The mysteries of freemasonryReeves & Turner, 1860 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 83
Page 10
... signification of the names and figures which have served , from the highest antiquity , to characterize the sun , the moon , and the stars , according to their different situations . The usages of the ancients , and the inspection of ...
... signification of the names and figures which have served , from the highest antiquity , to characterize the sun , the moon , and the stars , according to their different situations . The usages of the ancients , and the inspection of ...
Page 12
... signify the twelve portions , both of the year and the heavens , were a prodigious help towards re- gulating the beginnings of sowing , mowing , harvest , and the other works of mankind . It was found very convenient , to expose in ...
... signify the twelve portions , both of the year and the heavens , were a prodigious help towards re- gulating the beginnings of sowing , mowing , harvest , and the other works of mankind . It was found very convenient , to expose in ...
Page 16
... signified the Etesian northerly wind , which , in the beginning of the summer , drives the vapours towards the south , and which covering Ethiopia with thick clouds , there re- solves them into rains , and makes the Nile swell all along ...
... signified the Etesian northerly wind , which , in the beginning of the summer , drives the vapours towards the south , and which covering Ethiopia with thick clouds , there re- solves them into rains , and makes the Nile swell all along ...
Page 18
... signifies the fathom of the dragon , the measure of the overflowing . From cane , a perch , a fathom , a rod , or cane to measure ; and from ob , the dragon . The canopi are very commonly terminated by one or two crosses . ob . Levit ...
... signifies the fathom of the dragon , the measure of the overflowing . From cane , a perch , a fathom , a rod , or cane to measure ; and from ob , the dragon . The canopi are very commonly terminated by one or two crosses . ob . Levit ...
Page 19
... signify and characterise the several winds which they know , and which either assisted or retarded the increase or the lowering of the waters ; sometimes they put upon the canopus the head of a dog , to signify the state of the river ...
... signify and characterise the several winds which they know , and which either assisted or retarded the increase or the lowering of the waters ; sometimes they put upon the canopus the head of a dog , to signify the state of the river ...
Other editions - View all
The Mysteries of Freemasonry: Or, an Exposition of the Religious Dogmas and ... John Fellows No preview available - 2022 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbé Barruel ancient antiquity Anubis Apollo appears Apuleius Bacchus body brethren called candidate celebrated celestial ceremonies Ceres Christian custom darkness dead death degree Deity Diodorus Siculus divine doctrine dog-star Druids earth Egypt Egyptians Eleusinian mysteries emblem fable feasts figures freemasonry freemasons give given gods grand master Greeks hand hath heaven Hebrews hierophant Hiram holy honour Horus human initiated institution Isis Jupiter king labours learned light lodge Lord manner masonry masons means Mithras moon Moses mystagogue mystic nations nature Nile observed oracles origin Osiris pagan pass person Phenician Plato Plutarch polytheism priests principles Pythagoras Pythagorean reason religion religious remarkable rendered represented rites royal arch sacred sacrifices says secret serpent signifies society solemn soul stars supposed symbol Tartarus taught temple tetractys theurgy things tion truth Typhon veneration Virgil whole word worship writers zodiac
Popular passages
Page 313 - And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them : And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation.
Page 136 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 287 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in.
Page 113 - Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Page 287 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Page 289 - NOW when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Page 301 - LORD : my spirit faileth : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Page 287 - THE earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein : For He hath founded it upon the seas, aud established it upon the floods.
Page 312 - Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Page 305 - And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD : And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.