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Masonic Celestial Mysteries.

Iu a fresh chapter the serpent is introduced . The serpent is more subtle or cunning than any Now the serpent b fc of tfae fielrL . T ] l 0 celesfcial was more subtle than any beast of the field serpent can ptit his tail in his which the Lord God . 1 3 r i had mad ,. And ho own moafcl 1 and form a CIi ' d ^

said unto the woman , and no other beast cau do that ; Yea , hath God said , , , , , . . . Ye shall not eat of " e can a s 0 Change JUS Skill onCO every tree of the a yeaVp The Serpeufcs UlOLlth , ° " iirilGU ? ° 2 And the woman with compasses , will reach the said ui . to the serpont , Qf the womM 1 when he ieer-Yve eat of the

mav . •' fruit of the trees of ing'ly says " \ e shall not eat of tl , eg ,, rdcn : era ^ f t [ „ al . den to 3 But ot the trait J & . of tho tno which is which the woman replied , " We in the midst of the . n , 7 n * . c J . I A garden , G . alhath said , may eat of the fruit of the trees Yo shall not eat of it , of the garden : but the fruit of neither shall ye touch ,, . , . . . . -,,,. it lest ve die . the tree which is m the midst of

the gardeu the Gods have said ye shall not eat of it , neither shall ye touch it , lest ye die . " Now what mother Eve said was perfectly untrue , for the Gods never mentioned a single word respecting the tree in the midst , Jove , when he spoke to

the man , only reserved one tree , aud , as stated , that was pomifer , and when that reservation was made , the woman was but a sleeping jjartner , or rib in Adam ' s side . Then the serpent said " Ye shall not surely die for the Gods know that in the 1

¦ And the serpent said unto a ,, „ . „ . . -t „ p / , i , the woman , Ye shall not surely da 7 3 e « at thereof ( that d'e ; is , of the tree in the 5 For God doth know that a , \ ¦ , n in tho day ye eat thereof ; then midst ) J 0111 ' eyes sLa 11 your eyes shall be opened , and be opened , and ye shall ye shall be as gods , knowing , -, , ,, good and evil . ° e as gods , or

constellations visible after sundown . A very Jesuitical verse is the sixth . The woman fancied the tree G And when the woman saw in the midst , and she that the tree was good for food , „ „ , -i „ 1 1 ^ , , and that it was pleasant to the gave her husbandthelast eyesaud a tree to be desired to le ill pomif Com

, app er . - uiake one wise , she took of the •„ , ... fruit thereof , and did eat , and passes Will p lace it 111 gave also unto her husband with his mouth at the same her ; and he did eat . . 1 And the eyes of them moment of time that she both were opened , and they partakes of the tree in Jaiew that they were naked ; aud

they sewed fi g leaves together the midst , which COmand made themselves aprons . pagses wm Hkewise de _ monstrate . Aud their eyes were opened , they had become gods , they then knew they were naked as generally pictured , and they obtained a

sharp pointed instrument , a needle , and sewed fig leaves together , and made aprons . The fig leaf apron can be seen on the man even now . The

8 And they heard the voice „„„ i „ r- j . i i ¦ ,, of the LOED God walking in the C ° o 1 ° f t ] ie da 7 1 S the garden in the cool of the day : evening after sundown , and Adam and his wife hid m „ , , ,, . , themselves from tho presence of J- "ey ueard the V 01 C 6 . 01

the LOUD God amongst the the Lord God ; the voice trees of the garden . 9 And the LOSD God called oris memra , "the word , unto Adam and said unto him , « in th begiuuing Was Where art thou ? ° ° 10 And he said , I heard thy the Word . " Bull y Adam voice in the garden , and I was ii , „„ „„„ n ij „ ui „ ,. , , T 11 tJirowsali tfiebiameupon afraid , because I vjas naked ; _ ^ ^ " » < . " f " and I hid myself . his unoffending wife , and 11 And he said , Who told 1 ,, , . thee that thou snaked ? Hast she says the serae ? . ii

befclioii eaten of the tree , whereof g uiled her . The double I commanded thee that thou . , ... , shouldest not cat ? triangle will p lace a con-12 Aud the man said , The siderable portion of dust woman wnom thou gavest to be . with me , she gave me of the m the serpent s mouth , tree and I did eat and Hiram ' riht

gee s g 13 And the LOED God said * = unto the woman , What is this heel and the serpent thai ¦ thou hast done ? And the ¦ . ¦ , • ¦ -. woman said , The serpent be- nSm S' to bite it , and guiled me , and 1 did eat . then Hiram ' s left heel

crushing Draco s head . So the man Hiram was l < l- Ami the LOED GOD said driven out of the garden unto the serpent , Because thou 1 . 1 . 1 r . -r ? bast done this , thou art cursed but what became of Eve above all cattle , and above every is not stated . It is a beast of the field ; upon thy T , ¦ 1 n , 1 belly shalt thou go , aud dust celestial fact , however ,

sliait thou eat all the days of thy that immediately after life : iii 15 And r will put enmity Adam had the apple m between thee and the woman , his mouth Eve left Mm and between thy seed and her seed : it shall bruise thy head , —she had eloped . The and thon shalt bruise his heel . mQrd p , ace ( j { R ^

garden to keep the way of the tree of life , may be 21 So he drove out the seeu in every atlas . At man ; and lie placed at the east 7 . , of the garden of Eden Cherti- the expiration of twelve Wins and a flaming sword monfc ] ls $ ve rebarned to which turned every way , to keep _ the way of the tree of life . Adam , and again tasted

of the tree of life in the midst , Gen . 4 , 1 . So after all , though Adam was told he would surel y die if he eat of pomifer , and he did eat of it , yet no such death occurred , for at 130 years old his wife had by him a son named Seth , the very

image of Adam , and after that day Adam lived 800 years , during which time he begat sons and daughters , and all the days that Adam lived were 930 years , and then he died . As to the

inconstant Eve , she , m her virgin state , " passes on In maiden meditation , fancy free . " ( To be continued . ) [ EEHATA . —In my last Paper , at p . 352 , col . 2 , it says

that Free of Freemason is from two words . These words were written in Saxon , and it appears the type-founder did not supply the office with the required letter in time , so at the last moment the printer Englishified the goddess Friga into Frke and Frig into Friz . At p . 263 , col . 2 , it says Friga Masons worked with their hands . The copy was " Friga Masons worked with their heads and not with their hands . " }

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MASONIC CELESTIAL MYSTERIES. Article 1
FREEMASONRY IN PORTUGAL. Article 5
THE PRAYERS OF THE CRAFT. Article 6
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 7
MASONIC ARCHÆOLOGY. Article 9
BRO. MELVILLE'S ARTICLES. Article 9
P.M.'S AND THE WORKING BRETHREN OF LODGES. Article 10
MASONIC IMPOSTORS. Article 10
THE MASONIC PHILOSOPHER'S STONE. Article 11
MASONIC CELESTIAL MISTERIES. Article 11
MASONIC IMPOSTORS AND AN OFFICIAL GAZETTE. Article 11
UNIFORMITY OF RITUAL. Article 12
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 12
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS. Article 12
METROPOLITAN. Article 15
PROVINCIAL. Article 15
SCOTLAND. Article 17
INDIA. Article 17
ROYAL ARCH. Article 17
LAYING OF THE MEMORIAL STONE OF THE PAISLEY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM WITH GRAND MASONIC HONOURS. Article 17
THE RECENT BALL IN DUBLIN. Article 19
LIST OF LODGE, &c., MEETINGS FOR WEEK ENDING 22ND MAY, 1869. Article 20
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Masonic Celestial Mysteries.

Iu a fresh chapter the serpent is introduced . The serpent is more subtle or cunning than any Now the serpent b fc of tfae fielrL . T ] l 0 celesfcial was more subtle than any beast of the field serpent can ptit his tail in his which the Lord God . 1 3 r i had mad ,. And ho own moafcl 1 and form a CIi ' d ^

said unto the woman , and no other beast cau do that ; Yea , hath God said , , , , , . . . Ye shall not eat of " e can a s 0 Change JUS Skill onCO every tree of the a yeaVp The Serpeufcs UlOLlth , ° " iirilGU ? ° 2 And the woman with compasses , will reach the said ui . to the serpont , Qf the womM 1 when he ieer-Yve eat of the

mav . •' fruit of the trees of ing'ly says " \ e shall not eat of tl , eg ,, rdcn : era ^ f t [ „ al . den to 3 But ot the trait J & . of tho tno which is which the woman replied , " We in the midst of the . n , 7 n * . c J . I A garden , G . alhath said , may eat of the fruit of the trees Yo shall not eat of it , of the garden : but the fruit of neither shall ye touch ,, . , . . . . -,,,. it lest ve die . the tree which is m the midst of

the gardeu the Gods have said ye shall not eat of it , neither shall ye touch it , lest ye die . " Now what mother Eve said was perfectly untrue , for the Gods never mentioned a single word respecting the tree in the midst , Jove , when he spoke to

the man , only reserved one tree , aud , as stated , that was pomifer , and when that reservation was made , the woman was but a sleeping jjartner , or rib in Adam ' s side . Then the serpent said " Ye shall not surely die for the Gods know that in the 1

¦ And the serpent said unto a ,, „ . „ . . -t „ p / , i , the woman , Ye shall not surely da 7 3 e « at thereof ( that d'e ; is , of the tree in the 5 For God doth know that a , \ ¦ , n in tho day ye eat thereof ; then midst ) J 0111 ' eyes sLa 11 your eyes shall be opened , and be opened , and ye shall ye shall be as gods , knowing , -, , ,, good and evil . ° e as gods , or

constellations visible after sundown . A very Jesuitical verse is the sixth . The woman fancied the tree G And when the woman saw in the midst , and she that the tree was good for food , „ „ , -i „ 1 1 ^ , , and that it was pleasant to the gave her husbandthelast eyesaud a tree to be desired to le ill pomif Com

, app er . - uiake one wise , she took of the •„ , ... fruit thereof , and did eat , and passes Will p lace it 111 gave also unto her husband with his mouth at the same her ; and he did eat . . 1 And the eyes of them moment of time that she both were opened , and they partakes of the tree in Jaiew that they were naked ; aud

they sewed fi g leaves together the midst , which COmand made themselves aprons . pagses wm Hkewise de _ monstrate . Aud their eyes were opened , they had become gods , they then knew they were naked as generally pictured , and they obtained a

sharp pointed instrument , a needle , and sewed fig leaves together , and made aprons . The fig leaf apron can be seen on the man even now . The

8 And they heard the voice „„„ i „ r- j . i i ¦ ,, of the LOED God walking in the C ° o 1 ° f t ] ie da 7 1 S the garden in the cool of the day : evening after sundown , and Adam and his wife hid m „ , , ,, . , themselves from tho presence of J- "ey ueard the V 01 C 6 . 01

the LOUD God amongst the the Lord God ; the voice trees of the garden . 9 And the LOSD God called oris memra , "the word , unto Adam and said unto him , « in th begiuuing Was Where art thou ? ° ° 10 And he said , I heard thy the Word . " Bull y Adam voice in the garden , and I was ii , „„ „„„ n ij „ ui „ ,. , , T 11 tJirowsali tfiebiameupon afraid , because I vjas naked ; _ ^ ^ " » < . " f " and I hid myself . his unoffending wife , and 11 And he said , Who told 1 ,, , . thee that thou snaked ? Hast she says the serae ? . ii

befclioii eaten of the tree , whereof g uiled her . The double I commanded thee that thou . , ... , shouldest not cat ? triangle will p lace a con-12 Aud the man said , The siderable portion of dust woman wnom thou gavest to be . with me , she gave me of the m the serpent s mouth , tree and I did eat and Hiram ' riht

gee s g 13 And the LOED God said * = unto the woman , What is this heel and the serpent thai ¦ thou hast done ? And the ¦ . ¦ , • ¦ -. woman said , The serpent be- nSm S' to bite it , and guiled me , and 1 did eat . then Hiram ' s left heel

crushing Draco s head . So the man Hiram was l < l- Ami the LOED GOD said driven out of the garden unto the serpent , Because thou 1 . 1 . 1 r . -r ? bast done this , thou art cursed but what became of Eve above all cattle , and above every is not stated . It is a beast of the field ; upon thy T , ¦ 1 n , 1 belly shalt thou go , aud dust celestial fact , however ,

sliait thou eat all the days of thy that immediately after life : iii 15 And r will put enmity Adam had the apple m between thee and the woman , his mouth Eve left Mm and between thy seed and her seed : it shall bruise thy head , —she had eloped . The and thon shalt bruise his heel . mQrd p , ace ( j { R ^

garden to keep the way of the tree of life , may be 21 So he drove out the seeu in every atlas . At man ; and lie placed at the east 7 . , of the garden of Eden Cherti- the expiration of twelve Wins and a flaming sword monfc ] ls $ ve rebarned to which turned every way , to keep _ the way of the tree of life . Adam , and again tasted

of the tree of life in the midst , Gen . 4 , 1 . So after all , though Adam was told he would surel y die if he eat of pomifer , and he did eat of it , yet no such death occurred , for at 130 years old his wife had by him a son named Seth , the very

image of Adam , and after that day Adam lived 800 years , during which time he begat sons and daughters , and all the days that Adam lived were 930 years , and then he died . As to the

inconstant Eve , she , m her virgin state , " passes on In maiden meditation , fancy free . " ( To be continued . ) [ EEHATA . —In my last Paper , at p . 352 , col . 2 , it says

that Free of Freemason is from two words . These words were written in Saxon , and it appears the type-founder did not supply the office with the required letter in time , so at the last moment the printer Englishified the goddess Friga into Frke and Frig into Friz . At p . 263 , col . 2 , it says Friga Masons worked with their hands . The copy was " Friga Masons worked with their heads and not with their hands . " }

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