The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

120 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
two divisions, North and South, which was the
primary heaven, being afterwards again divided
into East and West, giving us the four quarters.
I do not know the password for the Grand
Masters in England, but I do know the original
sacred password of Old Egypt's Highest Priests.
This word, which is given with and accompanies the
above symbol, must only be communicated to, or
spoken between, two Grand Masters, and never
given to any one below that rank ; and I shall
be pleased to restore the genuine sign, symbol,
and passwords to any two Grand Masters if they so
desire.
You will observe these are the two Triangles of
Set and Horus.
The upper one, or North, is an ideograph for
Horus.
The lower one, or South, that for Set.
The Heavens were first divided into two
divisions, North and South, at the time of their
Totemic Sociology— before the Stellar Cult— at the
very earliest time of their Astro-Mythology.
The old Egyptians' custom was this : As they
mapped out the Heavens Celestially, so they depicted
the same Terrestrially in old Egypt. The
North and South Pole Stars portrayed in the
earliest form was by two Poles or two Columns,
and this was an earlier phase than by the triangle.
Amongst the Totemic people of the present day it