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On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
Dionusiaca ; and was called in these mysteries Pocidum Boni Damionis . The symbol was so hi ghly esteemed as to have a separate degree , or code of ceremonies peculiar to itself , called THE RITES OF THE SCYPHUS ; and " though they were not in very high repute , yet many persons had the curiosity to be initiated into them . The Cup was an emblem of
purification in Egypt ; and during the celebration of the Osiric Freemasonry , it was filled with gay flowers ; and explained to the candidate as a symbol of the golden age , or period of perfect innocence , when flowers and fruits were spontaneously produced by Mother Earth , for the use and benefit of man . Its sacred character in that country miht
g have originated in the Cup of Joseph , * to which a spirit of prophecy appears to have been attached . Lucian ridicules the Egyptians fox elevating a drinking Cup or goblet into a god .
lhe general design of this symbol pointed to the ark of Noah , and by deduction , to the universal deluge . With this interpretation in view , the Beotians made libations to the Cabiri during their mysterious orgies ; whence the Cup of the sphere is placed on the serpent's back , because this important ceremony succeeded the regeneration . Again ,
the Egyptians , says Maurice , by this symbol shadowed out either the Crater beneficus Osiridis , i . e . of the Sun , from whose overflowing fountain of light a thousand blessings are daily distributed amongst mankind , or else the hallowed vase whence the patriach Noah , the first planter of the vineyard , poured libations of generous wine to that deity , qui sacrificiis
placandus est . The Persians , according to Hyde , called the Crater , poculum magnum et amplum ; a great and capacious Cup ; and indeed in the sphere it is a beautiful object ; being richly ornamented , and elegantly drawn with an embroidered rim , and sculptured handles ; from the top of which issue the bodies and heads of serpents ; that universal
symbol of divinity , and ornament of all sacred utensils , both in Egypt and India . In another point of view the cup was a type of the mithratic grotto , or cavern of initiation ; and it was with this reference that the prophet Jeremiah , when denouncing the vengeance of heaven against Babylon , which was the polluted source and origin of the spurious Freemasonry , emphatically pronounces that " Babylon hath been a qolden Cup in the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry. The Spurious Freemasonry Of Ancient Times.
Dionusiaca ; and was called in these mysteries Pocidum Boni Damionis . The symbol was so hi ghly esteemed as to have a separate degree , or code of ceremonies peculiar to itself , called THE RITES OF THE SCYPHUS ; and " though they were not in very high repute , yet many persons had the curiosity to be initiated into them . The Cup was an emblem of
purification in Egypt ; and during the celebration of the Osiric Freemasonry , it was filled with gay flowers ; and explained to the candidate as a symbol of the golden age , or period of perfect innocence , when flowers and fruits were spontaneously produced by Mother Earth , for the use and benefit of man . Its sacred character in that country miht
g have originated in the Cup of Joseph , * to which a spirit of prophecy appears to have been attached . Lucian ridicules the Egyptians fox elevating a drinking Cup or goblet into a god .
lhe general design of this symbol pointed to the ark of Noah , and by deduction , to the universal deluge . With this interpretation in view , the Beotians made libations to the Cabiri during their mysterious orgies ; whence the Cup of the sphere is placed on the serpent's back , because this important ceremony succeeded the regeneration . Again ,
the Egyptians , says Maurice , by this symbol shadowed out either the Crater beneficus Osiridis , i . e . of the Sun , from whose overflowing fountain of light a thousand blessings are daily distributed amongst mankind , or else the hallowed vase whence the patriach Noah , the first planter of the vineyard , poured libations of generous wine to that deity , qui sacrificiis
placandus est . The Persians , according to Hyde , called the Crater , poculum magnum et amplum ; a great and capacious Cup ; and indeed in the sphere it is a beautiful object ; being richly ornamented , and elegantly drawn with an embroidered rim , and sculptured handles ; from the top of which issue the bodies and heads of serpents ; that universal
symbol of divinity , and ornament of all sacred utensils , both in Egypt and India . In another point of view the cup was a type of the mithratic grotto , or cavern of initiation ; and it was with this reference that the prophet Jeremiah , when denouncing the vengeance of heaven against Babylon , which was the polluted source and origin of the spurious Freemasonry , emphatically pronounces that " Babylon hath been a qolden Cup in the