Chapter 6

AAac, his history,78-79.— protecting genius of,90.— offer of marriage by,83.Abel, murder of,74.— meaning of the name of,85.Adam, a myth,1.Adrian, Emperor,27.Ah-ac-chapat, seven-headed serpent, its meaning,67.Akkadian language,33.Alom, the creator,56.Alexander the Great,29.Amautas,47,Angrand, quoted,108.Arch, triangular,37.Architects, foundation of society of,3.Ardvi çoura anahita(goddess),28.Asp, badge of royalty, why,119.— figure of Central America,120.Atlantis, submerged,41.— record of submersion of, in Egypt and Mayax,91.— figured as a black man,92.— its destruction, 11,500 years ago,106.Aum, figured as an equilateral triangle,60.Auvergne, (Guy of) burned alive,3.BBacon, Roger, quoted,50.Balche, nectar, amrita, beverage of the gods,94.Bâli, murdered,77.Bearded menin Mayax,71.Benoit(Pope), renews bull of excommunication,6.Berosus, on the creation of the world according to the Chaldees,110.Bird deityat Kioto, Japan,107.Birch, Samuel, quoted,26.Bitol, creator,56.Blackpopulations in America,87.Bottles, Chinese, found in the tombs of Egypt, in the ruins of Hissarlik,57.Brahmins,29-32.Brothers(in India),29.Bruce, Robert, gives protection to the Knights Templars,3.Building Associations, Roman,14.Burnouf, Emile,57.CCabiri(mysteries),18.Camazotz, god of bats,44.Can, king of Mayax,45.— his family,77.— royal titles of,83.— deified, and represented with a mastodon's head,93.— members of his family worshiped in Japan,95.Cay, high pontiff,19,45.Chamberof Police of Paris, prohibit Freemasonry,6.CharlesI., King,4.Chichen-Itza, the city of serpents,108.Christians, first,1.Churchof Rome opposes Freemasonry,5.— accuses M⸫ of heresy, burns them alive,12.— persecutes Chaldean magicians and Egyptian priests,14.Cibola, seven cities of,48.Cilicianpirates,27.Circularbuildings in Yucatan, their use,64.ClementV. (Pope), abolishes the order of Knights Templars,3.— entices Jacques de Molay to Paris,2.— death of,4.ClementXII. (Pope), excommunicates all Freemasons,6.— persecutes them,7.Clementof Alexandria, quoted,25.Cogolludo, quoted,124.Coh, murdered by his brother,80.— who was,78.— analysis of remains of,84.— statue of, robbed by Mexican Government,87.Colebrook, H. T., quoted,54,72.Collegiaof Romans,2,13.Coleraine, Lord, founded a lodge in Gibraltar and another in Madrid,6.Communicationsbetween Egypt and India and China,57.Conceptionsconcerning a Triune God,53,54,55,56,58.Confucius,56.— quoted,144.Coronado, quoted,148.Creationof the world, myth found in Chichen-Itza,72.— myth of, in various countries,109.— its origin traced to Mayax,111.— portrayed on East façade of Palace at Chichen-Itza,112.— tableau of, explained,114.Cromwell,4.Cross, as sacred symbol of water deities among all nations, of the life to come, and eternity,128.— as symbol in Bacchic and Eleusinian mysteries,129.— symbol of the, in America,129.— god of rain,130.— southern,132.Crownof lower Egypt, the same as that worn by kings in Mayax,118.Customs, many similar in India, Mayax, and Egypt,97.Cushing, Frank, quoted,47,148.Cyril, (Bishop) murderer of Hypathia, persecuted the worshipers of Isis and Osiris,16.DDamascius, quoted,53.Danaus'Daughters,18.Daniel, prophet, quoted,30,45.Degrees(3) in Freemasonry, among the Jesuits, and the Egyptian priests,12.Deluge, tradition of, common to all nations where the name Maya is found,90.— what the Egyptians said of,91.— relation of, in Troano M.S. and mural inscriptions,92.Democritus,54.Druids,2.EEgyptiancivilization, birthplace of,113.Emperors, Roman, persecuted the Chaldean magicians and Egyptian priests to death,15.Ephoroi,19,22.Epoptai,23.Essenes,1.Eubulus, quoted,27,46.Eumolpus, initiated to Egyptian sacred mysteries instituted those of Eleusis,18.Eusebius, quoted,57,72,99.Eusoph, equilateral triangle,60.FFanton, (Dr.) opinion of,17,33.Fergusson, James, quoted,99,122,123.Fernando, VI., of Spain, makes Freemasonry high treason,6.Fi-Fangpao,57.Findel, J. G., opinion of,10.Four, number, its meaning,105.Francisof Lorraine (Duke) initiated, protects masons, founds lodges,7.Fratricide, account of the same in Genesis, Ramayana, papyri of Egypt, inscriptions of Mayax,84.Freemasonry, various opinions concerning origin of,1,2.— persecuted,5,6.— established in France and Spain,6.— in Ireland, Italy, America, Lisbon,7.— in Germany,8.— origin of, traced to America,22.FrederickII. of Prussia, initiated, assumes the title of G⸫ M⸫ Universal, frames a constitution,8,9.GGanesha, god of letters, its representation, its worship,96.— origin of its elephant head,97.Garcilasso de la Vega, quoted,46.GeorgeI. ascends the throne,5.George(Bishop), persecutes the worshipers of Isis and Osiris,16.Gods, twelve, of Egyptians, Greeks, Mayas, Japanese, Chinese,96.Grand Master, degree of, created,4.Grand Lodge, first established in London,5,32.Gregoryof Nazianze, quoted,31.Gucumatz, winged serpent, the creator,112.HHach-mac,45.Henoch, book of, quoted,16,21,24,25,37,44.Herodotus, quoted,15.— concerning the Thesmophoria,18,60.— quoted,74,134.Hermippus,28.Hermeticbooks, relation of creation in modern,111.Hierophantes,19,32.Hiu-chin, quoted,55.House, dark,43.Houseof spears,43.— ice,43.— tiger,44.— fiery,44.— of bats,44.Hunhun Appu,44.IIlluminati, incorporated into Freemasonry,9.Initiationsinto Egyptian mysteries, but little known,16.— into Eleusinian mysteries,19,20,22,23,24.Inquisitionpersecutes Masons,5.Isis, meaning of the name,87.— her title, her totem,88.— believed to be a fabulous being,89.JJamesII.,4.Japanese, offspring of the twelve gods,95.Jerome, Saint,31.John the Baptist, St., selected patron of the M⸫ Order,5.Juan Gastonof Medicis, (Duke) persecutes Masons,7.KKhan, titles of kings in Asia, origin of it,83.Kings, three,60.Kneph, name of the creator,53.Knights of Christ, order of, founded,3.Knights Templars, take refuge in Scotland and Portugal,3.— refuse to recognize the authority of J. M. Larmenio,12.— received their symbols from Christians initiated into Egyptian mysteries,12.Krause, quoted,13.Kronos, king of the "Lands of the West,"53.LLa, meaning of the word,54.Lab-mac, title of high priest among the Mayas,30.Landa(Bishop), quoted,64,68,70,124.Larmenio, Johan Marcus—appointed Grand Master of the K. Templars,3.Leibnitz, initiated into Freemasonry,15.Leopard skinas a symbol,86.Lopi, quoted,55.MMa, the world,33.Macrobius, his meaning of the triangular arch,63.Magi,30,32.Maha-atma, the great soul,55.Maha-atmas, the brothers,29,45.Manco Capac, founder of the Inca empire,47.Marriage, custom among the Mayas,78.Maria, Virgin, goddess Maïa-Isis anthropomorphised,131.Mastodon, worship of,93.— explanation of tableau representing the worship of,94.Maya, name found in various countries,71.— challenges Bâli,76.— empire figured as a serpent,116.— empire figured as a tree,125.— empire the land of the deer in the middle of the earth,126.— according to the Chinese represented as a tree,127.Mayax, description of the country of,69.Matthew, Henry,51.Mathusalath,37.Memnon, King of Ethiopia,57.Menes, wise men of the Mayas,71.Mithra, mysteries of,27.Moo, who she was,78.— history of conspiracy, against,81.— rejects the love of Aac,82.Molay, Jacques de, enticed to Paris and arrested,2.— burnt alive,3.— appoints his successor,3.Moses,51.Mystai, the initiated,19.NNahuatls,48.Names, various, of Cain explained,89.Niroukta,54.Niza,148.Number3, origin of its symbolization,136.—5, origin of its symbolization,141,142.—7, origin of its symbolization,143,149.OOblong Square, its meaning,34.— its origin as symbol,62.— forms the ground plan of temples and palaces,62.Oliva, Annello, Fath.,47.Origenes, quoted,28.Orpheus, initiated into Egyptian sacred mysteries founds the orphic,18,53,60,135.Orphic Mysteries,72.Osiris,34,49.— murder of,74.— culture hero,74.— his history,75.— meaning of the name,87.— believed to be a mythical being,89.Ouranos,53.PPachacamac,56.Pallas,28.Parsis,28.Payne, Thomas,2.Pentagon, as a symbol, its meaning,63.Pentateuch, not written by Moses,51.Petroma,19.Phillippe-le-bel, causes the arrest of J. de Molay,2.— death of,4.Philip V. of Spain, persecutes masons,6.Philostratus, quoted,29,57.Phœnes,53.Pianchi, King of Ethiopia, initiated,26.Plato, quoted,41,53.— relation of submersion of Atlantis correct,92.Platesfrom Troano M.S., explanation of,117(note),126(note),137(note),139(note).Plutarch, quoted,27,32,63,74,90,93.Pompeius,27.Popol-vuh, initiations described in,42,56.— creation of the world in,111.Porphyrius, quoted,27,28.— his explanation of the image of the creator,72.Poseidon,53.Pradjapati,55.Preston, J. G.,4.Price, Henry, first American Grand-master,7.Primander, most ancient Egyptian book, also Supreme Intelligence,110.Proclus, quoted,53,60.Proposal of marriage, mode of, in Mayax and Japan,83.Puttman, B., first Grand-master in Germany,8.Pythagoras,1.— his narrow escape when initiated,25,54.— God number and harmony, according to,60.— on number four,106.QQaholom, name of the creator,56.Quichua language,47.RRa, meaning of the name,54.Rab-mag, name of the chief of the Magi,30.Ramsay, Michael Andrew,2.— origin of Freemasonry according to,11.Rooms in temples, their shape symbolical,63.Rosicrucians, their incorporation into Freemasonry,9.SSalisbury, Stephen,84.Sanctuary at Uxmal, description of,35.Schliemann, Henry, quoted,57.Set, meaning of the name,89.— becomes the evil principle,89.— enemy of the sun,89.— his protecting genius,90.— his emblem,90.Serpent,98.— origin of its worship unknown,100.— when considered an evil genius,100.— image of the creator,100-109.— traces of its worship all over the world,101.— origin of its worship according to the Maya priests,109.— symbol of the country in Mayax and in Egypt,116.— worshiped still in India,121.— title of the Kings of Mayax,121— origin of, and tree worship in America,123.Solon,41.Soul, Maya belief in immortality of the,124.Sougriva, causes the death of Bâli,77.— meaning of the name,90.Strabo, quoted,31.Strathmore, Lord, Grandmaster,8.Symbols, masonic, identical in the temples of Egypt, Chaldea, India, and Central America,11— masonic, in Uxmal,65, their meaning,66,67.— found under the base of Cleopatra's needle,17.— of worship, the same in Mayax, Egypt, and Peru,94,105.Symbolizationof number three,136.— of number five,142.— of number seven,149.TTao-tse,55.Tau, meaning of mystic,132.— complex form of, its origin,132Templeof mysteries at Uxmal,36.Temptation, origin of temptation of the woman in the garden,82,83.Thales, initiated to Egyptian sacred mysteries,18.Theon, of Smyrna, quoted,24.Theophilus(Bishop), persecutes the worshipers of Isis and Osiris,16.Thesmophoria, mysteries of Ceres,134.Thompson, Charles O., certificate of chemical analysis,84,85.Thoth, god of letters in Egypt, his description of the creation,110.Tiahuanuco, explanation of sculptures on Monolith-gate, at,102.Ti-Hoang, king of the country in the middle of the land,96.Tien-Hoang, his twelve children,96.Tree worshipin America,123,124.— by the Phœnicians, Druids, Scandinavians, the inhabitants of Delos, Samos, Athens, Dodona, Arcadia, Canaan, India, Ceylon,123.— — Egypt, Assyria,124.— relationship between the serpent and tree worship,124.— sacred, among the Mayas,124.Triangleas a symbol,60.— its meaning among the Mayas,61.— its meaning among the Egyptians,63.Triangular Arches, symbols of a Triune God,62.UUati, goddess, genius of lower Egypt, its symbols,115.Uiracocha, god,56.VValmiki, quoted,75,76.Villoison, Dance de, quoted,2.WWake, Stanyland, quoted,99.Wilford, Captain, quoted,33.WilliamIII., King of England, initiated into Freemasonry,4.Winged circle, symbol of,124.Words of dismissal,21.— their meaning,22,33.Worshipers of Isis and Osirispersecuted by Bishops George, Theophilus, Cyril,16.XXibalba,42,45,48,49.YYaquination,48.Yaxché, sacred tree among the Mayas,124.— origin of the cruz-ansata, of the cone as symbol of the mystic Tau,132.ZZend-avesta,28.Zoroaster, institutes the mysteries of Mithra,27,28.— his explanation of the triangular arch,62.ZuñiIndians, 47, 48.

A

Aac, his history,78-79.

— protecting genius of,90.

— offer of marriage by,83.

Abel, murder of,74.

— meaning of the name of,85.

Adam, a myth,1.

Adrian, Emperor,27.

Ah-ac-chapat, seven-headed serpent, its meaning,67.

Akkadian language,33.

Alom, the creator,56.

Alexander the Great,29.

Amautas,47,

Angrand, quoted,108.

Arch, triangular,37.

Architects, foundation of society of,3.

Ardvi çoura anahita(goddess),28.

Asp, badge of royalty, why,119.

— figure of Central America,120.

Atlantis, submerged,41.

— record of submersion of, in Egypt and Mayax,91.

— figured as a black man,92.

— its destruction, 11,500 years ago,106.

Aum, figured as an equilateral triangle,60.

Auvergne, (Guy of) burned alive,3.

B

Bacon, Roger, quoted,50.

Balche, nectar, amrita, beverage of the gods,94.

Bâli, murdered,77.

Bearded menin Mayax,71.

Benoit(Pope), renews bull of excommunication,6.

Berosus, on the creation of the world according to the Chaldees,110.

Bird deityat Kioto, Japan,107.

Birch, Samuel, quoted,26.

Bitol, creator,56.

Blackpopulations in America,87.

Bottles, Chinese, found in the tombs of Egypt, in the ruins of Hissarlik,57.

Brahmins,29-32.

Brothers(in India),29.

Bruce, Robert, gives protection to the Knights Templars,3.

Building Associations, Roman,14.

Burnouf, Emile,57.

C

Cabiri(mysteries),18.

Camazotz, god of bats,44.

Can, king of Mayax,45.

— his family,77.

— royal titles of,83.

— deified, and represented with a mastodon's head,93.

— members of his family worshiped in Japan,95.

Cay, high pontiff,19,45.

Chamberof Police of Paris, prohibit Freemasonry,6.

CharlesI., King,4.

Chichen-Itza, the city of serpents,108.

Christians, first,1.

Churchof Rome opposes Freemasonry,5.

— accuses M⸫ of heresy, burns them alive,12.

— persecutes Chaldean magicians and Egyptian priests,14.

Cibola, seven cities of,48.

Cilicianpirates,27.

Circularbuildings in Yucatan, their use,64.

ClementV. (Pope), abolishes the order of Knights Templars,3.

— entices Jacques de Molay to Paris,2.

— death of,4.

ClementXII. (Pope), excommunicates all Freemasons,6.

— persecutes them,7.

Clementof Alexandria, quoted,25.

Cogolludo, quoted,124.

Coh, murdered by his brother,80.

— who was,78.

— analysis of remains of,84.

— statue of, robbed by Mexican Government,87.

Colebrook, H. T., quoted,54,72.

Collegiaof Romans,2,13.

Coleraine, Lord, founded a lodge in Gibraltar and another in Madrid,6.

Communicationsbetween Egypt and India and China,57.

Conceptionsconcerning a Triune God,53,54,55,56,58.

Confucius,56.

— quoted,144.

Coronado, quoted,148.

Creationof the world, myth found in Chichen-Itza,72.

— myth of, in various countries,109.

— its origin traced to Mayax,111.

— portrayed on East façade of Palace at Chichen-Itza,112.

— tableau of, explained,114.

Cromwell,4.

Cross, as sacred symbol of water deities among all nations, of the life to come, and eternity,128.

— as symbol in Bacchic and Eleusinian mysteries,129.

— symbol of the, in America,129.

— god of rain,130.

— southern,132.

Crownof lower Egypt, the same as that worn by kings in Mayax,118.

Customs, many similar in India, Mayax, and Egypt,97.

Cushing, Frank, quoted,47,148.

Cyril, (Bishop) murderer of Hypathia, persecuted the worshipers of Isis and Osiris,16.

D

Damascius, quoted,53.

Danaus'Daughters,18.

Daniel, prophet, quoted,30,45.

Degrees(3) in Freemasonry, among the Jesuits, and the Egyptian priests,12.

Deluge, tradition of, common to all nations where the name Maya is found,90.

— what the Egyptians said of,91.

— relation of, in Troano M.S. and mural inscriptions,92.

Democritus,54.

Druids,2.

E

Egyptiancivilization, birthplace of,113.

Emperors, Roman, persecuted the Chaldean magicians and Egyptian priests to death,15.

Ephoroi,19,22.

Epoptai,23.

Essenes,1.

Eubulus, quoted,27,46.

Eumolpus, initiated to Egyptian sacred mysteries instituted those of Eleusis,18.

Eusebius, quoted,57,72,99.

Eusoph, equilateral triangle,60.

F

Fanton, (Dr.) opinion of,17,33.

Fergusson, James, quoted,99,122,123.

Fernando, VI., of Spain, makes Freemasonry high treason,6.

Fi-Fangpao,57.

Findel, J. G., opinion of,10.

Four, number, its meaning,105.

Francisof Lorraine (Duke) initiated, protects masons, founds lodges,7.

Fratricide, account of the same in Genesis, Ramayana, papyri of Egypt, inscriptions of Mayax,84.

Freemasonry, various opinions concerning origin of,1,2.

— persecuted,5,6.

— established in France and Spain,6.

— in Ireland, Italy, America, Lisbon,7.

— in Germany,8.

— origin of, traced to America,22.

FrederickII. of Prussia, initiated, assumes the title of G⸫ M⸫ Universal, frames a constitution,8,9.

G

Ganesha, god of letters, its representation, its worship,96.

— origin of its elephant head,97.

Garcilasso de la Vega, quoted,46.

GeorgeI. ascends the throne,5.

George(Bishop), persecutes the worshipers of Isis and Osiris,16.

Gods, twelve, of Egyptians, Greeks, Mayas, Japanese, Chinese,96.

Grand Master, degree of, created,4.

Grand Lodge, first established in London,5,32.

Gregoryof Nazianze, quoted,31.

Gucumatz, winged serpent, the creator,112.

H

Hach-mac,45.

Henoch, book of, quoted,16,21,24,25,37,44.

Herodotus, quoted,15.

— concerning the Thesmophoria,18,60.

— quoted,74,134.

Hermippus,28.

Hermeticbooks, relation of creation in modern,111.

Hierophantes,19,32.

Hiu-chin, quoted,55.

House, dark,43.

Houseof spears,43.

— ice,43.

— tiger,44.

— fiery,44.

— of bats,44.

Hunhun Appu,44.

I

Illuminati, incorporated into Freemasonry,9.

Initiationsinto Egyptian mysteries, but little known,16.

— into Eleusinian mysteries,19,20,22,23,24.

Inquisitionpersecutes Masons,5.

Isis, meaning of the name,87.

— her title, her totem,88.

— believed to be a fabulous being,89.

J

JamesII.,4.

Japanese, offspring of the twelve gods,95.

Jerome, Saint,31.

John the Baptist, St., selected patron of the M⸫ Order,5.

Juan Gastonof Medicis, (Duke) persecutes Masons,7.

K

Khan, titles of kings in Asia, origin of it,83.

Kings, three,60.

Kneph, name of the creator,53.

Knights of Christ, order of, founded,3.

Knights Templars, take refuge in Scotland and Portugal,3.

— refuse to recognize the authority of J. M. Larmenio,12.

— received their symbols from Christians initiated into Egyptian mysteries,12.

Krause, quoted,13.

Kronos, king of the "Lands of the West,"53.

L

La, meaning of the word,54.

Lab-mac, title of high priest among the Mayas,30.

Landa(Bishop), quoted,64,68,70,124.

Larmenio, Johan Marcus—appointed Grand Master of the K. Templars,3.

Leibnitz, initiated into Freemasonry,15.

Leopard skinas a symbol,86.

Lopi, quoted,55.

M

Ma, the world,33.

Macrobius, his meaning of the triangular arch,63.

Magi,30,32.

Maha-atma, the great soul,55.

Maha-atmas, the brothers,29,45.

Manco Capac, founder of the Inca empire,47.

Marriage, custom among the Mayas,78.

Maria, Virgin, goddess Maïa-Isis anthropomorphised,131.

Mastodon, worship of,93.

— explanation of tableau representing the worship of,94.

Maya, name found in various countries,71.

— challenges Bâli,76.

— empire figured as a serpent,116.

— empire figured as a tree,125.

— empire the land of the deer in the middle of the earth,126.

— according to the Chinese represented as a tree,127.

Mayax, description of the country of,69.

Matthew, Henry,51.

Mathusalath,37.

Memnon, King of Ethiopia,57.

Menes, wise men of the Mayas,71.

Mithra, mysteries of,27.

Moo, who she was,78.

— history of conspiracy, against,81.

— rejects the love of Aac,82.

Molay, Jacques de, enticed to Paris and arrested,2.

— burnt alive,3.

— appoints his successor,3.

Moses,51.

Mystai, the initiated,19.

N

Nahuatls,48.

Names, various, of Cain explained,89.

Niroukta,54.

Niza,148.

Number3, origin of its symbolization,136.

—5, origin of its symbolization,141,142.

—7, origin of its symbolization,143,149.

O

Oblong Square, its meaning,34.

— its origin as symbol,62.

— forms the ground plan of temples and palaces,62.

Oliva, Annello, Fath.,47.

Origenes, quoted,28.

Orpheus, initiated into Egyptian sacred mysteries founds the orphic,18,53,60,135.

Orphic Mysteries,72.

Osiris,34,49.

— murder of,74.

— culture hero,74.

— his history,75.

— meaning of the name,87.

— believed to be a mythical being,89.

Ouranos,53.

P

Pachacamac,56.

Pallas,28.

Parsis,28.

Payne, Thomas,2.

Pentagon, as a symbol, its meaning,63.

Pentateuch, not written by Moses,51.

Petroma,19.

Phillippe-le-bel, causes the arrest of J. de Molay,2.

— death of,4.

Philip V. of Spain, persecutes masons,6.

Philostratus, quoted,29,57.

Phœnes,53.

Pianchi, King of Ethiopia, initiated,26.

Plato, quoted,41,53.

— relation of submersion of Atlantis correct,92.

Platesfrom Troano M.S., explanation of,117(note),126(note),137(note),139(note).

Plutarch, quoted,27,32,63,74,90,93.

Pompeius,27.

Popol-vuh, initiations described in,42,56.

— creation of the world in,111.

Porphyrius, quoted,27,28.

— his explanation of the image of the creator,72.

Poseidon,53.

Pradjapati,55.

Preston, J. G.,4.

Price, Henry, first American Grand-master,7.

Primander, most ancient Egyptian book, also Supreme Intelligence,110.

Proclus, quoted,53,60.

Proposal of marriage, mode of, in Mayax and Japan,83.

Puttman, B., first Grand-master in Germany,8.

Pythagoras,1.

— his narrow escape when initiated,25,54.

— God number and harmony, according to,60.

— on number four,106.

Q

Qaholom, name of the creator,56.

Quichua language,47.

R

Ra, meaning of the name,54.

Rab-mag, name of the chief of the Magi,30.

Ramsay, Michael Andrew,2.

— origin of Freemasonry according to,11.

Rooms in temples, their shape symbolical,63.

Rosicrucians, their incorporation into Freemasonry,9.

S

Salisbury, Stephen,84.

Sanctuary at Uxmal, description of,35.

Schliemann, Henry, quoted,57.

Set, meaning of the name,89.

— becomes the evil principle,89.

— enemy of the sun,89.

— his protecting genius,90.

— his emblem,90.

Serpent,98.

— origin of its worship unknown,100.

— when considered an evil genius,100.

— image of the creator,100-109.

— traces of its worship all over the world,101.

— origin of its worship according to the Maya priests,109.

— symbol of the country in Mayax and in Egypt,116.

— worshiped still in India,121.

— title of the Kings of Mayax,121

— origin of, and tree worship in America,123.

Solon,41.

Soul, Maya belief in immortality of the,124.

Sougriva, causes the death of Bâli,77.

— meaning of the name,90.

Strabo, quoted,31.

Strathmore, Lord, Grandmaster,8.

Symbols, masonic, identical in the temples of Egypt, Chaldea, India, and Central America,11

— masonic, in Uxmal,65, their meaning,66,67.

— found under the base of Cleopatra's needle,17.

— of worship, the same in Mayax, Egypt, and Peru,94,105.

Symbolizationof number three,136.

— of number five,142.

— of number seven,149.

T

Tao-tse,55.

Tau, meaning of mystic,132.

— complex form of, its origin,132

Templeof mysteries at Uxmal,36.

Temptation, origin of temptation of the woman in the garden,82,83.

Thales, initiated to Egyptian sacred mysteries,18.

Theon, of Smyrna, quoted,24.

Theophilus(Bishop), persecutes the worshipers of Isis and Osiris,16.

Thesmophoria, mysteries of Ceres,134.

Thompson, Charles O., certificate of chemical analysis,84,85.

Thoth, god of letters in Egypt, his description of the creation,110.

Tiahuanuco, explanation of sculptures on Monolith-gate, at,102.

Ti-Hoang, king of the country in the middle of the land,96.

Tien-Hoang, his twelve children,96.

Tree worshipin America,123,124.

— by the Phœnicians, Druids, Scandinavians, the inhabitants of Delos, Samos, Athens, Dodona, Arcadia, Canaan, India, Ceylon,123.

— — Egypt, Assyria,124.

— relationship between the serpent and tree worship,124.

— sacred, among the Mayas,124.

Triangleas a symbol,60.

— its meaning among the Mayas,61.

— its meaning among the Egyptians,63.

Triangular Arches, symbols of a Triune God,62.

U

Uati, goddess, genius of lower Egypt, its symbols,115.

Uiracocha, god,56.

V

Valmiki, quoted,75,76.

Villoison, Dance de, quoted,2.

W

Wake, Stanyland, quoted,99.

Wilford, Captain, quoted,33.

WilliamIII., King of England, initiated into Freemasonry,4.

Winged circle, symbol of,124.

Words of dismissal,21.

— their meaning,22,33.

Worshipers of Isis and Osirispersecuted by Bishops George, Theophilus, Cyril,16.

X

Xibalba,42,45,48,49.

Y

Yaquination,48.

Yaxché, sacred tree among the Mayas,124.

— origin of the cruz-ansata, of the cone as symbol of the mystic Tau,132.

Z

Zend-avesta,28.

Zoroaster, institutes the mysteries of Mithra,27,28.

— his explanation of the triangular arch,62.

ZuñiIndians, 47, 48.

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