eastward. The star has five points, and is consequently a brilliant of the second magnitude; it is Chemali the Median lawgiver,' at R 286. The W. M. is seated 2 at AR 286. Mercury, the celestial messenger or Tiler, with his naked sword,3 has his left foot at the outer porch, AR 281, and there at the porch is an old upright mason, who is always standing to order in the first degree.5 He introduces the Tiler to Antinous, and by closing the dies non there is the youth at the lodge, AR 286, where he feels a sharp-pointed instrument at his naked breast." The inner guard is always on duty with the point of his dart at the entrance of the lodge, R 286. Before the seated W. M. is Ara, the altar,7 and the aspirant is made to circinate the lodge three several times, when by five irregular saturnalian steps the youth finds himself kneeling before the altar or pedestal. At R 16 O is a mystic book or Bible, compasses will convey this book or Bible centrically on to the top of the altar or pedestal. At R 2868 are the compasses, the point of the right limb, and also the square for the Bible. Antinous' left knee is before the altar or pedestal, 10 his right hand," and his left hand, 12 and his left breast 13 are all at R 286. The Grand Master is Hiram or Hercules, but there are two Hirams: one Ab Eph., the other of Tyre. The sun rising in Aries at the vernal equinox, sinks to rest or dies in Libra at the autumnal equinox, which Libra pertains to the Apostle Judas. Masonic legend recites the death of the Grand Master. Three ruffian Judases slew the Grand Master. Chemali, 14 106, armed with a heavy plumbrule,15 placed himself at the northern solstice; he aimed a blow at the head of Hiram Ab Eph., but it glanced on to the right temple, (see "B" of Gemini Hercules, Æ 111): the blow was so severe that it caused our Grand Master to sink on his left knee at sunset at the autumnal equinox. The Grand Master rushed to the south door or porch, and the thief Genubi, AR 281,16 with a level17 struck Hiram of Tyre on the temple, R 281,18 which brought him to the ground (Mænalus, R 286), on his right knee, R 286,19 The Grand Master then staggered to the east entrance, when the third struck him a violent blow on the centre of the forehead with a hammer, R 286.20 As these ruffians suffered death, they are no longer personated in the heavens. On the disappearance of our Grand Master

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parties were sent in search. One brother, when reclining, stretched out his left hand and caught hold of a branch, which to his astonishment came easily out of the ground (see the brother reclining, &c.), AR 281.1 They reopened F 10 M 34 A the ground under the apple-tree, and found the body of the Grand Master buried indecently without winding sheet, R 286,2 and with his head downwards, AR 281.32 33 B They speedily reinterred him, and in order to mark the 3v 100 A point they placed the equinoxial sprig of cassia over the grave, AR 281.4 Subsequently they endeavoured to raise 4 N 81 A him with the solstitial grip of the entered apprentice, AR 281,5 but without success. They then tried the fellow 5 64 A craft grip, but "maha bone, machbenach" (the brother is smitten, the brother is dead), he was rotten to the bone, and the flesh slipped from the finger. (See the finger void of flesh, AR 281.7) Some one grasped the left hand of the apprentice and with the eagle's claw, ÆR 286, 8 74 B and with the lion's paw,9 R 106; there is the apprentice exalted, and, as Apollo, master of arts.

On the five points of fellowship was our brother exalted; in other words, the five points by celestial rule reduced to one point.

1. Right hand to right hand.
2. Right foot to right foot.
3. Right knee to right knee.
4. Right breast to right breast.

HIRAM.

APOLLO.

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See Aquarius, plate

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5. Hand over shoulder to support back Thus the two brothers, Castor and Pollux, celebrated for their fraternity and harmony, are united under the W. M.10 R 106 and AR 111. It is sunset at the autumnal equinox, the Tiler receives his mark, his dues." The lodge is closed, the sword is sheathed, and the Tiler leaves the lodge, AR 111,13 and prepares to open another 13 X 24 a lodge opposite, and so on ad infinitum.

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MASONIC CERTIFICATE.

Strange as it may appear among the many thousands of intellectual and learned brethren, there cannot be found one brother that can interpret the astronomical symbols that are pictured on a Master's certificate.

The certificates issued by the Grand Lodges of EngIland and Scotland are worthless, so far as symbolized celestial masonry is concerned. Those of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, on the contrary, are very lucid and energetic.

There are three mystic pillars forming part of the furniture of every Master Mason's Lodge, and on the Irish certificates are three pillars, the one on the right hand symbolizes that of Jachin; that on the left hand denotes Boaz.

There are no pillars represented in the celestial charts, or on the globes, but there are colures or heavenly 's, or boundary crosses. Job means "he that speaks out of a hollow place." He Job, of ÆR 281,1 had three daugh- 52 A ters; there are only three women in the heavens, and there are three women on the certificate of Enlightened Men. Job's first daughter was Jemima, meaning "handsome as the day," or Lady-day of the equinox. His second daughter was Kezia, meaning " Cassia" or El Seder, Cassiopeia, who holds in her left hand a sprig of cassia, which she kindly lends to Enlightened Men to mark the point where the Grand Master Hiram, the sun, is concealed after the murder. The third daughter of Job was Keren-happuch, meaning "the horn," or "child of beauty."

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The brilliant "Alpha" of Hercules symbolizes Hiram of Tyre, and is at 256 R, and by law is at ÆR 286, and there, on the opening of the year or Celestial Lodge in Aries, he cast two pillars of brass; the furnace he used was "Fornax," "2 and the brass he obtained from "y 14 B." 2 U 13 B The pillars were eighteen cubits high apiece, and, as notified, there are various kinds of cubits-say therefore that these were each of 10 degrees, the two give the circle of 360 degrees, and a zodiacal or equatorial line claimed by Neptune and his wife, did compass or encircle the pillars about. This Hiram of Tyre was a widow's son, of the tribe of Naphtali, or Sagittarius (see Astrolabe), and at R 281,3 on the 1st of January, is in Sagittarius, and is with Solomon, AR 281.4 The Lodge or Temple where the W. M. is sitting as the sun, &c., is R 286,5 the Epiphany. The porch is at ÆR 281, or at five irregular steps or degrees from the W. M., and there at the porch, as described, is that old upright Mason always ready to give or receive the grip of an entered apprentice. Hiram places Jachin on the right hand, and Boaz on the left. (See Certificate.) On the left hand is the Ionic pillar of Boaz, meaning "in the strength," or "in the goat." Hiram or Alpha of Hercules denotes the strength, R 281,6 and the goat or ram is Aries the Egyptian Amon or Omon, AR 281,7 and on the summit of the pillar are the twisted down horns, with which Jupiter Amon is symbolized. As the sun is invariably at AR 281 on the 1st of January, there is Sol, and by law Omon, or combined, Solomon. At the pillar is weeping

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1 Kings vii. 13, 14, 15, 21.-And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

He a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and

his father a man of Tyre, a worker in brass and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work,

For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. 2 Chron. iii. 17-And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the

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Cassiopeia R 281, clothed in widow's garments. her left hand is the upright solstitial cross of the Sun of righteousness, AR 281;2 the cup of Dionysius is in her right hand, ÆR 281,3 and from this cup is Anno Domini 1873 derived. As will be seen darkness prevails and winter is represented by the globe: nothing visible save the heavenly masonic book, the Bible, which is in light, showing the reading of the host of heaven. There is a rough stone of Petra or Troas, R 256, and in Officina Sculptoris, the "mason's shop," are preserved the mallet and the chisel, R 286.* The Ionic pillar is said to have been invented in ancient Greece,5 and celestial Attica and Athens were formerly at RR 281. (See Biblical Cities: Athens.)

other on the left; and called the name of that on

the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the

left Boaz.

The pillar on the right hand of the certificate is Doric. Doric is from "dor," meaning "generation," and there is 8 and 78, Adam and Eve (see Creation); and there at R 281 is the celebrated right hand. with the grip of the entered apprentice. The pillar Dan. xii. 9. And he said, Go thy way, Daniel is Jachin, which for the words closed up and sealed till the time of means "he that 1 Chron. xxii. 1, 2. — Then David said, This the strengthens," and as before there

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house of the Lord God, and this the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

And David comman led to gather together the is Hercules, or Histrangers that in the lan1 of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house ram, but no goat. Mirach of Andro

of God.

meda, the lady of the equinoxial day, Jemima, is there.7 The globe, or world, is in light; it is sunrise in the east, and the brilliants of heaven have melted away.8 The Old and New Testament are no longer legible, and are closed; they are sealed with the masonic σ

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(sigma) at R 281' till the time of the end. The 65 A altar, or the masonic pedestal, is at R 281, and the unwrought stone the builders refused at Tyre, has become the head stone of the corner, at RR 281. But "This is the Lord's doing, and it marvellous in our Psalm cxliv. 12.-Our daughters as corner stones, eyes."3 The polishpolished the similitude of a palace. ed stone is for Jemima, or Venus, or lady of the day, Andromeda.* For the compasses and Euclid's square, see Ceremonies. The centre pillar is Corinthian: Corinth means "beauty." The lovely occidental Spica in the Gemini, k 11 with the virgin Keren-happuch, “the horn" or "child of beauty," the Sun of righteousness at the breast, and high above the pillar of beauty with its lilywork of Isis Virgo is the ineffable and the alpha of triangula the triangles. As will be discovered Spica is one of the Q56-10° most important brilliants in the heavens. It is the chief star of the Virgin, and sinks in the west on the rising of the lady of the day. In the dedication of the orthodox Bible Spica is represented as the bright Occidental Star, Queen Elizabeth, setting when his Majesty rose in his strength. The solar Jacobus rises at R 286, and the occidental queen died at (say) the vernal equinox, 1604 James or Jacob means "heel," and at AR 261 on the ecliptic is the right heel of Israel or Jacob and " 1604." Above the pillars are the mystic AV with both the points of the compasses seen 432: the mystic figures in the East and the root of the Budhist Eternal 4,320,000! (See Cosmogony.)

There is no authority whatever for anchor, excepting in the Acts of the Apostles. It is evidently a misinterpretation of L'arc bandé at R 281.

+ “Horn of Salvation” is one of the names of Jesus Christ. See Cruden.

The Grand Master of Ireland, the Duke of Leinster, intimated to us that any discoveries relating to Freemasonry might be published, provided the obligations were not divulged-and a pledge on our part was given, conditionally that no reference, directly or indirectly, should be published respecting any obligation of modern ! masonry. See correspondence, Introduction.-Editors.