The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 251
These are the Signs and Symbols, or Ideographic
Glyphs (Fig. 86), in the Old Toltec of the names
of the four Brothers of Horus, the Guardians or
Supporters of the Four Cardinal Points which have
been brought on from the old Stellar Cult and
used in the Solar by the Mayas, as is proved
by their portrayal in the above Bacab Tableau.
We also see (Plate H) from the plate of engraved
Shells from mounds (" Maya and Mexican Manu-
scripts," p. 62, Fig. 10) these four Brothers represented
by four Birds'-heads. In the upper one we
have Paradise or Heaven represented as a Square,
in the Centre of which there is an Eight-pointed
Star = Heaven in eight divisions ; also in the centre
of the Star is the Ideographic Symbol for Horus
as Amsu, thus showing
that he is the chief of
the Seven Great Powers, or ruler as the eighth.
The four Brothers or Children of Horus are
depicted as four Birds'-heads, one supporting each
quarter.
In the centre of the lower left we have a circle
with the dot, equal to the Star at the summit of
the Cone, a Sign and Symbol of Horus, God of the
North and South, and in the centre of the lower
right we have Heaven again as a Square with
the four §§ = God of the four Quarters. In
each case we have also the Birds'-heads as supporters
and protectors of Heaven.
In the central figure we have Heaven divided