The emblems of mortality were used in the ancient religious ceremonies to impress upon the postulant what his end would be and the end of all mortality, and with this end in view impress upon him constantly the necessity of living a life that would bring no terrors when the soul releases itself from the body to pass into the world beyond.
The Egyptian was a reflex of the Maya, and the Maya the teachings direct from the Motherland so that, from Egypt, we can get the original ceremonies with but immaterial changes. In the temple within the Great Pyramid was found in one of the chambers a sarcophagus with the emblems of mortality arranged alongside of it. The postulant was placed in the sarcophagus; here he was reminded that after his soul leaves his mortal body another life awaits him. This ceremony persists with the Freemasons today.
I read where they represent the coming together of the Seth and Cain lineage which resulted in the Davidic line. The pillars of Solomon’s temple were the ancestors that produced a wise and stable government.
But for my thinking, one has also to consider that Jesus was crucified at the Place of the Skull and the breaking of the thigh bones was part of that whole exercise.
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
Just remembered the Fisher King was wounded in the thigh by the Spear of Longinus who pierced the side of Jesus on the cross. The Fisher King's thigh was only healed when the Holy Grail was returned to him.
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
Could the opening and closing of lodge be considered crossings? Verbally and wands? Can you indicate a crossing which occurs in a Catholic mass? I am not sure what you are talking about.
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
Catholic churches often have a transept (crossing of aisles) - typically the place with the highest roof
And of course making the sign of the cross constructs an etheric and astral crossing
And of course the Chi Rho is another crossing - possibly a concealed emblems of mortality. In which groups could the early Christians have found such a concept?
And of course the Chi Rho is another crossing - possibly a concealed emblems of mortality. In which groups could the early Christians have found such a concept?