw ^ 'd ) ( SHILOH ) is an abbreviated form of rt / ~ li ? ( SHB-YELOH ) , for ii '? "'") t £ ? N ( A SHER-YELOH ) , and
according to their proper pronunciation we shall have \ TOR > ALOH , THE SACKED NAME AS REFERABLE TO THE PATRIARCHAL ' ¦ " DISPENSATION , niiT , JEHOH , TO THE MOSAICAL , and T ni "? . JELOH , TO THE CHRISTIAN . Much might be added to this important part of the subject , but I trust sufficient has been said to render it intelligible , and as I am exceeding the prescribed limits , I must conclude the present chapter hy some observations on the
RELIGION OP ANCIENT EGYPT . The reduction of various hieroglyphical texts to their true meaning , added to correct explanations of the mythological emblems of ancient Egypt , will disclose a purer faith , and a more correct knowledge of the fundamental doctrines of genuine religion , than is generally supposed to have existed in the land of the Pharaohs . In her long-hidden legends ( as remarked in the previous chapter at pp . 1718 ) we are now enabled to
, , trace the articles of a patriarchal creed , and in resolving her mythological emblems to their elementary principles , we discover indications of the knowledge of truths , so awfully stupendous as to have only been capable of originating from a divine source . Thus the nature of the ^ ^^ Deity , and the three-fold distinctions in that nature , was a // V \ sublime truth revealed to the initiated , and this was symbolized V V by the following universal and significant emblem .
The perfection of the divine nature , of which the sun was deemed to be the brightest , the purest , and most glorious emblem , was designated by the circle , and the distinctions in that nature were indicated by the equilateral triangle . The essences , or divine attributes , were variously distinguished at different periods ; butCNEPH , OSIRIS , PTHA constituted the true Egyptian triad of deity . Each represented the same Eternal power , though under different attributes . Thus , CNEPH " the God without beginning , and without end , " represented the supreme presiding spirit , the primordial source of life and