Masonic Celestial Mysteries.

" Masonic Archteological Institute , " and let it be considered whether the name is appropriate or otherwise . There are yet extant Median and Persian laws and formerly these were known to all Master Masons . The laws were regulated or

adjusted to the year 1186 , when it is said the planets were in' conjunction . There is in the Abbe Montfaucons antiquities a plate mysteriously denoting the assembly of these planets .

Montfaucon says these busts are the seven days of the week . Be it so , the days of the week derive their names from the planets . The boat or mysterious ark in plain terms is the under libra in

which the planets would assemble in the Hebrew Tishree at sundown , when the brilliants would make their appearance . These are the seven wonders of the world , the seven wise men of G-oth-ham in their bowl , and at sunrise in Ai-ies

they sink to rest and become the seven celebrated sleepers . The learned Benedictine Calmet ( Taylor's edition , 1823 ) gives several figures of Noah ' s ark ; three or four of the medals he considers forgeries ; this beneath he thinks is genuine . But

what he means as genuine he does not say ; is it to be understood the medal was minted by Noah or even by Severus ? Calmet thus describes the medal : —• " It bears

on the one side the head of Severus , on the other side two figures enclosed in an ark or chest . In front the same figures as if come out and departing . Hovering over is the dove with the sprig in its bill . " The dove has the sprig in her claws ,

and yet the dove of Noah ( Columba Noachi ) is never pictured with claws or feet , and always bears the sprig in her mouth . Calmet ' s figure is intended for Noah , for the name NOE is endorsed on the ark or chest .

When understanding the Median and Persian laws , it will be found th » at there is a splendid interpretation of the Deluge registered in the heavens . In every celestial atlas or globe ever published there is a wrecked vessel or ark , now called Argo

^ and returning to the ark is Noah ' s dove just described . In Hebrew there are two words J"Qn Thebeth and D 2 B Tebeth , both applicable to the heavens , and by means of the Triple taw of Masons governed by the Median and Persian laws ,

they occupy the same " point" in the yearly circle . By so doing GO degrees or two months ( Jan . and Feb . ) are struck from the year , and the circle commences with the Boman Mars or March . Accordingly the seventh month is September , the eighth October , the ninth November , and the last ,