The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

206 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
Seshta," the Mystery Teachers, their High Priests
—and much of their knowledge was communicated
in sign language. Their Sacred Signs and
Symbols were those they reverenced and treasured
mostly ; hence, from one cult these were brought
on into the next, sometimes altered somewhat,
either added to, or something taken from, to mark
the progress of the evolution of humanity. These
things can still be traced with unerring fidelity by
those who read the writings on the wall— up to our
present generation. All the faiths and cults at the
present day can be traced back to old Egypt and
nowhere else. It is an object-lesson to remind
us that without the belief in the Divine Creator
our Brotherhood could not remain cemented
together. That is the one point above all others
we believe in, although under different terminology,
and He is always The One and For Ever the Same
Divine Master, under whatever Signs or Symbols
portrayed.