Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-09

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antiquity, and every one Of them, I'M
known 10 as, possesses its own mean
ing and occult power. SO ii Is. also,
with other simple forms with which we
are familiar the obelisk. the cube, the
triangle every one of them j. replete
with significance to the oecnltist
ii has ever been the custom OF man
10 convey meanings by symbol and EN-
blen; and whether these be the
three golden balls of the pawnbrol-
er. or the striped red and white pole
Of the barber, the same intention Is
obvious Yet not everybody knows
that the golden balls were golden
pills and the arms Of the Mediei
family 10 the Middle Ages, while the
stripe round the BARRIERS pole was the
ribbon which he wound hpirally round
the arm Of patient prior 70 blood-iet-
ting. ia the days when the barber was
also a chirurgeon.
An OF the ancient mysteries" were
contained III symbols and emblems;
thus, The Oh sistrum was prominent in
the Egyptian feasts Of isis, as was also
the III Ank. tcrnx Ansata, or emblem
~ lifel The fti Ark Of the Sanctuary
among the Hebrews was practically .
boat; and what is not generally
known. Is that the form 81 JUS cabin,
of shelter. was thai 81 the Hebrew let
ter n tilci. an aspirate signiiying
breathing. Or life. the second and
fourth letters ~ the name jahreh, or
Jehovah: nm, and Moses was writ
ten Museh. or saved from the water.
The Egyptian isis, oddly enough, had
the same meaning saved from the
water being also. in the original
Nemesis. or rrtribution,
This Is am very curious il us reia-
ton TO the Flood myihs. Of which
something has already been told in
these pages. and we thus see the idea
~ the Deluge kept alive equally by
tile Egyptians and the Hebrews by
/ symbols
This idea 81 the destruction ~ the
/ world by nelugc exists equally
/ among the Masonic symbols, as Is
I shown ia The instance ~ the ls) cornn-
I cppia and ID Caprirornna, or the goat
I The nllusiun contained In the Eornuco.
/ pia. or horn ~ plenty, II 10 the myth
T ~ Capricorn, who was also Pan and
Z EacchuA ana who. with some other
\ deitics. while fcastinE near the banks
I n the Nile. WAS suddenly attacked by
Tie dreaded giant ryphen, son 81
T krouus or saturn, and brother Of Isis
/ Ia order 70 escape. an took 20 the
water. when Fan became part fish and
I part goat Now. Pan or Bacchns is
4 the t;rccle form 81 Jahvch meaning
I Nature. or all material things The
I Illustrated American says that the
4 myth Is, therefore plain enough and
\ refers always IL the neluge in the
i zodiacal sign Capricorn. Fan Is cast
into the sea or water lhquarius when
Z tho goat part 81 him escapes lay climb.
ing the high mountains. and the fish
\ part by sN INNING, al who can not do
\ one or the other Of these things must
perish
Bui why should this myth be perpet.
uated in the symbolism nf Free Ma.
sonry2 Why, sure enough2 And here
are still two other symbols Of the
same character, whose place In Mason
3 IN ~ EtluAtiN lHGN pAAAAbtNt tAlAN az A'iS
4 80 Pyramid and 90 cumpasses This
I Pyramid. seen from any side, is al
cauilaicral triangle; j; is also the
GreelS letter a (del,al. which is mex
,ricabIy connected with water, the
term having come down to u'
from the Greek rs the mouth
Of river. Is the delta Of
the Nile, GangeS, or Mississippi But
the compasses, as used by Masons as
an officers jewel Is always set at al
angle Of SO degrees, thus representing
one Of the angles Of the equilateral
triangle Further, this angle is equal
TO two signs in the zodiac (say, for in
stance, Cancer and CAPRICORN, and
multiplied by the three angles Of thC
cpuilateral, becomes is0 degrees, 81
half the zodiac or the dimensions 81
the Royal Arch (s)
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