The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

138 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
(those who first reckoned time and kept their
record by observation of the precession of the
seven Pole Stars) it was used in the primary form,
and is an Egyptian ideograph for Amsu— i.e. it is
the first name given to the risen Horus, or, as
Christians would say, the risen Christ. In a later
phase, in the form of a double-headed Hammer
or Axe, it was a symbol of the Great One, the
Great Prince.
When primitive man began to learn more it
became of great import, and amongst some tribes
a special hut was built for it. The Priest and
Great Chief were the only people
allowed to see
it. This is still extant at the present time amongst
the Nilotic Negroes
in -Africa. In the Stellar
Mythos it was also a symbol representing Horus
—The Great Chief of the Hammer was one of
his names The Cleaver of the ; Way the God
;
of the Double Power, or Double Equinox —and
it was brought on in the Solar Cult in the same
way, when they recorded time by
the sun's revo-
lution. The Great God Ptah was not only the
G.A.O.T.U., but was also called The Great Chief
of the Hammer. (See Ritual.)
The proofs of this are found in the old Temples
of Egypt, in the Ritual of Ancient Egypt, in
Central and South America, Asia, and, as Evans
found, at Knossos, where in the centre of the
Temple were discovered three cubes, one surmount-