The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

236 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
whatever names or forms, are the same, and their
duties are the same in whatever part of the world
found. In their primary form they are " the four
living creatures " with the eyes, which as Egyptian
are Ape-headed, Jackal-headed, Bird-headed, and
Human -headed .
In a secondary phase they were given the human
figure, and both forms of the four are repeated in
the Revelation of John. According to Revelation,
" the four living creatures " are full of eyes round
about and within, and they have no rest day and
night, as they are moving round for ever with
the sphere. Being astronomical figures, the eyes
of these were the Stars. In the Ritual, the four
are Eyes symbolically,
or the stars of the Four
Quarters.
The vignette to Chapter 148 of Ritual portrays
them as the four Eyes, or guiding Stars, one to
each Quarter, North, South, East, and West. They
are spoken of in the Ritual as the Divine Powers =
his children or brothers as the four supports of the
future Kingdom (Ritual, ch. 112) and the Four
Glorious Ones (Ritual, ch. 92).
The Egyptians now divided their year into four
Seasons, which would roughly correspond
to our
Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, represented
in one phase by the Symbolic Brothers—one for
each Season.
These four Brothers, or Children, of Horus, pro-