Some masonic symbols and their probable origin
Frank G.
Belton
Synopsis:- The ancient mysteries.
Their relation to magic.
Origin of sacred
numbers.
Pythagoras and his science of numbers.
The Pentagram: its construction,
symbolical meanings and uses in...
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Some masonic symbols and their probable origin
Frank G.
Belton
Synopsis:- The ancient mysteries.
Their relation to magic.
Origin of sacred
numbers.
Pythagoras and his science of numbers.
The Pentagram: its construction,
symbolical meanings and uses in various cults.
Crosses: their various forms and
meanings.
The 47th Prop.
, Book I, of Euclid, its proposition in Egyptian
mysteries.
The point within a circle.
Symbolical colours: their origin, probably
derived from nature.
Various other symbols common to Masonry and other secret
societies.
The discovery of Masonic symbols at the base of Cleopatra?s needle.
Conclusion.
Freemasonry, although it retains in its doctrines none of the barbarism and
fanatical beliefs of the ancient mysteries, has in its symbols abundant proofs of
their influence.
An antiquarian, entering a Masonic Lodge and viewing the symbols
therein, sees scattered around him many objects made familiar to him in his
research into the dim ages of the past.
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