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Article ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES. ← Page 9 of 10 →
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
his consort , Isis , and on his return he found it filled with distraction , in consequence of the sedition of his brother Typhon . Osiris attempted by mild remonstrances to convince his brother of the impropriety of his conduct , but did not succeed , and was murdered by Typhon in a secret apartment , who , cutting his body in pieces , inclosed them in an ark , or chest , and committed them to the waters of the Nile . Isis , with loud lamentationsbewailed the death of her husbandand went in search of
, , his body , which she ultimately discovered , and entrusting it to the cave of the priests , at the same time established the mystei'ies , in commemoration of the foul deed . This legend was of a purely astronomical nature . * Osiris was the sun , Isis the moon , and Typhon the symbol of winter , which rendering neutral for a time the fertilizing power of the sun , deprives him , as it were , of life . This was celebrated in these peculiar mysteriesand during their celebration the aspirant passed
, fictitiously through the sufferings and death of Osiris , whom , during this part of the ceremony , he was figuratively made to represent . It was in this degree that the esoteric doctrines relative to the nature of the Deity—the creation and government of the world—the necessity of mediatorial atonement—the destruction of the world by the waters of fche deluge—the condition of the soul and its eternal existence , together
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
his consort , Isis , and on his return he found it filled with distraction , in consequence of the sedition of his brother Typhon . Osiris attempted by mild remonstrances to convince his brother of the impropriety of his conduct , but did not succeed , and was murdered by Typhon in a secret apartment , who , cutting his body in pieces , inclosed them in an ark , or chest , and committed them to the waters of the Nile . Isis , with loud lamentationsbewailed the death of her husbandand went in search of
, , his body , which she ultimately discovered , and entrusting it to the cave of the priests , at the same time established the mystei'ies , in commemoration of the foul deed . This legend was of a purely astronomical nature . * Osiris was the sun , Isis the moon , and Typhon the symbol of winter , which rendering neutral for a time the fertilizing power of the sun , deprives him , as it were , of life . This was celebrated in these peculiar mysteriesand during their celebration the aspirant passed
, fictitiously through the sufferings and death of Osiris , whom , during this part of the ceremony , he was figuratively made to represent . It was in this degree that the esoteric doctrines relative to the nature of the Deity—the creation and government of the world—the necessity of mediatorial atonement—the destruction of the world by the waters of fche deluge—the condition of the soul and its eternal existence , together