An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druidsauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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Page v
... worship was introduced , to recon- cile the people to the change . For the origin of the term mosaic , or mosaic work , see page 288 . The Cenotaph , or Mock - Coffin , used in the anniversaries , is typical of the death of the sun in ...
... worship was introduced , to recon- cile the people to the change . For the origin of the term mosaic , or mosaic work , see page 288 . The Cenotaph , or Mock - Coffin , used in the anniversaries , is typical of the death of the sun in ...
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... worship , the strongest oaths were required to bind the initiated to secrecy for had the real intent of its founders been known , it would doubtless have cost them their lives . That Canute was superstitious , and of course vindictive ...
... worship , the strongest oaths were required to bind the initiated to secrecy for had the real intent of its founders been known , it would doubtless have cost them their lives . That Canute was superstitious , and of course vindictive ...
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... worship of one God . * * Great use is made of the Bible , in the ceremonies of masonry ; which may be accounted for by the conformity in the customs of the Hebrews with those of more ancient nations , from which the masonic order is ...
... worship of one God . * * Great use is made of the Bible , in the ceremonies of masonry ; which may be accounted for by the conformity in the customs of the Hebrews with those of more ancient nations , from which the masonic order is ...
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... worship to the ruler , representing the functions of the sun , they to complete the absurdity , took him * The coffin of Hiram has a place among the emblematical figures of masonry.- Edit . for the first of their kings . Thence this odd ...
... worship to the ruler , representing the functions of the sun , they to complete the absurdity , took him * The coffin of Hiram has a place among the emblematical figures of masonry.- Edit . for the first of their kings . Thence this odd ...
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... worship to the ruler representing the func- tions of the sun ; they , to complete the absurdity , took him for the first of their kings . Thence this odd mixture of three inconsistent notions , I mean of God , of the sun , and of a dead ...
... worship to the ruler representing the func- tions of the sun ; they , to complete the absurdity , took him for the first of their kings . Thence this odd mixture of three inconsistent notions , I mean of God , of the sun , and of a dead ...
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