The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

158 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
Moon, and Stars, but I say it was not so. These
were symbols either representing the Deity or some
of His attributes, which the Druids perfectly under-
stood, but which the learned men of the present
day do not, and have taken the shadow for the
substance and mixed them up, which will not help
to understand the Wisdom of Ancient Egypt, or
give any knowledge or meaning of all you find
of the peoples of past ages.
Many would wish to know how these have
been handed on from the time they came into
existence up to the time you found them used in
your Lodges. The answer to this, fully set forth,
with the proofs, would fill a big volume ; I will,
however, try and explain in a few words so that
you will be able to think out the details as I
have done.
To commence with, all the sacred Signs and
Symbols first used by these old Mystery Teachers
in their Stellar Cult were brought on into their
Lunar and Solar Cults, and from the Solar Escha-
tology, the earliest Christians, the Copts, adopted
them. Some of the original forms have been
slightly changed, others were discarded by
the later
Christians ; examples of this you can find in many
old churches here in England ; one in particular,
Launceston Church, in Cornwall,
is rich in the
early emblems which were worked here in stone
and built in by the old Druidical Priests, who