The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.

All this proves sufficiently the great care with which they kept their great secrets hidden . They said they received them from father Adam , Sefch and llern _ . es , or Edris ( Enoch ) the triple . " The third class was called Ashrdkiydn ,

or the children of the sister of Hermes , who is known amongst the Greeks by the name of TEIS -U KGISTOS TJIOOSDIOS . This class was intermixed with some strangers aud profane , who found means to get hold of the expressions of their hearts . Their sciences and knowledge are come down to

us . " The fourth class , denominated Mashdwun , walkers or peripatetic philosophers , was formed by the strangers , who found means to mingle with the children and family of Hermes . They were the first who introduced the worship of the stars aud constellations , and who forsook the worship of the God of Gods . From hence came

their divisions ; and everything that has been handed down to us , proceeds originally from these two sects , Ashrdkiydn , eastern , aud Mashdwun , peripatetic philosophers . ' Learn then , 0 reader , the secrets , mysteries and treasuresof the Hieroglyphics , not to be found and not to be discovered

anywhere else . Formerly a knowledge of them could not be acquired but by immense pains and expense , by a great number of years , and a long course of travels ; and now , lo ! these treasures are laid open for thy enjoyment . Take possession of them ,

keep and guard them with the utmost care and secresy . Profoundly learned philosophers , various students only have attained this knowledge . " In Philpot ' s Heraldry , published in 1 C 72 , we find the following exposition of

this figure : — " In the Hieroglyphic Tables ot Cardinal Bembus , so often mentioned by Athaiiasius , Kircherus iu his CEdipus Ooptieus , there is set down the figure of Scaraba _ us , a beetle for the trunk , but with the head aud face of a man , supporting a

little table , with this inscription , OuA . o . About the neck a number of concentric circles to , express the orbs and motions of the heavens ; upon the top of the head , a face of the increasing moon , to intimate her monthly revolutionwithin that

; a cross mark for the four elements weaving together all things ; above a winged globe wreathed about with two serpents . [ This Portion of the anaglyph is wanting in my

The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.

copy ; but it is , nevertheless , of such importance that I shall devote a chapter to its consideration . ] "The meaning is told you by Barachias Albenephi , in his book of the ancient Egyptian learning ; and in that part of it where he treats of Pharaoh ' s obelisks . He

affirms the winged sphere wreathed about with serpents to be the hieroglyphic of the send and spirit of the 'universe . The human face is understood to be thc Sun and his courses . For the holy beetle , which an old Egyptian durst not tread on , Horus Apollo asserts , it signifies the figure of the world . "

Thus far Philpots . My own ideas respecting the true meaning of the compound figure ; on comparing its several parts with the hieroglyphics on the monuments of Egypt , as explained by modern Egyptian antiquaries , will embrace a more

extensive signification ; and , it is hoped , be more iu unison with the occult design of the Hermesian Freemasonry , of whose hidden , doctrines it was so conspicuous a type . To simplify the elucidation as much as possible , I have considered the several members of

the anaglyph separately ; viz ., the scarabanus , the concentric circles , the globe , serpent and wings , and the tablet or tracing board , which contains three series of symbols ; and have devoted the Second Part to an explanation of their several references . ( To be continued . )

Shadows.

SHADOWS .

I GIVE fair warning to all ivho turn over these pages , that if under the above heading they expect to meet Avith anything in the sensation-hue so common nowa-days , and so fashionable " pour le

moment , " that they had better at once spare themselves a dissatisfying perusal . The very name " Shadows" most fitly will describe the following lucubrations , possibly not even very novel in their treatment , and certainly not very striking iu their "tout

ensemble , " so that those of my readers Avho are looking , as so many profess to do , for novelty or excitement , or sentimentalism , had better skip my "Shadows , " aud pass on to higher topics , and more enduring matter .