The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

220 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
to regain some of these secrets, thinking it is a new-
phase in the further development
of the human
brain. But it is not ; it is old, and has been for-
gotten by the general
masses of Scientists and
Priests. But the Ritual of Ancient Egypt will
give more knowledge on this subject than all the
present Scientists and Divines combined would
dare to give, even if they had the knowledge.
The wonderful manner in which these ancient
ideas have been preserved and carried to distant
parts of the world will be seen by
a reference
to Fig. 78, which represents Tepoxtecatl, the
Mexican God of the Axe. From the Mendoza
Codex, No. 1 3, we find that the Mexicans,
when they began to spread beyond their Valley
of Quauhnauac, made war on Tepoxtlan.
They were told that this place was called
" The Place of the Axe," and that Tepoxtecatl
was the God of the Axe, a Great Seer of the
Hammer. Fig. 78 is reproduced from the Mexican
painting in the Biblioteca Nazionale, Florence,
in which the Axe is depicted in two forms, one in
his hand, a double axe, and a single axe in front
of him. He wears the double crown, Earthly and
Spiritual, and has the emblem of the God Iu supported
by four pillars, representing the four
brothers or Children of Horus ; the same is also
symbolized on his banner.
Fig. 79 represents
the God of the Axe from