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On Freemasonry.
by an appropriate sign , so that they might express it by its appearance . " The above author has enumerated a vast variety of alphabets , and with great industry has collected the hieroglyphical characters of most of them ; including antediluvian alphabets ; those of the kings and philosophers ; one for each of the
twelve signs , ancl the seven planets , & c , to the number of eighty ; which embody an abundance of symbols used in the masteries , as well as many which have been incorporated into genuine Freemasonry . The Egyptian writing , at the period of its greatest perfection , was of three sorts ; the Epistolic , the Hieroglyphic , and the Symbolic ; while in addition to these , the priests had another species of picture writing which was termed Hierogrammatic . This latter they entrusted to none but
those of their own order . Ancl they invented another system of magical communication which imbedded cabalistic secrets in comprehensive phrases , that were not only mysterious , but absolutely formidable to the ignorant . Thus soothsayers were called , magic alarm posts . Philtres and dangerous compounds , treasure chambers ; the knowledge of spirits ,
astrological tables ; mysterious things , conjuring spirits ; pyramids , secrets ofthe stars , & c . But the symbolic writing was the most comprehensive ; and for greater secrecy became subdivided into three parts , which were denominated the Curiologic , the Tropical , and the Allegorical ; each admitting of a different method of interpretationwhich was
communi-, cated only to a select few . Thus for instance , in the curiologic style the moon was . pictured by a crescent , tropically , by a cat , and allegorically , by the figure of Isis , or a veiled female .
Bin Washih above cited , gives an account of the following series of hieroglyphics in a temple in Upper Egypt ; which is valuable because it constitutes a vivid picture of the legend of initiation into the mysteries . " This building was a temple of Adonis , whom the sun and moon serve . It represented a coffin , adorned with curious figures and
admirable ornaments . A vine growing , with its leaves spread over it . The divinity was standing upon the coffin , with a staff in his hand , out of the end of which a tree shot forth and overshadowed it . Behind the coffin was seen a pit full of blazing fire , and four angels catching serpents , scorpions , and other noxious reptiles , throwing them into it . On his head a crown of glory ; on his ri ght the sun , and on his left
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On Freemasonry.
by an appropriate sign , so that they might express it by its appearance . " The above author has enumerated a vast variety of alphabets , and with great industry has collected the hieroglyphical characters of most of them ; including antediluvian alphabets ; those of the kings and philosophers ; one for each of the
twelve signs , ancl the seven planets , & c , to the number of eighty ; which embody an abundance of symbols used in the masteries , as well as many which have been incorporated into genuine Freemasonry . The Egyptian writing , at the period of its greatest perfection , was of three sorts ; the Epistolic , the Hieroglyphic , and the Symbolic ; while in addition to these , the priests had another species of picture writing which was termed Hierogrammatic . This latter they entrusted to none but
those of their own order . Ancl they invented another system of magical communication which imbedded cabalistic secrets in comprehensive phrases , that were not only mysterious , but absolutely formidable to the ignorant . Thus soothsayers were called , magic alarm posts . Philtres and dangerous compounds , treasure chambers ; the knowledge of spirits ,
astrological tables ; mysterious things , conjuring spirits ; pyramids , secrets ofthe stars , & c . But the symbolic writing was the most comprehensive ; and for greater secrecy became subdivided into three parts , which were denominated the Curiologic , the Tropical , and the Allegorical ; each admitting of a different method of interpretationwhich was
communi-, cated only to a select few . Thus for instance , in the curiologic style the moon was . pictured by a crescent , tropically , by a cat , and allegorically , by the figure of Isis , or a veiled female .
Bin Washih above cited , gives an account of the following series of hieroglyphics in a temple in Upper Egypt ; which is valuable because it constitutes a vivid picture of the legend of initiation into the mysteries . " This building was a temple of Adonis , whom the sun and moon serve . It represented a coffin , adorned with curious figures and
admirable ornaments . A vine growing , with its leaves spread over it . The divinity was standing upon the coffin , with a staff in his hand , out of the end of which a tree shot forth and overshadowed it . Behind the coffin was seen a pit full of blazing fire , and four angels catching serpents , scorpions , and other noxious reptiles , throwing them into it . On his head a crown of glory ; on his ri ght the sun , and on his left