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374 BOOK OF THE A. AST) A. BITE.
S.'. W.\ Aniun-Re, said the ancient Egyptian^
the uncreated, is the Supreme Triad, father, mother,
and son, from whom the long chain of Triads de-
scends to the incarnations in human form. Osiris,
final conqueror of Tvphon, shall sit in judgment on
all the dead, and pronounce the final sentence, on
each according to his deserts.
M.\ E:. He, said the Hebrew Kabalists, is the
Supreme, the hidden lamp, whereof is no cognition.
He is found to have three heads, contained in one
head. Wisdom is the father, and intelligence the
mother, and from them flows truth. These three are
Chochmah, wisdom ;
standing ;
—
Binah, the mother of under-
and Daath, intellectual cognition.
Or.'. Again, hear ye !
In
the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God. and the Word was
God : all things were made by him :
in
him was life,
and that life was the light of mankind ; the true
light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the
world. And the Word became incarnate, and dwelt
among men, and they beheld his glory, the glory of
the first-bom of the Father. Thus said the ancient
Christian Masons ; and they said also : There
are
three that bear record in heaven ; the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.
J.\ W.\ Thus in all ages the golden threads of
truth have gleamed in the woof of error. Fortunate
the Mason who, by the fight of wisdom, the time