The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 259
God and all his attributes were portrayed in
Zootype form, whereas in the Solar these were
depicted in the Human form, which type had not
come into existence during the time of the Stellar
Cult.)
The characteristic Solar Cult buildings
are well
portrayed and may still be seen at Mitla, Oaxaca ;
on these we never find any Iconographic figures —
but sometimes find human depictions. I mention
these two as good examples still extant, but
numerous remains of all Temples of both Cults are
found in Central and South America and some
in Africa.
They bonded the corners in Solar Cult, and
at the latter part built arches, but these did not
come into existence until the Fourth Dynasty.
Hence we never find an arch during the Stellar
Cult period, but only lintels.
The old Operative Masons show by the Triangle
and the Swastika how they discovered the art
to build arches. The first by the overlapping of
the sides of the Triangle of Set and Horus, and
later by converting the square
of the Swastika
into the Circle. (For the origin and meaning of
the Swastika, see supra.)
Space does not permit me to give or to explain
all their signs and symbols, and their uses as
Operatives, but I will give a few as examples,
which I trust will make it quite clear both to the