The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 297
situated at the North. (For explanation of the
Plumb-line see Ritual of Ancient Egypt.) The
seven steps represent the seven Glorious Ones,
or Great Attributes of T.G.A.O.T.U., and the
circle of men (thirty-six in all) represents the procession
of the Stars of the Little Bear, the number
of times going round represents the number of the
stars. The Circular Temple was in existence
long before those of the double square ; it was
in the circular form that Temples were first built
by the early Stellar Cult people. Those in the
form of a double square followed after. The
orientation of these circular ones will always be
to the South, which would prove that they were
built at the time of Set or El Shaddai, God of
the South Pole. Although at the present day
they teach the " landmarks " and " land lines " on
the ground, also the centre sun line and the whole
system of " setting out " a Temple true to the
sunrise, on the day after which the Temple is
named they set out their foundations true to the
sunrise on the day that the Hebrews came out of
Egypt (supposed), and teach the Master the " five-
point system " of setting out the
we see a mixture of Solar and
Temple.
Stellar.
Here
"
The
five-point system "
is the correct old Stellar.
" The setting out true to the sunrise " is Solar,
and came into existence when the orientation
changed from North to East. This can be proved