Mysteries And Mysteries.

MYSTERIES AND MYSTERIES .

10 TIIE EBITOE OF THE IKEEHASOKS' MAGAZIHT" AND 2 US 02 TIC MIMOn . Dear Sir and Brother , —In your number of the 27 th ult . there is a paper respecting my discoveries by Eeitain . It is headed "Mysteries and Mysteries . " Reitam tells me my writings are mostly Pagan and Egyptianand he fancies they will be found to be

, based on Sabeism . What of Masonry—is it founded on Sabeism ? Does not the W . M . rise in the East to enlighten his lodge as the sun does , & c . ; aud when the Master rises as the sun , does not the lodge open , and does not the lodge close in the West at sunset ? Is not the sun always on the meridian with Masons ,

and Eeitain himself says that " H . A . B . " allegorically represents the sun , and " II . A . B . " I can prove is the Papa or Pope , or Bather of Celestial Masonry . Eeitam tells me about the early state of the world , and so on , according to the commonly understood cant of the day , and then he traverses Egypt , Persia ,

and India with his learning . All he says lie believes to be terrestrial truths , when in reality the greater portion of these truths are mere astronomical fables . He tells me something , however , which I did not know and do not believe , namely , that My thras kills the bull of the zodiac , " which sometimes , by the precession of the equinoxes , has occupied the place of the

Earn . " What do you mean , Brother Myth ? The The bull Mythras kills , never occupied the place of the ram—it is not Taurus that he slays ; and without any reference to precession , the type of the bull is always on the ram in all globes and atlases ever published . * If it is simple and foolish to attempt to read the

wisdom of the Great Architect of the Universe in the heavens , then am I guilty of folly , and my only plea of defence is that Ereemasonry beguiled me and led me astray , for I have been guided in my researches and discoveries entirel y by the Masonic keys or tools worn by Bro . Eeitam himself .

Eeitam says he " gives ine the following problem , " but he has forgotten to state the problem—or , at all events , I cannot find it anywhere . Then he says" Now take the sphere of Coronelli and observe what takes place , "f Is Coronelli ' s sphere the problem—if so , it is a

queer one ? During a long life I have read a great deal of trash , but I never read such a jumble of serious nonsense in so few words . Perhaps Bro . Eeitam will tell me where I can find Coronelh ' s sphere . I always understood Coronelli to be a voluminously conceited something , and Chalmers , in his " Biographical Dictionary , " says , " Coronelli had a wonderful opinion of his own labours . That is not surprising . We are more disposed to wonder at the spirit of

literary enterprise among the printers and booksellers in those days which enconraged such undertakings . " On the 25 th December , to a minute , the sun enters Capiieornus , at the winter solstice . Does it ? The shortest day denotes the solstice , and St . Thomas of the 21 st December is generally so considered , although the actuallenters the tropic si

astronomically , sun y gn ( but not the " pictured sign ) Capricornus during the 22 nd of December—certainly not on the 25 th . Therefore , Bro . Reitam , the foundation of your hypothesis respecting the Saviour has no foundation . There is no stable of iEgeus in either astronomical or pictured Capricornus . Fronting the title-page of Volney ' s

" New Ees . " are the celestial planespheres , and in the Gemini are the word , " Ftable de Jouseph . " The planispheres are called , "Tableau du eielaslrologiquedesaneiens pour Vexplication des mijsteres de la relig ion des Perses , des Juifs , et des Chretiens . '''' I know thus much of astrologythat the constellations of the planespheres

, are not used in the science , and therefore Volney was wrong in terming the planespheres astrological . As Volney is supposed to say the celestial spheres explain the ancient mysteries of the religion of the Jews and Christians , it . is a sad pity he did not explain in what manner . Had he done so he would have saved me

upwards of thirty years' labour , and I had then been spared the virulent enmity of the learned-ignorant . To return to Joseph ' s stable . On the pictured sign Gemini in all charts is the astronomical Cancer . In pictured Cancer are two asses—Asellus Boreus and Asellus Australis ; and between them , on the ecliptic , is Prtesepe , the manger . Coronelli in his " Epitome Cosmografica , " 1693 , gives Praasepe in Cancer . Then

what does he mean about the ass of Bacchus ( Centaurus ) and the crib or manger being at the highest meridianal point ? Then he says the Virgin reposes in the east . The brig ht occidental star Spica of Virgo he therefore makes to change places with the oriental Mizach of Andromeda ; butaltogether , such nonsense

, is not deserving notice . Bro . Eeitam wishes to know whether his mysteries are not as patent as my own . In reply , my mysteries are simple astronomical laws , whereas his are " mysteries and mysteries ; " I therefore would recommend him to have them patented forthwith . Bro .

Eeitam , does it nautical , and wishes to know to what mast my colours are nailed ; and , in the style of Pater familias , he pauses for a reply . Ancl he shall not pause long , for my mainmast is Truth , to which my ensign is nailed , and my main backstay is Omnia vincit Veritas . As to the oui bono—if the nonsense of

Masonry is worthy attention , surely the wisdom- of Masonry is worthy of some little consideration . Bro . Eeitam will p lease remember that I possess a document signed by the Grand Eegistrar , where it states the Masonic ceremonies are accurately laid down blaw on the celestial planespheresand that I have a

y , letter written by the D . G . M ., wherein he says my Masonic discoveries are beyond the scope of ordinary Masonry . But I am in no wise inclined to believe Eeitam is an ordinary Mason ; and from what I can judge of his writing , he is seeking for truth , though he does not go the riht way to fiud her ; and I think

g he does not believe ignorance is bliss , and that it is folly to be wise . Tours fraternally , HENBX MELVILLE .