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320 HARUSPICES
HEBREW
Haruspices, Order of. The word Haruspex
comes from a Sanskrit word "hires," meanmg
entrails ; therefore implying a soothsayer
or aruspice . The founder of the Etruscan
order was Tages, doubtless a myth of selfcreative
power. This order is claimed to have
been reestablished in Rome at the time of
the foundation of the city . It embraced two
divisions, those who formed their judgment
from the movements and habits of animals
as well as the flight of birds, and those who
judged and foretold events by the inspection
of the entrails of newly killed animals .
These were the precursors of naturalists and
physiologists .
Hasidim, Sovereign Prince . The Seventy-fifth
and Seventy-sixth degrees of the Rite
of Mizraim. It should be Chasidim, which
see .
Hat. To uncover the head in the presence
of superiors has been, among all Christian
nations, held as a mark of respect and reverence
. The Eastern nations uncover the feet
when they enter a place of worship ; the
Western uncover the head . The converse
of this is also true ; and to keep the head
covered while all around are uncovered is a
token of superiority of rank or office . The king
remains covered, the courtiers standing around
him take off their hats .
Haupt-Hutte. Among the German Stone-
Masons of the Middle Ages, the original Lodge
at Strasburg was considered as the head of the
Craft, under the title of the Haupt-HUtte, or
Grand Lodge .
Hautes Grades . French. High Degrees,
which see .
Hayti . Freemasonry, which had been in
existence for several years in the island of
Hayti, was entirely extinguished by the revolution
which drove out the white inhabitants .
In 1809, the Grand Lodge of England granted
a charter for a Lodge at Port-au-Prince, and
for one at Cayes. In 1817, it constituted two
others, at Jeremias and at Jacmel . Subsequently,
a Provincial Grand Lodge was established
under obedience to England . January
25 1824, this Provincial Grand Lodge
declared its independence and organized the
Grand Orient of Hayti, which is still in existence.
Heal. A technical Masonic term which
signifies to make valid or legal . Hence one
who has received a degree in an irregular manner
or from incompetent authority is not recognized
until he has been healed . The precise
mode of healing depends on circumstances .
If the Lodge which conferred the degree was
clandestine, the whole ceremony of initiation
would have to be repeated . If the authority
which conferred the degree was only irregular,
and the question was merely a technical one
of legal competence, it has been supposed that
it was only necessary to exact an obligation
of allegiance, or in other words to renew the
covenant .
Hearing . One of the five senses, and an
important symbol in Masonry, because it is
through it that we receive instruction when
ignorant, admonition when in danger, reproof
when in error, and the claim of a brother who
is in distress . Without this sense, the Mason
would be crippled in the performance of all his
duties ; and hence deafness is deemed a disqualification
for initiation .
Heart . Notwithstanding that all the modern
American Masonic Manuals and Masters'
Carpets from the time of Jeremy L . Cross exhibit
the picture of a heart among the emblems
of the Third Degree, there is no such
symbol in the ritual. But the theory that
every man who becomes a Mason must first
be prepared in his heart was advanced among
the earliest lectures of the last century, and
demonstrates, as Krause properly remarks, in
Speculative Masonry, an internal principle
which addresses itself not simply to the outward
conduct, but to the inner spirit and conscience
of all men who seek its instructions .
Heart of Hiram Abif . There is a legend
in some of the high degrees and in continental
Masonry that the heart of Hiram Abif was
deposited in an urn and placed upon a monument
near the holy of holies; and in some of
the tracing boards it is represented as a symbol
. The myth, for such it is, was probably
derived from the very common custom in the
Middle Ages of persons causing their bodies
to be dismembered after death for the pur p ose
of having parts of them buried in a church, or
some place which had been dear to them in
life . Thus Hardynge, in his Metrical Chronicle
of England, tells us of Richard I . that
"He queatbed his corpse then to be buried
At Fount Everard, there at his father's feete ;
* * * * * * * * * *
His herte invyncyble to Rome be sent full mete
For their great truth and stedfast great constance
."
The Medieval idea has descended to modern
times ; for our present lectures say that the
ashes of Hiram were deposited in an urn .
Hebrew Chronology . The ecclesiastical
year commences 1st Nisan March, but the
civil reckoning begins 1st 'i'ishri, September,
which is New Year's Day .
The following dates are accepted by the
Hebrews, as given by Dr . Zunz in Remarks
prefacing "The 24 Books of the Holy Scriptures
according to the Massoretic Text" :
BEFORE COMMON ERA.
3988, Creation .
2332, Flood .
2040, Abraham born .
1575, Moses born .
1495, Exodus .
1051, David acknowledged king .
1015, First Temple commenced .
586, First Temple destroyed .
536, Cyrus's Decree.
516, Second Temple completed .
330, Alexander conquers Palestine .
The succeeding dates are in accord with the
research of other authorities .