The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 45
tively, but only on the flat, at this early period.
At the present day these are represented by the
Celestial and Terrestrial Globes.
Now this was the form of every Temple through-
out the world, and at the porchway entrance these
two Columns always stood ; in whatever country
these ruins are found the form is the same ; it is
also the correct form of a Masonic Lodge, and,
as is well known, these two Columns stood at the
porchway entrance of King Solomon's Temple and
bore the names of J. and B.
These two Pillars, in Egypt, were placed
at the
porchway of all Temples in the Solar Cult to repre-
one was called
sent the entrance of their Amenta ;
Tatt, the other Tattu. The word Tattu also denotes
the two Tatt Pillars. The Tatt is a figure of
stability ; it supports the four corners, and is
equal to the Square. Thus two Tatts at the
entrance to Tattu is equivalent to a Double
Square. Tattu is the entrance or gateway to the
where the mortal Soul is blended with the
region
Immortal Spirit, and thereby established for ever.
According to the Egyptian wisdom all these
Temples were simply representatives, so to speak,
of their Heaven. Their Priests were human representatives
of the Divine Master in his various
attributes, and bore Divine titles— the same as
the Principal O's in some of our degrees. Their
teachings, forms, and ceremonies represented their