The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

232 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
Darkness, also the two Seasons of the Old
Egyptian Year. The old Egyptians
first divided
their year into (i) the Season of Summer Water,
(2) the Season of Winter Drought. Also these
were called the two original " Ancient Ones." It
was at this time the two Cardinal Points— North
and South=Set and Horus— " first came into
being." The next phase was Heaven being divided
into three divisions, or " triangular form," with
the God Shu added to the two above, placed at
the Equinox, forming the Primary Trinity.
These three represented the first three Sons, or
Elementary Powers, born of the Great Mother,
and symbolized in Egypt in one form by
'
The
Water Cow," the Crocodile, and the Lion :
repre-
senting (1) Light, (2) Darkness, (3) the breathing
power, or Winds. Also they represented the three
Seasons, into which the Egyptians had then divided
their 1 . year— The water season, represented sym-
bolically by Horus ; 2, the season of wind, or
breath of life, and of the Equinoctial gales, by
Shu ; 3, the season of Dryness and Drought, by
Set ; called (1) the Water Season, (2)
the Green
Season, and (3) the Dry Season. The Signs and
Symbols for which were (1) Water, (2) Grow-
ing Plants, (3) a Barn or Storehouse indicating
that the harvest was gathered. The names in
Egyptian for these Seasons are Se, Pir, Semon.
The three Seasons of four months led to the