The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

182 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
It must be especially interesting to Welshmen
because these feathers, or rods, or rays of light,
represent the feathers adopted " as totemic badge '
for the Prince of Wales. He not only wears
these feathers as Prince of Wales, but because
they are also the Sign and Symbol of " The Prince
or King of Egypt," as they are the Ideographic
Symbol for Egypt. Then, again, it is the Ideo-
graph for Iu, or Iau, who was the son of the
God Atum. So here we have a curious and
interesting fact, namely,
the Prince of Wales is
Fig. 57. Fig. 58.
the Son of our Earthly King, so he represents in
a terrestrial form Iu, the son of his father Atum,
in a Celestial or Spiritual form, this sacred Sign
or Symbol being common to each. This has never
been explained or deciphered by any one but
myself, and there are some interesting hypotheses
associated with this, which I am unable to discuss
in our Masonic Lodge, and I am quite sure His
Royal Highness is not acquainted
with these facts
or the real origin of his " Three feathers."
I wish particularly to draw attention to the
Symbol of the Swastika, Fig. 58, for three
.