The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

176 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
The interpretation is the same in each case, i.e.
these are Ideographic Signs or Symbols for Horus,
God of the Pole Star North, and South, and his
abode. I am giving this Symbol and Sign with
interpretation and proofs fully, because in my
lecture at Chatham, at the Mid-Kent Masters'
Lodge, seeing it used on their stationery, I gave a
short explanation of it, but there was one Brother
who doubted my decipherment. And I see that
it is also the jewel of the Hendre Lodge. I there-
fore thought it incumbent on myself to bring for-
ward conclusive and critical proofs now. Although
it is used as a Sacred Symbol by the it Jews, was
brought on from the old Stellar Cult. The Jews
left out the " All-seeing Eye," and, therefore, tried
to convert it into a Symbol of Horus of the Double
Horizon, or Ihuh, in their terminology, but the
original had the dot or eye in the centre. It was
never intended to be a Sign or Symbol of Horus
of the Double Horizon originally. It was a Symbol
of the abode of Horus, God of the North and South,
God of the All-seeing Eye, and proof of this is the
fact that it has the phonetic signification of sb aau
— in Egyptian, " Abode of Stars," or " Subdivision
of the Celestial World," which was situated at the
North. You will find this in the list of Ideographs
of Bunsen's Dictionary, p. 497. (Fig. 46.) That
alone is a sufficient proof. It might be translated
as " The Abode or House of Horus " in one phase