The New York herald., 1920-01-11

brows of both masters and servants. To
encourage each other as they draw new
breaths they continue, Now is the mo-
ment to rub the 'Arani to give birth to
the god. Let us capture the rays of wise
Agni. Friends toll TO double his force"
CiviIixntion's Dawn.
Here in the morning of civilization. en-
shrincd in the old Vedas. the most beau
tiful translstions Of which by the vener-
able Albert Pike are soon to be given to
the world by the southern jurisdiction
A. A. A. s. r., we find the earliest united
reference to tho god of fire, centuries
later to be called Vulcan the symbolic
lamb and the Acacia, symbol of the slum-
bering fire which to the ancients was also
dormant life. This is the same symbolism
which traverses the rose gardens of Iran,
the steppes of less fertile Media and even
tually takes root among the old Turanian
race of Akkad still centuries before
Ba.bylonians' and Assyrians' sway over
the same ground. The month of the ram
has become Bar-Ziggar, tho sacrifice of
Righteousness" but we have an echo of
that sacrifice to give us an inkling of the
old legend surrounding IL in the story of
Abraham and his first born son. The
Hebrews attributed the first month of
their year to the patriarch Reuben. son
of Jacob whose name "Rauben" is but a.
clever pun upon the term Ben Aur,' or
'Sun OF Light" as the old semitic adopts
in the mysteries called themselves and
were called by others.
Long before the Hebrews called this
leader month of the year "Abib." or by
an easy and customary TRANSPORTATION
"Abiv" or "Abf," II was the Hindoo
month "Chaitra." so named from the
bright star "Spica" marking the sheaf OF
wheat in tho zodiacal Virgins hand and
shining with its utmost brilliance at the
season of the year when sun fingered with
"Mesha," tho red ram.
There is even a strong supposition that
this latter name is the origin of the Egyp-
tian MISE" or "Mshe," given as that of
Moses in later day when the ram first
became the sign of the spring equinox
(B. c. 1850.
II was In honor OF some strange old as
soc.atons, indeed. that the Hebrew chill
dren" were told that for them Abb NOV
"Nisan'O was to be the first month Of the
year and that on the 14th OF that month,
"a night to be much Observed they were
to sacrifice Of the firstlings of their flock
and were to hold the great festival of the
Passover on the fifteenth day.
In particular connection with this Pass
over let II be also remembered that the
Tau" cross ordered to be marked on the
door posts OF every Jewish house in the
blood OF the slain lamb was precisely
equivalent TO the symbolism of the Ma
sonic apron today, which. also symbolic
ing the equinoct.al lamb. bears the pro-
portions OF the TAU" the base Of a
square and the radius OF n circle OF equal
conference TO Il, forming a sort Of letter
'T"' In the base of the apron and tho dis
| tancs from that bottom edge 10 point OF
flap. Honorable II. Plunket. the English
astronomer. has written.-"The fact that
IN India the months were named after the
stars IN opposition TO the sun suggests inc
explanation OF tho Hebrew month named
abb" as that OF the month when the
sun was in conjunction with the constel-
lation Aries" and in opposition to the
star "Spca," representing the zodiacal
ears of corn. The Chinese called the star
"Spca," of which VIC have just been
speaking. that which presided over the
metam orphoses Of creation which IL an
equally good way OF designating what IN
othor languages is termed the "Architoc-
turo Of tho Universe" TO return 10 tho
constellation OF the Ram"
Mr.. oIcott onotcd.
"In the valley OF the Tuphrates tho sun
was styled iu-lim, meaning bell
wether' or "a hi.bat. meaning old sheep, "
says William Taylor Olcott In his Star
Lore OF All Ages Ultimately all the
planets were called old sheep stars. In
mythology Aries is often represented as a
tabled ram with n fleece OF gold sought
by sun myth adventures. The old fable
Of Phrxus and Hello is that they were
children Of Atbamas, legendary King of
Thessaly, whose stepmother treated them
with such cruelty that Mercury took pity
on them and to enable them to escape the
stepmothers III usage sent ram to bear
them away. Mounted on the rams back
tho children sped over land and sea. but
unfortunately Hcllo neglected to secure