The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 187
form had been given up. They placed a
treble cube in the centre to mark the division
between Heaven and Earth. On the top of the
Cube was a circle of gold, within this the Sacred
Triangle, with Ideographic Symbols at each corner,
signifying the names of the Primary Trinity, or
the Three Grand Originals, which all Royal Arch
Masons will recognize (see Fig. 64). This
double square end to end is the true form of our
Lodges, and the above is the reason why we have
them in this form, and also the reason why the
Horui
Fig. 64.
Fig. 65.
R.A.M.'s have the Cube in the centre and why
the Irish Masons still have " the Cube " in the
Centre of their Lodge. Originally these two
degrees were one.
One of the most interesting Symbols is the
Circle with a point in the centre (Fig. 65). For
the original of this we must return to the old wise
Brothers of Egypt ; the Mystery
Teachers of the
Stellar Cult, although it was afterwards brought on
in the Solar, who had worked out the whole of
these Astronomical observations. It was previously