The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

62 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
But I have proved that man originated
in Africa
and not Asia (" Origin and Evolution of Primi-
tive Man "), and these came up from the
South— Nilotic Negroes, the Kaverondo tribes.
Remnants of these still exist in Africa. These
were workers in iron and copper ;
and
amongst
these people the blacksmiths are called
" Yothetth " ; there is also a separate class
called " Uvino," and amongst the Gemi Tribe the
blacksmiths were founded into a religious secret
society, and still possess all the secrets of Horus
of Edfu. Horus was their Great Chief in their
Hero-Cult, and is the Chief Artificer in Metals
— i.e. he was recognized as " '
the Chief Hero
of this Clan or Secret Society, in the time of the
Totemic Sociology.
It must be interesting to know that amongst the
Nilotic Negroes, and natives of South Africa, when
they wish to convey the fact that they are speaking
the absolute truth, or when they have as now
sometimes to swear in a court of law that they
are speaking the truth, they draw the right hand
with fingers extended (some the index finger alone)
across the throat, accompanied by the words,
"
Nisho i nkiso e perzulu," or if they omit the
words, as amongst some tribes, they point upwards
with the index finger and thumb extended, the
other fingers being flexed upon the palm. The
words mean, '•' God cut my throat if I break this