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On The Mysteries Of The Early Ages As Connected With Religion.
ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE EARLY AGES AS CONNECTED WITH RELIGION .
SECOND SEKXES . Ik the Masonic Magazine of last February , we endeavoured to
prove that the mysteries of religious . worship were clearly derived from the adoration given to celestial bodies , and more especially to the sun and moon in the forms of Isis and Osiris , and that the various ceremonies afterwards established at Eleusis , and held in honour of the deities of Greece , of Home , and through all parts of
the Eastern world , originated in Egypt . It may , then , be a matter of interest to the Brethren to show that the worship of the sun prevails at this moment , because our Order being also traced to the earliest times , lias a right to lay claim to the highest antiquity on exactly similar grounds ..
About fourteen miles to the north of Baku ( a port on the western side of the Caspian Sea ) is a conventual building erected on a spot where flames of fire issue naturally from the earth . This place is called Atesh-Dia , signifying in Persian " Eire-Land , " and is the residence of the Ghebers , or Eire-Worshippers , the last remains of
the devotees of that religion , which was so widely spread in primitive ages . They exist likewise in Astrachan , and in several parts of India . The object held by them as most sacred is the holy fire , which penetrating through the surface of the earth ignites spontaneously . Pilgrims from India and China resort to this spot , and remain as
hermits till the cltfse of life , absorbed in religious contemplation before the sacred element , which is held to be the representative of Mithras , a Persian deity , to whom converted into a carved image ,
worship was addressed . Lucifer , the morning star , the son of Jupiter and Aurora , according to the ( 3 reek mythology , from preceding the sun in dispelling the darkness of night , became identified VOL . II . 3 o
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Mysteries Of The Early Ages As Connected With Religion.
ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE EARLY AGES AS CONNECTED WITH RELIGION .
SECOND SEKXES . Ik the Masonic Magazine of last February , we endeavoured to
prove that the mysteries of religious . worship were clearly derived from the adoration given to celestial bodies , and more especially to the sun and moon in the forms of Isis and Osiris , and that the various ceremonies afterwards established at Eleusis , and held in honour of the deities of Greece , of Home , and through all parts of
the Eastern world , originated in Egypt . It may , then , be a matter of interest to the Brethren to show that the worship of the sun prevails at this moment , because our Order being also traced to the earliest times , lias a right to lay claim to the highest antiquity on exactly similar grounds ..
About fourteen miles to the north of Baku ( a port on the western side of the Caspian Sea ) is a conventual building erected on a spot where flames of fire issue naturally from the earth . This place is called Atesh-Dia , signifying in Persian " Eire-Land , " and is the residence of the Ghebers , or Eire-Worshippers , the last remains of
the devotees of that religion , which was so widely spread in primitive ages . They exist likewise in Astrachan , and in several parts of India . The object held by them as most sacred is the holy fire , which penetrating through the surface of the earth ignites spontaneously . Pilgrims from India and China resort to this spot , and remain as
hermits till the cltfse of life , absorbed in religious contemplation before the sacred element , which is held to be the representative of Mithras , a Persian deity , to whom converted into a carved image ,
worship was addressed . Lucifer , the morning star , the son of Jupiter and Aurora , according to the ( 3 reek mythology , from preceding the sun in dispelling the darkness of night , became identified VOL . II . 3 o