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Article ANCIENT MASONS' MARKS. ← Page 2 of 9 →
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Ancient Masons' Marks.
more of a heraldic look than any of the others , i—i the crosslet excepted , and closely resembles the {_ ~ ] badge found on the coffin of Robert Bruce , King I \ of the Scots , when his tomb was examined some > .. thirty years ago , ex gratia . jf | The fourth mark from Fort Tigne in our former
paper , i . e ., the globe or circle , and cross , concerning the various interpretations of which so much has been said , whether first applied to a planet or a metal , or used as a symbol of generation , we may dismiss without comment , as it has now been so long the Christian emblem of sovereignty . Leaving out of our consideration the nation of the Jews
, —to whom the cross in the wilderness , like other parts of their history and dispensation , shadowed forth a more perfect system , and in this type a more awful sacrifice—it is a proposition perfectly consonant both with nature and with the history of man , especially in Eastern climates , that the first step of departure from the Patriarchal faith would be
that of attaching to something visible , something directly affecting his welfare and pursuits , the attributes of the Deity ; or if he did not at once give up his idea of an Invisible
Being , the power of mediating for him and averting wrath . Step by step receding into darkness , in no long course of time the visible symbol became to the mass of the people the real God ; the creature was elevated above the Creator ; and man , the dust-bom , into whose nostrils the Almighty had breathed the breath of life , arrogantly raised himself to
a level with that being by whom " Tous ces vastes pays d'azur et de lumiere Tires du sein du vide , formes sans matiores . Guider sans compas , tournans sans pivot , n'ont a peine coute la depense d ' un mot . " It is well known that the sun , the moon , and the stars , were severally taken first as symbols of the ruler of the universe , and finally as gods
themselves . ( The Sabacian reli gion , prevalent in Arabia up to the seventh century . ) From these Eastern nations did the Hebrew women derive the fashion of adorning their necklaces with golden suns and moons , which were used for averting danger , sickness , & c , as well as for ornament . How long the pureor symbolical Sabacian existedand
, , the doctrine of the soul ' s immortality , is unknown ; but many modern authors agree , that the priests of Egypt believed in a pure theum , and in the immortality of the soul ; and Lord Lindsey gives it as his opinion , that Philac was very probably for some time the seat of worship of the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ancient Masons' Marks.
more of a heraldic look than any of the others , i—i the crosslet excepted , and closely resembles the {_ ~ ] badge found on the coffin of Robert Bruce , King I \ of the Scots , when his tomb was examined some > .. thirty years ago , ex gratia . jf | The fourth mark from Fort Tigne in our former
paper , i . e ., the globe or circle , and cross , concerning the various interpretations of which so much has been said , whether first applied to a planet or a metal , or used as a symbol of generation , we may dismiss without comment , as it has now been so long the Christian emblem of sovereignty . Leaving out of our consideration the nation of the Jews
, —to whom the cross in the wilderness , like other parts of their history and dispensation , shadowed forth a more perfect system , and in this type a more awful sacrifice—it is a proposition perfectly consonant both with nature and with the history of man , especially in Eastern climates , that the first step of departure from the Patriarchal faith would be
that of attaching to something visible , something directly affecting his welfare and pursuits , the attributes of the Deity ; or if he did not at once give up his idea of an Invisible
Being , the power of mediating for him and averting wrath . Step by step receding into darkness , in no long course of time the visible symbol became to the mass of the people the real God ; the creature was elevated above the Creator ; and man , the dust-bom , into whose nostrils the Almighty had breathed the breath of life , arrogantly raised himself to
a level with that being by whom " Tous ces vastes pays d'azur et de lumiere Tires du sein du vide , formes sans matiores . Guider sans compas , tournans sans pivot , n'ont a peine coute la depense d ' un mot . " It is well known that the sun , the moon , and the stars , were severally taken first as symbols of the ruler of the universe , and finally as gods
themselves . ( The Sabacian reli gion , prevalent in Arabia up to the seventh century . ) From these Eastern nations did the Hebrew women derive the fashion of adorning their necklaces with golden suns and moons , which were used for averting danger , sickness , & c , as well as for ornament . How long the pureor symbolical Sabacian existedand
, , the doctrine of the soul ' s immortality , is unknown ; but many modern authors agree , that the priests of Egypt believed in a pure theum , and in the immortality of the soul ; and Lord Lindsey gives it as his opinion , that Philac was very probably for some time the seat of worship of the