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The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.
being the material Demiurgus , while the nature of Cneph was entirely spiritual ; but it may easily be believed that this distinction was not always attentively observed that Cneph and Phtha were often considered as the same , and that both were
denominated the good genius by the Egyp tians , or , perhaps , rather the guardian genius . " * The above triad was frequently designated by a compound symbol which forms a part of the figure before us in its perfect state on the Betnbim Table ,
consisting of a winged serpent bearing a globe or circle , which , in the Hermesian writings is thus interpreted : " Una sola Lux fuit intellectualis ante lucem intellectualem , et fuit semper MEUS mentis lucida ; et nihil aliud fuit hujus unio , quatn SPIKITUS omnia connecteus . " Mr . Maurice is
inclined to think that there is some mistake in this appropriation , which he attributes to the imperfect knowledge which the Egyptians possessed respecting the trinit y ; for he says " they manifestly confounded the order of the hypostases , because the
Demiurgic Phtha is made to proceed from Cneph , yet , by the latter , they doubtless meant to typify the sacred person to whom we apply it , the incumbent S pirit that moved upon the face of the waters . " - ) - M , Portal says " that in Egypt the candidate
was regenerated by the two-fold baptism of the Spirit and of Fire ; or the union of truth and love . Neith espoused to the god of Fire , the Memphite Phtha , brought forth the Sun , a symbol of eternal fi ght and divine revelation . "
Other triads are figured on the monuments of E gypt , as the Theban triad , Amunre-Maut-Khonso ; the triad of the Me , Re-Phtha-Hapimoon , & e . In fact , according to the discoveries of Champollion in the temple of Kalabski in Nubia , it
was a whole series of triads of Gods that the E gyptians worshipped . The first link of these triads was Amon-ras-Muth-Chous ; or the genitor , the genitrix , and the son of re production ; a super terrestrial triad , which was converted into the earthl
more y ° ne of Osiris-Tsis-Orus , with the usual symbols . The persons in the first mentioned triad not receive an equal degree of adoration
in every part of the country ; for while at Heliopolis Phre or Re was esteemed the superior divinity , the Thebans preferred Cneph , whom they represeuted as a winged serpent ; the Memphites , Phtha , and the Saitaus , the female Isis , or Neith , whose
tears annually shed in grief for the parched soil of the country in its unproductive state , caused the Nile to overflow its banks . '" Her boat was held in such estimation as to be honoured with a yearly festival ; andas Plutarch informs us , was
, elevated into a constellation under the name of the " Ship of Osiris . " f "Considered in her two-fold capacity , she is called in the upper world , Neith the great mother ; in the lower world , mistress of Sais ; and as the mother goddesses in the
abode of accoiichmeut , considered as Amour , she was entitled the great chief resident in Thebes . Her chief titles are , mistress of the country of the upper region ; the great cow , engenderer of the sun;—of the gods , mother of the sun ;
regent of the region of the abode of paternity . " ^; The individual preference given to the several members of the triad was frequently the cause of furiously religious wars . Juvenal was very severe upon these zealots ; and his words would be an useful lesson to other nations besides the ancient Egyptians .
A cureless enmity and a bigot hate , Foster'd by ancient feuds , and dire debate , The men of Tentyra and Ropt engage , Filling their bosoms with religious rage . Each views his neighbour ' s idol beast with spite , For rival deities the block heads fight , You'fl scarce believe it , ' tis so wond ' rous odd , They hate each other for the love of God . II
They also varied considerably in the cer emonial oi initiation , and the time of theU ' annual commemorations , some using th e autumn and others the spring . The Marquis Spineto , in his lectures , has the following judicious observations on this
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The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.
being the material Demiurgus , while the nature of Cneph was entirely spiritual ; but it may easily be believed that this distinction was not always attentively observed that Cneph and Phtha were often considered as the same , and that both were
denominated the good genius by the Egyp tians , or , perhaps , rather the guardian genius . " * The above triad was frequently designated by a compound symbol which forms a part of the figure before us in its perfect state on the Betnbim Table ,
consisting of a winged serpent bearing a globe or circle , which , in the Hermesian writings is thus interpreted : " Una sola Lux fuit intellectualis ante lucem intellectualem , et fuit semper MEUS mentis lucida ; et nihil aliud fuit hujus unio , quatn SPIKITUS omnia connecteus . " Mr . Maurice is
inclined to think that there is some mistake in this appropriation , which he attributes to the imperfect knowledge which the Egyptians possessed respecting the trinit y ; for he says " they manifestly confounded the order of the hypostases , because the
Demiurgic Phtha is made to proceed from Cneph , yet , by the latter , they doubtless meant to typify the sacred person to whom we apply it , the incumbent S pirit that moved upon the face of the waters . " - ) - M , Portal says " that in Egypt the candidate
was regenerated by the two-fold baptism of the Spirit and of Fire ; or the union of truth and love . Neith espoused to the god of Fire , the Memphite Phtha , brought forth the Sun , a symbol of eternal fi ght and divine revelation . "
Other triads are figured on the monuments of E gypt , as the Theban triad , Amunre-Maut-Khonso ; the triad of the Me , Re-Phtha-Hapimoon , & e . In fact , according to the discoveries of Champollion in the temple of Kalabski in Nubia , it
was a whole series of triads of Gods that the E gyptians worshipped . The first link of these triads was Amon-ras-Muth-Chous ; or the genitor , the genitrix , and the son of re production ; a super terrestrial triad , which was converted into the earthl
more y ° ne of Osiris-Tsis-Orus , with the usual symbols . The persons in the first mentioned triad not receive an equal degree of adoration
in every part of the country ; for while at Heliopolis Phre or Re was esteemed the superior divinity , the Thebans preferred Cneph , whom they represeuted as a winged serpent ; the Memphites , Phtha , and the Saitaus , the female Isis , or Neith , whose
tears annually shed in grief for the parched soil of the country in its unproductive state , caused the Nile to overflow its banks . '" Her boat was held in such estimation as to be honoured with a yearly festival ; andas Plutarch informs us , was
, elevated into a constellation under the name of the " Ship of Osiris . " f "Considered in her two-fold capacity , she is called in the upper world , Neith the great mother ; in the lower world , mistress of Sais ; and as the mother goddesses in the
abode of accoiichmeut , considered as Amour , she was entitled the great chief resident in Thebes . Her chief titles are , mistress of the country of the upper region ; the great cow , engenderer of the sun;—of the gods , mother of the sun ;
regent of the region of the abode of paternity . " ^; The individual preference given to the several members of the triad was frequently the cause of furiously religious wars . Juvenal was very severe upon these zealots ; and his words would be an useful lesson to other nations besides the ancient Egyptians .
A cureless enmity and a bigot hate , Foster'd by ancient feuds , and dire debate , The men of Tentyra and Ropt engage , Filling their bosoms with religious rage . Each views his neighbour ' s idol beast with spite , For rival deities the block heads fight , You'fl scarce believe it , ' tis so wond ' rous odd , They hate each other for the love of God . II
They also varied considerably in the cer emonial oi initiation , and the time of theU ' annual commemorations , some using th e autumn and others the spring . The Marquis Spineto , in his lectures , has the following judicious observations on this