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[85] Commentaries _in loco_.
[86] Commentary on Exod. iii. 5.
[87] Iamblichi Vita Pythag. c. 105. In another place he says, "[Greek:
Thy/ein chre\ a)nypo/deton, kai pro\s ta i(era\ prostie/nai],"--We must
sacrifice and enter temples with the shoes off. Ibid. c. 85.
[88] "Quod etiam nunc apud plerasque Orientis nationes piaculum sit,
calceato pede templorum pavimenta calcasse."
[89] Beth Habbechirah, cap. vii.
[90] Histor. Landm. vol. ii. p. 481.
[91] "Non datur nobis potestas adeundi templum nisi nudibus pedibus."
[92] Commentaries, _ut supra_.
[93] See a paper "on the religious ceremonies of the Hindus," by H.T.
Colebrooke, Esq. in the Asiatic Researches, vol. vi. p. 357.
[94] A Specimen of the Critical History of the Celtic Religion and
Learning. Letter ii. Sec. xvii.
[95] Dr. Oliver, referring to the "twelve grand points in Masonry,"
which
formed a part of the old English lectures, says, "When the candidate
was
_intrusted_, he represented Asher, for he was then presented with the
glorious fruit of masonic knowledge, as Asher was represented by
fatness
and royal dainties."--_Hist. Landm._, vol. i. lect. xi. p. 313.
[96] From the Greek [Greek: ay)topsi/a], signifying _a seeing with ones
own eyes_. The candidate, who had previously been called a _mystes_, or
a
_blind man_, from [Greek: mi/o], to _shut the eyes_, began at this
point
to change his title to that of an _epopt_, or an _eye-witness_.
[97] _Yehi aur va yehi aur._
[98] Robert William Mackay, Progress of the Intellect, vol. i. p. 93.
[99] "And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and
the
Thummim."--_Exod._ xxviii. 30.--The Egyptian judges also wore
breastplates, on which was represented the figure of _Ra_, the sun, and
_Thme_, the goddess of Truth, representing, says Gliddon, "_Ra_, or the
sun, in a double capacity--physical and intellectual light; and _Thme_,
in
a double capacity--justice and truth."--_Ancient Egypt_, p. 33.
[100] We owe this interesting discovery to F. Portal, who has given it
in