The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 121
is still used in their sacred ceremonies. One pole
or column is placed North, and is called
Nurtunga, the other is placed South, and its
name is Warringa. As evolution took place and
Temples were built, these two columns were
brought on and placed
at the entrance of all their
Temples, in whatever land they erected a Temple.
Their names all through the Stellar and Solar
Mythos were " Horus and Set," and represented
symbolically the God of the North and the God
of the South. You will find proof of this in
several chapters of the Ritual.
As evolution still progressed and when they had
the two columns still
perfected their Eschatology,
continued to be placed at the entrance of their
Temples, only their names were changed to Tatt
and Tattu, and all Temples throughout the world
had these down to the time of the commencement
of the Christian cult. As you know, at the
entrance of our Temples we have the two columns ;
J and B are the names we use, but remember the
oldest names were Nurtunga and Warringa, and
that the later names, Tatt, which, in Egyptian,
means " In strength," and Tattu, which means, in
Egyptian, " To establish," denoting in Egyptian
the place of establishing for ever, were those from
which we copied them. So we learn how they
brought on and made use of the earliest originals,
and these have been handed down and made use