An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druidsauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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... emblem of justice ; because through their means , every one had his " old land - marks " restored to him . The ... emblems of masonry , in Cross's Chart , is the figure of a Key , which is also generally displayed in masonic Monitors ...
... emblem of justice ; because through their means , every one had his " old land - marks " restored to him . The ... emblems of masonry , in Cross's Chart , is the figure of a Key , which is also generally displayed in masonic Monitors ...
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... emblem- atical use . " The blazing - star represents that prudence which ought to appear conspicuous in the conduct of every mason ; but is more especially commemorative of the star which appeared in the east , to guide the wise men of ...
... emblem- atical use . " The blazing - star represents that prudence which ought to appear conspicuous in the conduct of every mason ; but is more especially commemorative of the star which appeared in the east , to guide the wise men of ...
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... emblem , the victory of Orus over Typhon , or at least the triumph of the sun beams over the vapors of the Nile ? " ( Mayo's Myth . vol . ii . p . 47. ) Python , says Bailey , is derived from pytho , Gr . to putrify . The serpent ...
... emblem , the victory of Orus over Typhon , or at least the triumph of the sun beams over the vapors of the Nile ? " ( Mayo's Myth . vol . ii . p . 47. ) Python , says Bailey , is derived from pytho , Gr . to putrify . The serpent ...
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... emblem of health , salutis draco , speaking of Esculapius . When Moses lifted up a brazen serpent in the wilderness , the afflicted Hebrews understood , that it was a sign of preservation . * To express the wonderful fecundity of ...
... emblem of health , salutis draco , speaking of Esculapius . When Moses lifted up a brazen serpent in the wilderness , the afflicted Hebrews understood , that it was a sign of preservation . * To express the wonderful fecundity of ...
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... emblems of masonry , called the all seeing eye , and said to repre sent the true God ; whereas it is nothing more than a symbol of the sun made use of by the ancient Egyptians , and from them descended to the masons . — Edit . These ...
... emblems of masonry , called the all seeing eye , and said to repre sent the true God ; whereas it is nothing more than a symbol of the sun made use of by the ancient Egyptians , and from them descended to the masons . — Edit . These ...
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