Chapter 5
I. St. Matthew
Man
Egyptian
Man
2, St. Mark
Lion
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Ape
3. St. Luke
Ox
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Jackal
4. St. John
Eagle
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Eagle
Revelation iv. 6 : " And in the midst of the
Throne and round about the Throne were four
beasts, full of eyes before and behind. The first
was like a Lion. The second was like a Calf. The
third had the face of a Man. The fourth was
like a flying Eagle." (Plate D.)
Plate E here reproduced, a facsimile of Plate
44 Fejervary Codex, portrays the original so-called
Maltese Cross of the 18"^ and 30°. Although the
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Plate D. — The Four Evangelists, SS. Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John, depicted in Christian Symbolism as
Man, Lion, Ox, and Eagle.
Plate E. — Tlie Risen Honis and Jiis Four Brothers.
(From the Fejervary Codex.)
To face p. 2^3.
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Brothers of this degree do not know it, here is
the original, and I now restore it to them. In the
centre there is a square representing Heaven as
a Square, with Horus as Amsu, or the risen Horns
as God of the four quarters, as the central figure.
Surrounding this figure there are the four supports
represented by four Trees, one in each " arm,"
and in each one of these arms is one of the four
Brothers of Horus, with his Consort supporting
in Sign Language. Between each " arm " there
is a " loop " ; at the upper part of the " loop "
is the name or Zootype form, or Symbol, for
the name of each Brother. The Symbol is placed
in the centre of the body of a bird (Eagle), proving
this to be an " attribute " of the God Horus.
All are looking at the central figure, i.e. Horus
as Amsu in Spirit, the Risen Christ, as the
Christians would say.
In Sign Language we have here typically por-
trayed the risen Horus and his four Brothers, the
latter as supporters of the Four Cardinal Points
representing the attributes of Horus supporting
the new Heaven founded on his second advent or
resurrection.
Again, this is depicted by a bird (Eagle— Symbol
for Horus) on the top of each Tree or Pillar,
which is supported as here portrayed with the
Brothers and their Consorts, an original "Stellar"
form taken alone.
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The. Glyphs which tell you, and assign to each,
the duties or attributes of these brothers, are shown
between the " Arms " of the Cross and the " Loops,"
and are identical with the old Egyptian, as stated in
the Ritual of Egypt. On the Loops there are 12
dots or small circles f j on each side, represent-
ing the 12 divisions of the North and the 12 divi-
sions of the South, or Great Powers or Spirits or
24 Mysteries (in sub -divisions) of the Stellar Cult,
and on " the Arms " of the Cross you will per-
ceive the same i 2 dots, the three parts of the arm
showing 36 divisions, or sub -divisions, in " the
Triangle," thus mixing the 36 divisions of Heaven
of the Solar with the Stellar 24 or double 12.
I also produce here a copy of Plates 65 and 66
(Plate F) Vatican Codex B, showing the four
Brothers of Horus as supporters of the Four Car-
dinal Points. It is portrayed in a different form,
" Stellar," from the previous one, and their names
and attributes are written in Glyphs underneath.
They are represented here as supporting the Tree
or Pillar or Pole of Heaven as Stellar.
Plate G (see Frontispiece), representing the
Tableau des Bacab restored, shows the raised Tatt
Cross, i.e. Tattu the Place established for ever,
within a Square (Heaven), and the four " Bacabs,"
with their Consorts placed at the Four Cardinal
Points, as supporters, or Guardians of Heaven.
This plate represents the Solar Cult, although much
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Plate F.
Tlic Four Brothers of Horns. (From tlic Vatiain Codex.)
To face p. 244.
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of the Stellar has been brought on and mixed with
it ; even the names of the Bacabs (Maya) are written
in the old Toltec Stellar Glyphs above them. The
two central figures sitting one on each side of the
Tatt Cross represent Horus in two forms, Earthly
and Spiritual ; although they have retained here
one of the Signs and Symbols for his Stellar name,
as shown on the left and portrayed by the head
of the Crocodile, where we also see the Glyphs
which denote that it is Horus, or the " Brow of the
God lu," the bringer or giver of life by water and
food.
In another form the Tatt Cross consisted of a
pedestal with four circular horizontal bars or
shelves, constituting a kind of Altar-Cross. The
name signifies " to establish," and is the Symbol
of Stability as the fourfold foundation of the world,
or an order of things, that was established upon
the four quarters. The Tatt -Altar or Pedestal
is the equivalent of the mount of the four Corners,
or the Tree with four branches, or the Cross with
four arms. It is the special type of Ptah, the
establisher of the four Corners in the Solar
Mythos ; but it existed as a Lunar Emblem for
the Moon-God before the Solar and, as we see here,
before that, in the Stellar as — " I am Tatt, the
Son of Tatt, conceived in Tatt, and bom in Tatt "
(Ritual, ch. i). Tatt was set up in Tattu, the
established, or eternal region, the Station of the
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Seven Great Gods in the Polar Region and first
in the Stellar Cult.
This Tatt Pillar here represents the two Pillars
of Tatt combined into one with the Cross added,
and the Glyphs around tell you the same as the
old Egyptian and the present-day Christian
doctrines, i.e. through the raising of the Cross
and the resurrection, or second advent, of Horus
in Spirit form under the name of Amsu, he had
established for ever Heaven as a Square for all
his followers.
Although this plate (G) represents Solar Cult,
it proves that the Mayas brought on many of their
old Stellar Cult Signs and Symbols and embodied
them into the New Cult, which they had just re-
ceived from Egypt direct. (1 find that the Peru-
vians (Incas) did the same in South America.) In
Egypt they had destroyed all they could of the old
Stellar and substituted the Solar, but in these
far-off countries the pressure of destruction would
not be so great, and the recent influx of the Solar
Cult people would only be too pleased to have
the Stellar Cult people amalgamate with them at
the expense of retaining some of the old Signs
and Symbols, which they probably quite under-
stood. As did Moses when he lifted up the
Serpent in the wilderness — to propitiate the
followers of the Stellar Cult.
I also reproduce a copy of Plate 43, Borgian
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Codex, showing these four Brothers or Attributes
of Horus in still a different form (Fig. 83). The
twelve (0) represent the Twelve Stellar Powers.
The Four Brothers of Horus.
Fig. 83. — Copy of Plate 43, Borgian Codex.
Here again we see the Solar Symbol in the centre
of the plate, proving how the Solar people brought
on the old Stellar and made use of these Signs and
Symbols. This picture represents and portrays
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most graphically one of the Egyptian stories of the
Creation, the decipherment of which it is not
necessary to give here.
Fig. 84. — Calendar Wheel from Duran.
Again, in this so-called Calendar wheel from
Duran (Fig. 84), which, in fact, is a Swastika Cross
representing the four quarters, or divisions of
Heaven, we have the names of the four Brothers,
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or Children of Horus, in " Zootype form,'' one on
each arm with the Symbol of the Solar Mythos in
the centre, which shows a later innovation from
the original. The four Winds as spoken of in
Fig. 85. — Mexican Calendar.
Revelation are here symbolized — one at each
corner.
The Solar Cult symbol in its centre proves
that this was brought on from the Stellar and
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appropriated by the Solar Cult people here in
Central America.
I reproduce (Fig. 85) from the so-called Mexican
Calendar the same kind of Swastika Cross repre-
senting the four quarters, or divisions of Heaven,
and the names of the four Brothers, or Children
Fig. 86.
of Horus, as supporters written on the arms of
the Cross, in Mexican.
These two Swastika Crosses are very important
for this reason — on one we find the names written
in Mexican, and on the other the same names
in " Zootype " form, which gives the key to the
Signs and Symbols, and enables us to read the
other pictures correctly.
Plate H.
Signs and Symbols of Horns on Engraved Shells from Mounds.
To face p. 250.
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These are the Signs and Symbols, or Ideographic
Glyphs (Fig. 86), in the Old Toltec of the names
of the four Brothers of Horus, the Guardians ot
Supporters of the Four Cardinal Points which have
been brought on from the old Stellar Cult and
used in the Solar by the Mayas, as is proved
by their portrayal in the above Bacab Tableau.
iWe also see (Plate H) from the plate of engraved
Shells from mounds (" Maya and Mexican Manu-
scripts," p. 62, Fig. 10) these four Brothers repre-
sented by four Birds'-heads. In the upper one we
have Paradise or Heaven represented as a Square,
in the Centre of which there is an Eight-pointed
Star = Heaven in eight divisions ; also in the centre
of the Star is the Ideographic Symbol for Horus
as Amsu, thus showing that he is the chief of
the Seven Great Powers, or ruler as the eighth.
The four Brothers or Children of Horus are
depicted as four Birds'-heads, one supporting each
quarter.
In the centre of the lower left we have a circle
with the dot, equal to the Star at the summit of
the Cone, a Sign and Symbol of Horus, God of the
North and South, and in the centre of the lower
•right we have Heaven again as a Square with
the four §§ = God of the four Quarters. In
each case we have also the Birds'-heads as sup-
porters and protectors of Heaven.
In the central figure we have Heaven divided
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into four quarters with a Glyph — Ideographic name
of Horus. This figure, however, is a much later
representation, and those that formed it must have
lost much of the original symbolism.
I think what I have here written and shown is
sufficient proof of my contention as to the origin,
interpretation, and importance attached to the Four
Cardinal Points. The majority of our Brotherhood
can only read the " Marchen," but if they wish
for the truth they must go back and find the origin
of " these Myths," to Old Egypt. Nowhere else
can they find the explanation.
The above, I hope, will evince to the Brother-
hood that although we rnake direct usage in our
ceremonies of the Four Cardinal Points, and
although they have hitherto lost the reason for so
doing, I have now restored it to them. It will
prove that there is a good authority for doing
so, one far deeper and more abstruse than most
of them imagined, brought on from the Old Stellar
Cult Brothers.
Whatever incredulity some may feel, or
scepticism expressed by others, remember we must
instigate faithful introspection of these hidden
mysteries if we wish for veracity, honesty, and
fidelity, i.e. systematic coherence, and these points
have been my aim. I write for the good and
informxation of the Brotherhood throughout the
world, endeavouring to inculcate what Free-
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masonry was and really is. Is there a Freemason
living who can say why, when taking part in our
beautiful ceremonies, he has a feeling rising within
him which no ceremony in any church can arouse
or still in the same way? At the time he " feels "
a better man, and drawn to the Brotherhood and
the Divine Creator differently from anything out-
side the Lodge. Outside the Lodge his faculties
could not be elevated to the same standard. Can
any brother answer why? I doubt it, except he
knows and understands the " hidden mysteries "
of the past. Then he will answer, because Free-
masonry is the truest religion in the world, which
has been brought on for countless ages by the
Brotherhood, Pure and Unsullied. Let us seek
the Truth, Brothers, and when found / can assure
you that it will not " shake your faith " what-
ever religious Cult you may follow outside the
Lodge, but on the contrary it will give you full
knowledge of the truth, past and present, which
will be a guide to you for the future, strengthening
your belief and faith in Freemasonry as the One
Great Original Religion of the World, and will
give you the certainty of knowing which part of
the Eschatology you are following as your reli-
gious belief outside the Lodge, because all the
religions of the world have their origin in one
or other part or parts of the Mysteries, or
Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians, and all
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your supposed chronological dates in the V.S.L.
you will have to alter, not as a revolution but
from knowledge of evolution eventually determin-
able by you all.
XII
OPERATIVE MASONS
It has hitherto been a great question of discussion
which is the oldest, the Operative or Speculative,
and whether one was derived from the other or
not. So far, no one has ever pointed out the origin
of Operative Masons, and the relation of the one to
the other.
The officers of the Operative Lodge " Mount
Bardon," and the Operative Society, have been
kind enough to furnish me with much of their
Ritual, Signs and Symbols, and their interpretation
of the same, and have suggested that I should give
some explanation of the Operatives, as so many
Speculative Brothers are interested in them.
I am glad to have the opportunity of doing
this, and to show here some of the differences
between the Operative and Speculative. I would,
however, strongly impress upon my readers that
the question, " does the Operative know more than
the Speculative," or " the Speculative know more
than the Operative," is futile, because they are
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each different. There cannot be any comparison
drawn. The whole of the Operative working is
the first and second Mysteries only out of the seven
—later twelve — of the old Stellar Cult people, with
some innovations from the Solar Cult. The ex-
planations and uses of the ancient Signs and
Symbols given to them was for Operative work
alone.
The Speculative is the Ritual and Eschatological
rendering of these seven, and later twelve, Mys-
teries in the Stellar, and all the Mysteries in the
Solar, the latter being a continuation of the former,
as the result of progressive evolution of thought
to a higher degree.
The orientation of the Speculative Temples was
originally South, then North, and finally East ;
they corresponded to the changes from the primary
god Set at the South Pole to Horus at the North
Pole, and then finally changing from North to
East in the form of Atum-Iu. With the Operatives
their primary orientation for Temples must have
been South first and then changed to the North,
because their word " El Shaddai " signifies Set,
God of the South and not the North, although
they still carry on this name as God of the North
Pole Star. This is not correct. It should be
Horus-Khuti, or Horus Behutet, or Horus Anup.
The Operatives have changed their position from
North to East in working their ceremonies the
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same as the Speculatives, but this is a Solar inno-
vation. The Supreme Masters' position should still
be North with them, as they are Stellar Cult, and
working or Operative Masons, and had nothing to
do with the Eschatological side originally, although
I find some of it in their present Ritual, which must
have been introduced during the Solar Cult. This
I will show a little later by the Symbols they use
i and their present explanation of them.
I have already mentioned {supra) that the
I Operative Masons first came into existence at the
t time when the first old priests built their Temples,
I that these builders of Temples were the " Ari "
j of the seventeenth Nome of Upper Egypt, and in
Egyptian were called " Craftsmen and Com-
panions," and that they were initiated into the
first and second Mysteries only. The Sacred Signs
and Symbols were given them as a guide to know-
ledge, how to form and build with various angles,
j circles and other figures, by which the Architect
could, by crossing and placing in various positions,
portray for their guidance the buildings for the old
High Priests. They were initiated into the first
and second Mysteries so that they should keep
the secrets of these old buildings. The first
I Temple was that built at Edfu, and no builders
ii were ever allowed to attend to these matters but
! those of the "Ari" in Egypt. They were all
I naked at first, except a small piece of bark cloth
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in front, in the form of a triangle. These Opera-
tives included all kinds of workmen required to
build these Temples — Blacksmiths, Masons, Car-
penters, etc. Remnants of these still exist at the
present day in Africa, the Kaverondo Blacksmiths,
who possess all the old secrets.
Whenever an exodus of these old Stellar Cult
people from Egypt took place, they were accom-
panied by a full complement of these old builders,
or Operatives, as well as by a priest. These priests
possessed all the secrets of the mathematical and
geometrical figures that could be constructed out
of, or by placing together, their Sacred Signs and
Symbols in various ways, as well as the Eschato-
logical explanation of the same. That is the reason
we find all the old Temples in Africa, Europe,
Asia, Central and South America were built on
the same plans during the Stellar Cult. During
the Solar these were changed, and that probably
accounts for some of the Solar Symbols now used
by these old Stellar Cult Masons ; but although
they have some of the Solar Cult Symbols, they
still use a Stellar application, or definition, as far
as they can to them.
The frieze of the Temple of Xochicales in Mexico
is a good and typical example of a Stellar Cult
building with Iconographic carvings, etc., well por-
trayed. (The reason for these Iconographic
depictions was that in the Stellar Cult the Great
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God and all his attributes were portrayed in
Zootype form, whereas in the Solar these were
depicted in the Human form, which type had not
come into existence during the time of the Stellar
Cult.)
The characteristic Solar Cult buildings are well
portrayed and may still be seen at Mitla, Oaxaca ;
on these we never find any Iconographic figures —
but sometimes find human depictions. I mention
these two as good examples still extant, but
numerous remains of all Temples of both Cults are
found in Central and South America and some
in Africa.
They bonded the comers in Solar Cult, and
at the latter part built arches, but these did not
come into existence until the Fourth Dynasty.
Hence we never find an arch during the Stellar
Cult period, but only lintels.
The old Operative Masons show by the Triangle
and the Swastika how they discovered the art
to build arches. The first by the overlapping of
the sides of the Triangle of Set and Horus, and
later by converting the square of the Swastika
into the Circle. (For the origin and meaning of
the Swastika, see supra.)
Space does not permit me to give or to explain
all their signs and symbols, and their uses as
I Operatives, but I will give a few as examples,
which I trust will make it quite clear both to the
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Operative and Speculative Mason, that the two
classes were always two classes — the one workers
in Material, the other workers in Spiritual form
In Fig. Z"] we have the triangles of Set and
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Fig. 87.'
Horus with Consorts added as a symbol of Heaven
in twelve sub-divisions (see " Signs and Symbols of
Primordial Man "). Fig. 88 is the same, with the
angles for the Architect and builders to work on.
Fig. 88.'
' These figures are pairs, and their combinations may be seen
by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
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Fig. 89 is another symbol or division of Heaven
in twelve divisions, and Fig. 90 is formed out of
this for the builder.
Fig. 89.'
' These figures are pairs, and their combinations may be seen
by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
Fig. 90.'
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Fig. 91 is another form of Heaven in twelve sub-
divisions formed by the triangles of Set and Horus,
with Consorts added. Fig. 92 shows how the
builder can vary this angular form into part
circular, still retaining the bases of the original.
Fig. 91.'
' These figures are pairs, and their combinations may be seen
by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
Fig. 92.'
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In Fig. 93 we have the triangle of Set and
Horus (North Horns, South Set), with the two
at the equinox. East and West, which Shu added
to that of Horus, forming four divisions of Heaven
and their four Consorts added, making the Heaven
Fig. 93.'
in eight divisions. Depicted in Fig. 94 in another
form, to give the Architect of the buildings different
forms and angles by the crossing of the same two
figures. This is a sign and symbol for Heaven
in eight divisions, Stellar Cult, symbolizing the
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Am-Khemen, the paradise of the eight Gods — that is,
of Anubis or Horus, and the seven Glorious ones.
Fig. 94.
' These figures are pairs, and their combinations may be seen
by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
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Another combination is formed by Figs. 95 and
96, the interpretation being the same.
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' These figures are pairs, and their combinations may be seen
by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
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Figures 97 and 98— the two triangles of Horus
and Set in a different variation — show how to make
pentagon-shaped figures. Fig. 97 is the Egyptian
symbol called Sb aau, the abode of Stars, or
subdivision of the Celestial world-paradise, being
formed by the triangles of Set and Horus (see
supra). The landmark here should point to the
North Star.
Fig. 97-
These figures show how the Operatives form a
perfect Pentagon. It shows Heaven in the form
and shape of a Pentagon. I am of opinion that
for a short time at least, this was one form of our
Lodges or Temples, and I make this statement for
the reason that in- the East the Lodge and Altar are
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occasionally found as a Pentagon ; but if it were
so it did not last long, nor was it widely distributed.
Fig. 9«.
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Fig. 99 shows how the Operatives make the
circles from these triangles.
F'iG. 99.
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Fig. loo is the triangle of the Operatives — each
side representing symbolically one of the three
masters, or grand originals, or trinity — Horus, Shu,
and Set. Fig. loi is the same, showing the Archi-
tect and builder how he can vary the straight lines
to curves and yet keep the same fit for the builders.
Fig. ioo.'
\. ' Figs. IOO and loi are pairs, and their combinations may be
ji seen by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
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Fig. ioi.'
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In Fig. 1 02 we have the triangle of Set modified
with plumb-line from the Pole Star down to the
centre of the Earth, which gives the builder a
square angle, level, and plumb rule all in one (see
Ritual). You can prove if a Temple underground
has its roof true to the upright wall. All Masters
in the Operative 8th degree have it.
Fig. 102.
Fig. 103 shows the division of Heaven into
two squares, or Heaven as one square and Earth
as another ; also it shows the division into eight
parts, the one square being superimposed upon the
other, and Fig. 104 shows Heaven in eight divisions,
Am-Khemen, the paradise of the Eight Gods, i.e.
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Anup and the seven Glorious ones. The combination
of the various triangles shows how the two squares
can be formed, or, vice versa, the triangles out of
the two squares. There is much that could be
Fig. 103.'
written on these figures regarding the ancient
Esoteric doctrines.
' These figures are pairs, and their combinations may be seen
by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
Fig. 104.'
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Fig. 105 represents Heaven in twelve divisions,
and Fig. 106 plans from these triangles for the
builders and masons to work from.
Fig. 105.'
' These figures are pairs, and their combinations may be seen
by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
Fig. io6.
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Fig. 107. These two symbols or designs are
very ancient, and were formed by the Master
Architect from the triangle of Horus, God of the
North, and the symbol for the Celestial Paradise
of the North. If our Operative Brothers do not
understand how to set out these, or if they have
Fig. 107.
"Both these designs are handed down to us [Operative Masons']
in England. We have sent them to India and China, and the
Operative Lodges reply that they have them, and that they are on
some of their oldest Temples."
lost the secret of setting out these from the triangle
of Horus, I shall be pleased to show them— at
present they do not do it, yet it is one of the
oldest and most secret and sacred symbols.
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Fig. 1 08 represents the seven Pole Stars — the
seven Glorious ones— circling around the one G —
T.G.A.O.T.U.— i.e. Heaven in seven divisions (see
"Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man "). Fig.
1 09 represents various angles, circles, and figures
which can be made out of this for the builder.
Fig. 108.'
' Figs. 108 and 109 are pairs, and their combinations may be
seen by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
F"iG. 109.
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Fig. I I o represents the same six Pole Stars
with the one Central, or Heaven in seven divisions,
—the seven circles of Ursa Minor — in different
form for the builder to work on.
Via. no.
" Our A rch apprentice takes an OB. on this Sacred Seven."
" This gives the track for the feet when going round in the Arch
degree."
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Fig. III. Here iii is the Ru (Egyptian An, see
supra) .
Fig. hi.
" The root or key to our Operative Arch Masonry is the half-circle,
the circle and the sign as fig. iii. This figure iii is the unit that we
are to use to draw the Seven. Give me the length of the unit simply
by two pinholes, and I will draw the figure without any pencil
or rule, simply a pair of compasses. Fig. iii in the Operative
system refers to Life." (See Speculative explanation supra.)
Fig. 112 is the Northern division of Heaven
into twelve parts, (see " Signs and Symbols ").
Heaven was divided into twelve divisions of the
North, and twelve divisions of the South during
Stellar Cult, and we have here the representation
of the same. These are the twelve divisions of
Heaven, the twelve Camps of the Stellar Cult, the
twelve Tribes of the Children of Israel, and various
other twelves in many forms. Fig. 1 13 gives various
angles and points for the information of the builder.
All the foregoing are of pure old Stellar Cult
origin, and I will now give two of their Solar
innovations.
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Fig. 112.'
'* The operative Arch Masons require this to be all set out without
being allowed to go to the centre. It is Holy ground within the
twelve circles."
' Figs. 112 and 113 are pairs, and their combinations may be
seen by tracing one on paper and placing it over the other.
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Fig. 113.
Fig. 114. This was part of the Solar Cult,
and did not come into being until the Fourth
Dynasty.
Fig. 114.
" This is how the Arch Masons teach their Candidates curved
work. With left breast as centre strike out . With right as
centre strike out . With neck as centre put in the invert."
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Fig. 115. This symbol is the Swastika, and
an innovation brought on during the Solar
Cult (see supra) . The Stellar people formed a
square originally with the two triangles of Set
and Horus, and the formation of the heavens in
the form of a square, or four quarters, was a
later form and a Solar symbol. The Operatives
have therefore formed out of this various figures,
■^-tlH
Fig. 115.
" This used by all right divisions."
both squares and circles, or a circle on four divi-
sions, and learnt to build the true arch from this
during the Fourth Dynasty.
But although the Operative Masons use now
the Swastika in the form of the four divisions
of Heaven, with the Four Brothers, or Children
of Horus, as the representation of the Four
Quarters and the Four Supports thereof, yet to
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prove my contention that they were originally
Stellar Cult people, descendants of the old Ari of
the Seventeenth Nome of Upper Egypt, I will
give here another proof, namely, that they use the
" original Stellar Cult Swastika " in their cere-
monies, which was in the form of Fig. i i6 —
Fig. ii6.
'\This isrused by the York division only.
and which we " Speculative " Masons do not use,
having lost the Eschatological signification, as well
as the old Sign and Symbol, but which I now
restore to them.
The interpretation and meaning of this Symbol
is as follows : —