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On The Causes Of The Original Dispersion Of Primitive Nations,
son of Cush , 2221 B . C * . The second were erected probably not long after the foundation of the Egyptian monarchy , by Misraim , the son of Ham , 2188 B . C ., Babylon and Memphis being among the'first cities built after the flood . And when the totally different forms of these immense national edifices are considered , the inquiring mind can scarcely fail to seek for the causes which decided their ancient architects to
employ so gigantic a mass of materials , in one or the other of these definite forms , above that of every other which might have been selected ; and I think it will scarcel y be denied that the forms respectively of these stupendous monuments , ( which , as will be shown , were only the original archetypes of innumerable others which have been subsequently constructed ) , must unavoidably be considered as having been adopted as the carrying out of some paramount idea or intention , on the part of their founders
primaeval . There is cause to believe , that in the erection of the Chaldean Tower , the principles of true Masonry were at first abided by ; but , subsequently , the corruption of human nature urging men to overthrow a spiritual worship , which absolutely required purity and holiness , they sought to establish a system which virtuall y inculcated the worship of the creature more than the Creator , and furnished a pretext for the practice of unrestrained licentiousness , as part and parcel of reli gious rites J Such was the ancient worship of the Lingam — a worship which we read of as recognised and established throughout all antiquitv : such
was the object really worshipped under its colossal representative , in the Chaldean Tower , of whose notorious existence traditions , even in the most remote nations , almost universally exist ; and of whose actual signification many weighty proofs have been collected by the late Mr . O'Brien , to wliich I might certainly add others equally numerous and irrefragable , were I here writing an elaborate treatise , instead of a limited essay . The worship of the Lingamthenof which the Pillar Tower
, , was , as has been said , a gigantic figure , involved and signified the worship of the MALE Principle of the Universe ; this worship , though afterwards perverted , originally ( as has been intimated ) intended the worship of the True ancl Only God ; in accordance with which assertion we find that one interpretation of the word JEHOVAH , undoubtedly signifies the UNIVERSAL MALE . In India , where undeniable proofs have been found of the existence , at one period , of true Masonry , ( see Freemasons' QuarterlReview
y , p . 159 ) , this signification is found to be involved in the NAMES of the principal deities . Thus , according to Sir W . Jones , ( Asiatic Researches , * - vol . i . 232 ) , BHAGAVAT signifies the FIRST MALE ; and NARAVAN , or moving on the waters , ( vol . i . 242 ) . The Spirit of God , is often likewise denominated the PRIMAEVAL MALE . The deity described in the fourth Veda as Mahapurusha , also signifies the GREAT MALE , ( vol . in . 376 ) . Accordingly we find that the definite form of Temples in honour of this Universal Male Power , were always erected in the figure of its representative , the Lingam ; that is to say , in the form of a tower or column . Almost innumerable examples of such like
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Causes Of The Original Dispersion Of Primitive Nations,
son of Cush , 2221 B . C * . The second were erected probably not long after the foundation of the Egyptian monarchy , by Misraim , the son of Ham , 2188 B . C ., Babylon and Memphis being among the'first cities built after the flood . And when the totally different forms of these immense national edifices are considered , the inquiring mind can scarcely fail to seek for the causes which decided their ancient architects to
employ so gigantic a mass of materials , in one or the other of these definite forms , above that of every other which might have been selected ; and I think it will scarcel y be denied that the forms respectively of these stupendous monuments , ( which , as will be shown , were only the original archetypes of innumerable others which have been subsequently constructed ) , must unavoidably be considered as having been adopted as the carrying out of some paramount idea or intention , on the part of their founders
primaeval . There is cause to believe , that in the erection of the Chaldean Tower , the principles of true Masonry were at first abided by ; but , subsequently , the corruption of human nature urging men to overthrow a spiritual worship , which absolutely required purity and holiness , they sought to establish a system which virtuall y inculcated the worship of the creature more than the Creator , and furnished a pretext for the practice of unrestrained licentiousness , as part and parcel of reli gious rites J Such was the ancient worship of the Lingam — a worship which we read of as recognised and established throughout all antiquitv : such
was the object really worshipped under its colossal representative , in the Chaldean Tower , of whose notorious existence traditions , even in the most remote nations , almost universally exist ; and of whose actual signification many weighty proofs have been collected by the late Mr . O'Brien , to wliich I might certainly add others equally numerous and irrefragable , were I here writing an elaborate treatise , instead of a limited essay . The worship of the Lingamthenof which the Pillar Tower
, , was , as has been said , a gigantic figure , involved and signified the worship of the MALE Principle of the Universe ; this worship , though afterwards perverted , originally ( as has been intimated ) intended the worship of the True ancl Only God ; in accordance with which assertion we find that one interpretation of the word JEHOVAH , undoubtedly signifies the UNIVERSAL MALE . In India , where undeniable proofs have been found of the existence , at one period , of true Masonry , ( see Freemasons' QuarterlReview
y , p . 159 ) , this signification is found to be involved in the NAMES of the principal deities . Thus , according to Sir W . Jones , ( Asiatic Researches , * - vol . i . 232 ) , BHAGAVAT signifies the FIRST MALE ; and NARAVAN , or moving on the waters , ( vol . i . 242 ) . The Spirit of God , is often likewise denominated the PRIMAEVAL MALE . The deity described in the fourth Veda as Mahapurusha , also signifies the GREAT MALE , ( vol . in . 376 ) . Accordingly we find that the definite form of Temples in honour of this Universal Male Power , were always erected in the figure of its representative , the Lingam ; that is to say , in the form of a tower or column . Almost innumerable examples of such like