The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

202 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
these found at the present day demonstrate my
claims as to the origin and evolution of the human
race. It proves that our Brotherhood originated
from the old Mystery Teachers of Egypt ; the
proofs brought forward are irrefutable, both as
regards the Origin and Evolution of Man and the
Origin of our Brotherhood. In this case, how-
ever, it will be seen how ancient these people were.
The Axe here is made of stone, and not metal.
The proofs of these things are to be found
all over the world where these old Stellar and
Solar Cult pjople lived. Many stones and buildings
delineating the single or double Axe are to
be seen in this country in Devon, Cornwall, in the
Dolmens in Brittany, in Temples in America, and
other parts of the world. At Knossos Evans found
a Temple in the form of a double square, with
three cubes in the centre, one surmounting the
other, with this axe Ideograph on each, representing
figuratively the Great One of the North
—i.e. Horus ; the Great One of the South— i.e.
Set ; the Great One of the Centre— i.e. Shu—the
three Grand Originals, as in Fig. 4.
It will thus be seen that the symbol of the Axe,
or gavel, has been handed down from the remotest
antiquity, but the symbolism has not changed
through
The few
show :—
Symbols dealt with above go to
all the evolutions of the human race.