The History of Initiation - The Masonic Trowel

60 HISTORY OF INITIATION.
of eternity, ritually consecrated, was supposed to convey
the blessing of a long and prosperous life ; and a chaplet
of consecrated flowers or sacred plants and boughs of
which being suspended about the doors of their
trees ;
apartments, prevented the ingress of impure spirits ; and
hence their dwellings were exempted from the visitations
of disease or calamity.