The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

298 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
by examining the remains of all these old Temples,
examples
of which I 'have mentioned. The old ruins
at Zimbabwe in Africa form a most excellent
example
of the remains of the old Stellar Cult
builders, proving most conclusively the great
knowledge of Geometry, Astronomy, and Mathematics
which the Master builders possessed. The
Iconographic figures found there prove, too, how
far the Speculative had advanced in his evolution
of " the doctrines of Final things."
I am much indebted to the Grand Council of
the Operatives for forwarding me their diagram
of the " Five Great Circles," showing the formation
of a " curved -sided pentagon," which we
Speculative Masons have lost (Figs. 124-128).
I reproduce here the diagrams. For the in-
formation of my Brothers I give the Egyptian
explanation, and not the Operative interpretation.
The curved pentagon here on the centre has the
same explanation and meaning as the one made
by the two triangles, as represented in the centre
of the five-pointed star — (straight-sided) the subdivision
of Heaven or Celestial World " Sb aau "
(see p. 270).
The Five Great Circles represent
the Five Great
Spirits, or Attributes, or Guardians, of the same.
In the Mexican we often see these represented
by five Houses or five glyphs ; this is the origin
of our five points of fellowship, as we demonstrate