An exposition of the mysteries or religious dogmas and customs of the ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druids. Also an inquiry into the origin, history, and purport of freemasonryauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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... heads , they then put on the shoulders of a human body , the head of a dog . The attri- butes or subordinate symbols , added thereto , were the explication of the warning it gave . It was in order to give the Egyptians to understand ...
... heads , they then put on the shoulders of a human body , the head of a dog . The attri- butes or subordinate symbols , added thereto , were the explication of the warning it gave . It was in order to give the Egyptians to understand ...
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... heads , to signify and characterize the several winds which they know , and which either assisted or retarded the increase ... head of a maid , to mark out the state of the Nile under the sign of the virgin , and at the approach of the ...
... heads , to signify and characterize the several winds which they know , and which either assisted or retarded the increase ... head of a maid , to mark out the state of the Nile under the sign of the virgin , and at the approach of the ...
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... head of the symbolical figures , were seen sometimes one or two serpents , the symbol of life , sometimes certain foliages , the sym- bols of the bounties of nature ; sometimes scarabeus's wings the em- blem of the variations of the air ...
... head of the symbolical figures , were seen sometimes one or two serpents , the symbol of life , sometimes certain foliages , the sym- bols of the bounties of nature ; sometimes scarabeus's wings the em- blem of the variations of the air ...
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... head of a hawk , the symbol of the Etesian wind , which tends to swell the waters ; the third by the head of a Heron , the sign of the south wind , which contributes to propel the water into the Medeterranean sea ; and the fourth by ...
... head of a hawk , the symbol of the Etesian wind , which tends to swell the waters ; the third by the head of a Heron , the sign of the south wind , which contributes to propel the water into the Medeterranean sea ; and the fourth by ...
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... head of Isis was covered with little fillets and with skins sewed together ; sometimes with feathers ranged one over the other , or with small shells neatly set by each other . There were sometimes on the head of Isis a craw - fish or ...
... head of Isis was covered with little fillets and with skins sewed together ; sometimes with feathers ranged one over the other , or with small shells neatly set by each other . There were sometimes on the head of Isis a craw - fish or ...
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Page 125 - 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 323 - 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 99 - 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 294 - 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 313 - There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Page 314 - 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.
Page 296 - 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 294 - 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...
Page 309 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Page 294 - 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, and established it upon the floods.