The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 197
very important in tracing the evolution of religious
conceptions and beliefs, as it gives the key to
unlock the mysteries of the past. The Sphinx was
cut out of the solid rock as an Ideographic Symbol
to represent the passage of Horus from one
Horizon to the other— symbolical, therefore, of
Horus of the Double Horizon or Double Equinox,
an early Solar Symbol and not Stellar. Thus these
Signs and Symbols, with their true interpretation,
will assist us to understand their true import, from
the time they originally came into being down to
the present, and why
our old Brothers used them
as representative Sacred Signs and Symbols in
their Sign Language.
In the form of the Axe, from the Stellar it was
brought on in the Solar Cult as one of the Symbols
to represent the Great God Ptah ; the Great
Architect of the Universe was one of his names,
but he was also called the Great Chief of the
Hammer (see Ritual of Ancient Egypt). Figs. 76,
7 J, and 78 represent
the God of the Axe in
three forms. Fig. 76 represents Ramman, the
God of the Axe of the Susians. The horns here
signify Solar Descent. The hair and features are
those of " The Suk " of Africa. The Axe denotes
that he is " The God of the Axe," " The Cleaver
of the Way "— i.e. the Egyptian Horus of the
Double Horizon or Double Equinox. The Three
Rods or Rays of Light denote his name as that