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Wisdom within the chapters of the secret teachings of all ages manly P hall freas symbolism in several early Masonic manuscripts for example the haran Sloan Lansdown and Edinburg kill winning it is stated that the craft of initiated Builders existed before the Deluge and that its members were employed in the
Building of the Tower of Babel ammonic Constitution dated 17001 gives the following naive account of the origin of the Sciences arts and crafts from which the major part of masonic symbolism is derived how this worthy science was first begun I shall tell before Noah’s flood there was a man called lamech as
It is written in the fourth chapter of Genesis and this lamech had two wives the one was called adaa and the other Zilla by the first wife Ada he got two sons the one called jabal and the other Jubal and by the other wife Zillah he
Got a son and daughter and the four children found the beginning of all crafts in the world this jabal was the Elder son and he found the craft of geometric and he parted flocks as of sheep and Lambs in the fields and first rought houses of stone and tree as it is
Noted in the chapter of for said and his brother Jubal found the craft of music of songs organs and harp the third brother tubalcain found out Smith’s craft to work Iron and Steel and their sister Nama found out the art of weaving these children did know that God
Would take Vengeance for sin either by fire or water wherefore they wrote These Sciences which they had found in two pillars of stone that they might be found After the flood the one stone was called marble cannot burn with fire and the other was called lurus brass that
Cannot drown in the water the author of this constit ution thereupon declares that one of these pillars was later discovered by Hermes who communicated to mankind the secrets thereon inscribed in his Antiquities of the Jews Josephus writes that Adam had forwarned his descendants that sinful Humanity would be destroyed by a
Deluge in order to preserve their science and philosophy the children of Seth therefore raised two pillars one of brick and the other of stone on which were inscribed the keys to their knowledge the patriarch Enoch whose name means the initiator is evidently a person ification of the sun since he
Lived 365 years he also constructed an underground Temple consisting of nine vaults one beneath the other placing in the deepest Vault a triangular tablet of gold bearing upon it the absolute and ineffable name of deity According to some accounts Enoch made two golden Deltas the larger he placed upon the
White cubicle altar in the lowest Vault and the smaller he gave into the keeping of his son methus Ley who did the actual construction work of the brick Chambers according to the pattern revealed to his father by the most high in the form and arrangement of these vaults Enoch epitomized the nine spheres
Of the ancient Mysteries and the nine sacred strata of the earth through which the initiate must pass to reach the Flaming Spirit dwelling in its Central core according to freemasonic symbolism Enoch fearing that all knowledge of the Sacred Mysteries would be lost at the time of the Deluge erected the two
Columns mentioned in the quotation upon the metal column in appropriate allegorical symbols he engraved the secret reaching and upon the marble column placed an inscription stating that short distance away a Priceless treasure would be discovered in a Subterranean Vault after having thus Faithfully completed his labors Enoch was translated from the brow of
Mount Mariah in time the location of the secret vaults was lost but after the lapse of Ages there came another Builder and initiate after the order of Enoch and he while laying the foundations for another Temple to the great architect of the universe then discovered the long lost vaults and the secrets contained
Within John leanda was appointed by King Henry VII to go through the archives of the various religious institutions dissolved by the king and remov for preservation any books or manuscripts of an important character among the documents copied by liland was a series of questions and answers concerning the
Mystery of masonry written by King Henry V 6 in answer to the question how came masonry into England the document states that Peter go a Grecian traveled for knowledge in Egypt Syria and every land where the Phoenicians had planted masonry winning entrance in all Lodges of Masons he learned much and returning
Dwelt in Greater Greece he became became renowned for his wisdom formed a great lodge at groten and made many Masons some of whom journeyed in France spreading masonry there from France in the course of time the order passed into England to even The Superficial student of the subject it must be evident that
The name of Peter GA The Grecian is merely an anglicized form of Pythagoras consequently groten where he formed his lodge is easily identified with Crotona a link is thus established between the philosophic mysteries of Greece and medieval Freemasonry in his notes on King Henry’s questions and answers William Preston enlarges upon
The vow of secrecy as it was practiced by the ancient initiates on the authority of planny he describes how anex sarcus having been imprisoned in order to extort from him some of the secrets with which he had been entrusted bit out his own tongue and threw it in the face of nicoron the
Tyrant of Cyprus Preston adds that the Athenians revered a Brazen statue that was represented without a tongue to denote the sanctity with which they regarded their oathbound secrets it is also noteworthy that according to to King Henry’s manuscript masonry had its origin in the East and
Was the carrier of the Arts and Sciences of civilization to the Primitive Humanity of the western Nations conspicuous among the symbols of Freemasonry are the Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences by grammar man is taught to express in Noble and adequate language his innermost thoughts and ideals by
Rhetoric he is enabled to conceal his ideals under the protecting cover of ambiguous language and figures of speech by Logic he is trained in the organization of the intellectual faculty with which he has been endowed by arithmetic he not only is instructed in the mystery of universal
Order but also gains the key to multitude magnitude and proportion by geometry he has inducted into the mathematics of form the Harmony and rhythm of angles and the philosophy of organization by music he is reminded that the universe is founded upon the laws of celestial harmonics and that
Harmony and Rhythm are all pervading by astronomy he gains an understanding of the immensities of time and space of the proper relationship between himself and the universe Ivers and of the awesomeness of that unknown power which is driving the countless stars of the firmament through illimitable space equipped with the knowledge conferred by
Familiarity with the liberal arts and sciences the studious Freemason therefore finds himself confronted by few problems with which he cannot cope The dionysiac Architects the most celebrated of the ancient fraternities of Artisans was that of The dionysiac Architects this organization was composed exclusively of initiates of the Backus dianus cult and
Was PE peculiarly consecrated to the science of building and the Art of decoration acclaimed as being the custodians of a secret and sacred knowledge of architectonics its members were entrusted with the design and erection of public buildings and monuments the superlative Excellence of their handiwork elevated the members of
The Guild to a position of surpassing dignity they were regarded as the master Craftsman of the Earth because of the first dances held in honor of dionos he was considered the founder and Patron of the theater and the dionan specialized in the construction of buildings adapted for the presentation of dramatic
Performances in the circular or semicircular Orchestra they invariably erected an altar to as skyus the famous Greek poet that while appearing in one of his own plays he was suspected by a mob of angry Spectators of revealing one of the profound secrets of the Mysteries and was forced to seek Refuge at the
Altar of di isos so carefully did the DIC Architects Safeguard the secrets of their craft that only fragmentary records exist of their esoteric teachings John a Weiss thus sums up the meager data available concerning the order they made their appearance certainly not later than 1,000 BC and appear to have enjoyed particular
Privileges and immunities they also possessed secret means of recognition and were bound together by special ties only known to themselves the Richer of this fraternity were bound to provide for their poorer Brethren they were divided into communities governed by a master and wardens and called gyi connected houses they held a grand
Festival annually and were held in high esteem their ceremonials were regarded as sacred it has been claimed at Solomon at the instance of hyam king of Ty employed them at his Temple and palaces they were also employed at the construction of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus they had means of
Intercommunication all over the then Known World and from them doubtless sprang the Guilds of the traveling Masons known in the Middle Ages see the Obelisk and Freemasonry the fraternity of The dionysiac Architects spread throughout all of Asia Minor even reaching Egypt and India they established elves in nearly all the countries bordering on
The Mediterranean and with the rise of the Roman Empire found their way into Central Europe and even into England the most stately and enduring buildings in Constantinople rhs Athens and Rome were erected by these inspired Craftsmen one of the most illustrious of their number was Vitruvius the great architect
Renowned as the author of D architector libri desm in the various sections of his book Vitruvius gives several hints as to the philosophy underlying the dionysiac concept of the principle of symmetry applied to the science of architecture as derived from a consideration of the proportions established by Nature between the parts
And members of the human body the following extract from Vitruvius on the subject of symmetry is representative the design of a temple depends on symmetry the principles of which must be most carefully observed by the architect they are due to proportion an analogia proportion is a correspondence
Among the measures of the members of an entire work and of the whole to a certain part selected as standard from this result the principles of symmetry without Symmetry and proportion there can be no principles in the design of any Temple that is if there is no precise
Relation between its members as in the case of those of a well-shaped man for the human body is so designed by Nature that the face from the chin to the top of the forehead and the lowest roots of the hair is a tenth part of the whole height the open hand from the
Wrist to the tip of the middle finger is just the same the head from the chin to the crown is an eighth and with the neck and shoulder from the top of the breast to the lowest roots of the hair is a sixth from the middle of the breast to
The summit of the crown is a fourth if we take the height of the face itself the distance from the bottom of the chin to the underside of the nostrils and from that point to a line between the eyebrows is the same from there to the
Lowest roots of the hair is also a third comprising the forehead the length of the foot is 1/ sixth of the height of the body of the forearm 1/4 and the breadth of the breast is also 1/4 the other members too have their own symmetrical proportions and it was by
Employing them that the famous painters sculptures of antiquity attained to great and endless Renown the edifices raised by the dionysiac builders were indeed sermons in stone though unable to comprehend fully the cosmic principles thus embodied in these masterpieces of human Ingenuity and Industry even the uninitiated were invariably overwhelmed
By the sense of majesty and symmetry resulting from the perfect coordination of pillars spans arches then domes by variations in the details of size material type Arrangement ornamentation and color these inspired Builders believed it possible to provoke in the nature of the onlooker certain distinct mental or emotional reactions Vitruvius for
Example describes the disposition of bronze vases about a room so as to produce certain definite changes in the tone and quality of the human voice in like manner each chamber in the Mysteries through which the candidate passed had its own peculiar Acoustics thus in one chamber the voice
Of the priest was Amplified until his words caused the Very Room to vibrate while in another the voice was diminished and softened to such a degree that it sounded like the distant tinkling of Silver Bells again in some of the underground passageways the candidate was apparently
Bereft of the power of speech for though he shouted at the top of his voice not even a whisper was audible to his ears after progressing a few feet however he would discover that his softest sigh would be reced a 100 times the Supreme ambition of The dionysiac Architects was the
Construction of buildings which would create distinct Impressions consistent with the purpose for which the structure itself was designed in common with the pythagoreans they believed it possible by combinations of straight lines and curves to induce any desired mental attitude or emotion they labored therefore to the end of producing a
Building perfectly harmonious with the structure of the universe itself they may have even believed that an edifice so constructed because it was in no respected variance with any existing reality would not be subject to dissolution but would endure throughout the span of mortal time as a logical deduction from their philosophic trend
Of thought such a building in rapport with Cosmos would also have become an oracle certain early works on magical philosophy hint that the Ark of the Covenant was oracular in character because of specially prepared Chambers in its interior these by their shape and Arrangement were so attuned to the
Vibrations of the invisible world that they caught and Amplified the voices of the ages imprinted upon and eternally existent in the substance of the astralite unskilled in these ancient subtleties of their profession modern Architects often create architectural absurdities which would cause their creators to blush with shame did they
Comprehend their actual symbolic import thus phallic emblems are strewn in profusion among the adornments of banks Office Buildings and department stores Christian churches Also may be surmounted with Brahman or muhammadan domes or be designed in a style suitable for a Jewish synagogue or a Greek Temple to Pluto these in congruities may be
Considered trivial in importance by the modern designer but to the trained psychologist the purpose for which a building was erected is frustrated in large measure by the presence of such architectural discordances Vitruvius thus defines the principle of propriety as conceived and applied by the dians propriety is that Perfection of
Style which comes when a work is authoritatively constructed on approved principles it arises from prescription Greek the matism from usage or from nature from prescription in the case of hypol edifices open to the sky in honor of Jupiter lightning the heaven the Sun or the moon for these are Gods whose
Semblances and manifestations we behold before our very eyes in the sky when it is cloudless and bright the temples of manura Mars and Hercules will be Doric since the Viro strength of these Gods makes daintiness entirely inappropriate to their houses in temples too Venus Flora proserpine spring water and the
Nym the Corinthian order will be found to have peculiar significance because these are delicate divinities and so its rather slender outlines its flowers leaves and ornamental volutes will lend propriety where it is due the construction of temples of the ionic order to Juno Diana father bakus and the
Other gods of that kind will be in keeping with the middle position which they hold for the building of such will be an appropriate combination of the severity of the Doric and the delicacy of the Corinthian in describing the societies of ionian artificers Joseph daosta declares the DIC rights to have been
Founded upon the science of astronomy which by the initiates of this order was correlated to the Builder’s art in various documents dealing with the origin of architecture are found hints to the effect that the great buildings erected by these initiated Craftsmen were based upon geometrical patterns derived from the constellations
Thus a temple might be planned according to the constellation of Pegasus or a court of judgment modeled after the constellation of the scales the dians evolved A peculiar code by which they were able to communicate with one another in the dark and both the symbols and the terminology of their
Guild were derived in the main from the elements of architecture while stigmatized as pagans by reason of their philosophic principles it is noteworthy that these DIC Craftsmen were almost universally employed in the erection of early Christian abies and cathedrals whose Stones even to this very day be distinguishing marks and symbols cut
Into their surfaces by these illustrious Builders among the ornate carvings upon the fronts of great churches of the old world are frequently found representations of compasses squares rules mallets and clusters of Builder tools skillfully incorporated into mural decorations and even placed in the hands of the Effigies of saints and Prophets
Standing in exalted niches a great mystery was contained in the ancient portals of the Cathedral of Notre Dame which were destroyed during the French Revolution for among their carvings were numerous rosicrucian and Masonic emblems and according to the records preserved by Alchemists who studied their beas reliefs the secret processes for metallic transmutation
Were set forth in their grotesque yet most significant figures the checkerboard floor upon which the modern freemasonic Lodge stands is the old tracing Board of the DIC Architects and while the modern organization is no longer limited to workman’s guilds it still preserves in its symbols the metaphysical doctrines
Of the ancient Society of which it is presumably the outgrowth the investigator of the origin of freemasonic symbolism who desires to trace the development of the order Through the Ages will find a practical suggestion in the following statement of Charles WBY ethor but considering that Freemasonry
Is a tree the roots of which spread through so many soils it follows that traces thereof must be found in its fruit that its language and ritual should retain much of the various sects and institutions it has passed through before arriving at their present State and in masonry we meet with Indian
Egyptian Jewish and Christian ideas terms there from the Supreme ambition of their craft and symbols see the secret societies of all ages and countries the Roman collegia of skilled Architects were apparently a subdivision of the greater ionian body their principles and organization being practically identical with the older ionian
Institution it has been suspected that the dians also profoundly influenced early Islamic culture for part of their symbolism found its way into the mysteries of the dervishes at one time the dians referred to themselves as sons of Solomon and one of the most important of their symbols
Was the Seal of Solomon two interlac triangles this Motif is frequently seen in conspicuous parts of Muhammad and mosques the Knights Templars who were suspected of anything and everything are believed to have contacted these DC artificers and to have introduced many of their symbols and doctrines into Medieval
Europe but Freemasonry most of all owes to the dionesia cult the great mass of its symbols and rituals which are related to the science of architecture from these ancient and illustrious art an had also received the legacy of the unfinished Temple of civilization that vast invisible structure upon which these initiated
Builders have labored continuously since the Inception of their fraternity this Mighty edifice which has fallen and been rebuilt time after time but whose foundations remain unmoved is the true Everlasting House of which the temple on the brow of Mount Mariah was but an impermanent symbol aside from the operative aspect
Of their order the dionysiac Architects had a speculative philosophic code Human Society they considered as a rough and untrue ashar but lately chiseled from the Quarry of Elemental nature this crude block was the true object upon which these skilled Craftsmen labored polishing it squaring it and with the
Aid of fine carvings transforming it into a miracle of beauty while Mystics released their souls from the bondage of matter by meditation and philosophers found their keenest joy in the profundities of thought these Master workmen achieved Liberation from the wheel of life and death by learning to
Swing their hammers with the same Rhythm that moves the swirling forces of Cosmos they venerated the deity under the guise of a great architect and master Craftsman who was ever gouging rough ashars from the fields of space and Tru them into universes the dians affirmed constructiveness to be the Supreme
Expression of the soul and attuning themselves with the ever visible constructive natural processes going on around them believed immortality could be achieved by thus becoming a part of the creative agencies of nature Solomon the personification of universal wisdom the name Solomon may be divided into three syllables Solomon symbolizing
Light glory and Truth collectively and respectively the Temple of Solomon is therefore first of all the house of everlasting light its Earthly symbol being the Temple of stone on the brow of Mount Moriah according to the mystery teachings there are three temples of Solomon as there are three grand Masters
Three Witnesses and three Tabernacles of the Transfiguration the first temple is the grand house of the universe in the midst of which sits the sun Soul upon his Golden Throne the TW signs of the zodiac as fellow Craftsmen gather around their shining Lord three lights the Stellar
The solar and the lunar illuminate this Cosmic Temple accompanied by his retinue of planets moons and asteroids this Divine King Solomon whose Glory no earthly Monarch shall ever equal passes in stately pomp down the Avenues of space whereas hyam represents the active physical light of the sun Solomon
Signifies its invisible but all powerful spiritual and intellectual eulc the second symbolic Temple is the human body the little house made in the image of the great Universal house know ye not asked the Apostle Paul that ye are the temple of God and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you
Freemasonry within a temple of stone cannot be other than speculative but Freemasonry within the living Temple of the body is operative the third symbolic Temple is the solar house an invisible structure the comprehension of which is a supreme freemasonic Arcanum the mystery of this intangible edifice is concealed under the allegory
Of the Somas suchon or wedding garment described by St Paul the Robes of Glory of the high priest of Israel the yellow robe of the Buddhist monk and the robe of blue and gold to which Albert Pike refers in his symbolism the soul constructed from an invisible fiery
Substance a flaming golden metal is cast by the master Workman hyam abith into the mold of clay the physical body and is called the molten sea the Temple of the human soul is built by three Master Masons personifying wisdom love and service and when constructed according
To the law of Life the spirit of God dwells in the Holy Place thereof the solar Temple is the true Everlasting house and he who can raise or cast it is a Master Mason indeed the best informed Masonic writers have realized that Solomon’s Temple is a representation in miniature of the universal Temple
Concerning this point AE weight in on new Encyclopedia of Freemasonry writes it is macrocosmic in character so that the temple is a symbol of the universe a type of manifestation itself Solomon the spirit of universal illumination mental spiritual moral and physical is personified in the king of an Earthly Nation
While a great ruler by that name may have built a temple he who considers the story solely from its historical angle will never clear away the rubbish that covers the secret vaults the rubbish is interpolated matter in the form of superficial symbols allegories and degrees which have no legitimate part in
The original freemasonic Mysteries concerning the loss of the true esoteric key to Masonic Secrets Albert Pike writes no one Journeys now from the high place of cabon to the threshing floor of om man the Yus site nor has seen his Master clothed in blue and gold nor are
Apprentices and fellow crafts any longer paid at their respective columns nor is the Master’s working tool the tracing board nor does he use in his work chalk charcoal and an earn vessel nor does The Apprentice becoming a fellow craft pass from the square to the compass for the
Meanings of these phrases as symbols have long been lost according to the ancient rabins Solomon was an initiate of the mystery schools and the temple which he built was actually a house of initiation containing a mass of pagan philosophic and felic emblems the pomegranates the Palm headed columns
The pillars before the door the Babylonian cherubim and the arrangement of the chambers and draperies all indicate the temple to have been patterned after the sanctuaries of Egypt and Atlantis Isaac Meyer in the cobala makes the following observation the pseudo Clement of Rome writes God made man male and female the
Male is Christ the female the church the cabalists called the Holy Spirit the mother and the Church of Israel the daughter Solomon engraved on the walls of his Temple likeness of the male and female principles to adumbrate this mystery such it is said were the figures
Of the cherubim this was however not an obedience to the words of the Thor they were symbolical of the upper the spiritual the former or maker positive or male and the lower the passive the negative or female me formed or made by the first masonry came to Northern Africa an
Asia Minor from the lost continent of Atlantis not under its present name but rather under the general designation sun and fire worship the ancient Mysteries did not cease to exist when Christianity became the world’s most powerful religion great pan did not die Freemasonry is the proof of his survival the pre-christian Mysteries simply
Assumed the symbolism of the new Faith perpetuating through its emblems and allegories the same truths which had been the property of the wise since the beginning of the world there is no true explanation therefore for Christian symbols save that which is concealed within Pagan philosophy without the mysterious Keys carried by the
Hierophant of the Egyptian Brahman and Persian Cults the gates of wisdom cannot be opened consider with reverent Spirit therefore the sublime allegory of the temple and its Builders realizing that beneath its literal interpretation lies hidden a royal secret according to the talmudic Legends Solomon understood the mysteries of the
Cabala he was also an alchemist and a necromancer being able to control the demons and from them and other inhabitants of the invisible worlds he secured much of his wisdom in his translation of clavicula salonus or the key of Solomon the king a work presumably setting forth the magical
Secrets gathered by Solomon and used by him in the conjuration of spirits in which according to Frank C Higgins contains many sidelights on Masonic initiatory rituals SL McGregor Mathers recognizes the probability that King Solomon was a magician in the fullest sense of that word I see no reason to
Doubt he affirms the tradition which assigns the authorship of the key to King Solomon for among others Josephus the Jewish historian especially mentions the magical Works attributed to that Monarch this is confirmed by many Eastern tradition and his magical skill is frequently mentioned in the Arabian Knights concerning Solomon’s
Supernatural Powers Josephus writes in his eth book of the Antiquities of the Jews now the sagacity and wisdom which God had bestowed on Solomon was so great that he exceeded the Ancients in so much that he was no way inferior to the Egyptians who are said to have been
Beyond all men in understanding God also enabled him to learn that skill which expelled demons which is a science useful and stive to him he composed such incantation also by which distempers are alleviated and he left behind him the manner of using exorcisms by which they drive away demons so that they never
Return in this method of cures of great force unto this day the medieval Alchemists were convinced that King Solomon understood the secret processes of Hermes by means of which it was possible to multiply Metals doctor Backstrom writes that the universal Spirit hyam assisted King Solomon to build his Temple because
Solomon being wise in the wisdom of alchemy knew how to control this in corporeal Essence and setting it to work for him caused the invisible Universe to supply him with vast amounts of gold and silver which most people believed were mined by natural methods the mysteries of the Islamic
Faith are now in the keeping of The dervishes Men Who renouncing worldliness have withstood the test of a thousand And1 days of Temptation jalaludin the great Persian sufk poet and philosopher is accredited with having founded the order of mevi or the dancing dervishes whose movements exoterically signify the motions of the celestial
Bodies and esoterically result in the establishment of a rhythm which stimulates the centers of spiritual consciousness within the dancer’s body according to the mystical Canon there are always on earth a certain number of holy men who are admitted to intimate communion with the deity the one who occupies the highest position
Among his contemporaries is called the Axis ctib or pole of his time subordinate to the QB are two holy beings who bear the title of the faithful ones and are assigned places on his right and left respectively below these is a qu T of intermediate ones IAD and on successively Lower Plains are
Five lights enar and seven very good akar the next rank is filled by 40 absent ones rajel iib also termed martyr shua when an axis quits this Earthly existence he is succeeded by the faithful one who has occupied the place at his right hand for to these holy men who also bear the
Collective titles of Lords of Souls and directors is committed a spiritual Supremacy over mankind far exceeding the temporal authority of Earthly rulers see mysticism and magic in Turkey by lmj Garnett the axis is a mysterious individual who unknown and unsuspected mingles with Mankind and who according to tradition has his favorite seat upon
The roof of the cabba JP Brown in the dervishes gives a description of these Master Souls freemasonry’s Priceless Heritage the sanctum sanctorum of Freemasonry is ornamented with the Gnostic jewels of a thousand ages its rituals ring with the divinely inspired words of sear and sages 100 religious
Have brought their Gifts of wisdom to its alter Arts and Sciences unnumbered have contributed to its symbolism Freemasonry is a worldwide University teaching the liberal arts and sciences of the soul to all who will hearken to its words its chairs are seats of learning and its pillars uphold an arch of universal
Education its Trestle boards are inscribed with the Eternal varities of all ages and upon those who comprehend its sacred depths has dawned the realization that within the freemasonic Mysteries lie hidden the long lost Arcana sought by All Peoples since the Genesis of human reason the philosophic power of Freemasonry
Lies in its symbols its Priceless Heritage from the mystery schools of antiquity in a letter to Robert freak Gould Albert Pike writes it began to shape itself to my intellectual Vision into something more imposing and Majestic solemnly mysterious and Grand it seemed to me like the pyramids in their loneliness in
Whose yet undiscovered Chambers may be hidden for the enlightenment of coming Generations the sacred books of the Egyptians so long lost to the world like the sphenix half bar in the desert in its symbolism which and its Spirit of Brotherhood are its Essence Freemasonry is more ancient than any of the world’s
Living religions it has the symbols and doctrines which colder than himself zarathustra inculcated and D seemed to me a spectacle Sublime yet pitiful the ancient Faith of Our Ancestors holding out to the world its symbols once so eloquent and mutely and in vain asking for an interpreter and so I came at last
To see that the true greatness and Majesty of Freemasonry consist in its proprietorship of these and its other symbols and that its symbol ism is its Soul though the temples of Thieves and Carnac be now but Majestic heaps of broken and time battered Stone the spirit of Egyptian philosophy still
Marches triumphant through the centuries though the rock sanctuaries of the ancient brahmans be now deserted and their carvings crumbled into dust still the wisdom of the vadas endures though the oracles be silenced and the house of the Mysteries be now but rows of ghostly columns still shines
The spiritual Glory of helis with luster undiminished though Zoros to Hermes Pythagoras Plato and Aristotle are now but dim memories in a world once rocked by the transcendency of their intellectual genius still in the Mystic Temple of freemasonary these God men live again in their words and symbols in
The candidate passing through the initiations feels himself face to face with these illumined hant of days long past The Mystery of the microcosm redrawn from cesarano edition of Vitruvius herein is depicted the mysterious word of Plato which was crucified in space before the foundation of the world the
Anonymous author of the cannon writes the logos or soul of the world according to Plato the Greek Hermes and the Christ according to the Christian gnostics are all one and the same as the Hebrew Adam cadmon who is the second person of the cabalistic Triad the selenian Hermes described by hippolytus so exactly
Resembles the lesser man found in cesarano edition of Vitruvius that they may be justifiably considered to be identical after relating the figure to dionisis because of the vine leaves wound in the hair the same writer concludes here we have clearly and distinctly a curious surviv rival of the
Cosmic deity of Greece copied and disfigured by the crude draftsmen of the Middle Ages but Faithfully preserved and recognizable to the last similar figures are to be found in agrippa’s De Ulta philosophia like cesarano diagrams however the key given for their interpretation is most inadequate AG
Gria declares that being a type of the Lesser world man contain in himself all numbers mishes weights motions and elements the sacred doctrine of free masoner like that of the dec Architects is concerned primarily with the effort to measure or estimate philosophically the parts and proportions of the
Microcosm so that by the knowledge derived there from the Supreme ambition of their craft might be realized the creation of a perfect man The Mystery of the macrocosm redrawn from cesarano edition of Vitruvius summarizing the relationship between the human body and the theory of architectonics Vitruvius writes since
Nature has designed the human body so that its members are duly proportioned to the frame as a whole it appears that the Ancients had good reason for their rule that in perfect building the different members must be in exact symmetrical relations to the whole General scheme hence while transmitting
To us the proper arrangements for buildings of all kinds they were particularly careful to do so in the case of temples of the Gods buildings in which merits and faults usually last forever therefore if it is agreed that number was found out from the human fingers and that there is a symmetrical
Correspondent between the members separately and the entire form of the body in accordance with a certain part selected as standard we can have nothing but respect for those who in constructing temples of the immortal gods have so arranged the members of The Works that both the separate parts and
The whole design May harmonize in their proportions and symmetry see the 10 books on architecture by some It is believed that St Paul was initiated into the DIC mysteries for in the 10th verse of the third chapter of First Corinthians he calls himself a master builder or Adept
According to the grace of God which is given into me as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation and another buth thereon as survivals of the ancient DIC writes the two diagrams of cesarano accompanying this chapter are of incalculable value to the modern Mystic architect thanks for watching the wisdom
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