The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 287
Fig. 115. This symbol is the Swastika, and
an innovation brought on during the Solar
Cult (see supra) .
The
Stellar people formed a
square originally with the two triangles of Set
and Horus, and the formation of the heavens in
the form of a square, or four quarters, was a
later form and a Solar symbol. The Operatives
have therefore formed out of this various figures,
—Mi-s—
Fig. 115.
" This used by all right divisions."
both squares and circles, or a circle on four divi-
sions, and learnt to build the true arch from this
during the Fourth Dynasty.
But although the Operative Masons use now
the Swastika in the form of the four divisions
of Heaven, with the Four Brothers, or Children
of Horus, as the representation of the Four
Quarters and the Four Supports thereof, yet to