Mystic masonry, or, The symbols of freemasonry and the greater ...

238 Mystic Masonry.
by "More-Light." Almost coincident with the close
of the present century is the close of a great cycle:
namely, the first cycle of five thousand years of the
Kali Yuga. Aside from unusual astronomical conjunctions,
many perturbations in spact;, earthquakes,
cyclones, and tidal waves, there are also predicted
great social upheavals, political changes, and both
mental and physical epidemics. In other words, as
is already apparent to all who read the signs of the
times, the present is a transition period, and whatever
influences are to mold the coming century must
begin their operations at the present time. This is
therefore the seed-time, and the harvest will be by
and by.
Note—Many references in literature might be adduced
giving accounts of the existence of the Great
Lodge. Two of these may here be mentioned, viz.,
that given in the Life of Apollonius Tyanseus of his
visit to the Adepts of India, and the account of Flamel
and the Adepts in an old book called Hermippus
Redivivus, by Campbell. The present object is, however,
rather to unfold a philosophy than to gather
facts; to explain what a Master may be, rather than
to point out their abodes.