GENERAL INDEX.

A.

ABURY, Temple at, a picture of the deity, 50.
Adam, happiness of, in Paradise, 38; expelled thence, 40;
receives a consoling promise, 41.

Admonition to erring brethren, 212.

Adytum, or Lodge of the Druids, 130.

All-Seeing Eye, 21.

Al-Om-Jah, the name of the deity, preserved in the
Egyptian Mysteries, 12.

Antiquity of Serpent worship, 52.

Ape, said to be the tempter of Eve, 40.

Apis, the Cherubim worshipped as, 70.

Apron, a garment of great antiquity, 184; its design, ib.;
apron or girdle worn by Job, by Aaron, by the Prophets,
by Samuel, David, Elijah, John the Baptist, Jesus Christ,
and the primitive Christians, 185; its symbolical reference,
194; antiquity of the, described, 195; an honourable badge
of distinction, 196.

Ararat, Mount, Ark rests on the summit of, 80.

Ark, (Noah's,) an oblong square, 78; rests on Ararat,
80; quitted by Noah on May-day, ib.

Ark of the Covenant, Uzzah slain for touching the, 35;
fifty thousand men slain for looking on the, 36.

Asiatic Symbols, 7.

A. U. M. the mysterious name of the deity in India, 32.
Authority of the W. M. 204.

B.

Babel, Tower of, Masonry practised in the, 5; appropri-
ated to secret celebrations, and to astronomy, 84; built on

the plan of the Point within a Circle, 164; dedicated to the
Sun, ib.; contained seven stories, 165.

Badge of innocence, 189.

Banners of the Tribes of Israel, 60.

Banner, on the plains of Shinar, was inscribed with a
dove and olive branch, encircled by a rainbow, 100; of
Semiramis, ib.

Basilisk, Eve said to be tempted by a, 40.

Bel, a name of the deity, 30; his fire lighted on May-
day, 31.

Benevolence, 228.

British initiations of great importance, 115.

Britons worshipped the Serpent, 50.

Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth, 34.

Burning Bush, 219.

.C.

Cabiric Priests, the perverters of Lux or Masonry, 5.

Camp of Judah in the East, 222.

Candidate raised from a coffin in the ancient mysteries, 86.

Candidates, at their initiation, exhorted to virtue, 186;

choice and qualifications of, 205.

Cardinal virtues, (the) 34.

Catacombs of Egypt, 11.

Centre, esteemed the temple of the deity, 172.
Ceremonies, emblems and jewels illustrated, 218.
Chaldea, Phallic worship in, 177.

Chaos, 104.

Charity, 228.

Cherubim, constituted one of the secrets of Masonry in all
ages, 58; vouchsafed at the fall, 59; withdrawn at the de-
luge, ib.; renewed to Moses, ib.; lost at the destruction of
the temple, ib.; revealed to Ezekiel in the compound form
of a man, an ox, a lion, and an eagle, ib.; symbolical, 61;
introduced into the idolatrous mysteries, 63; their various
symbolical reference, 72.

Chinese, worshipped the Serpent, 46; used the circle and
parallel lines, 168.

Circle, universal form of the, 166..

Circumambulation, 224.

Closing the Lodge, 210.

Clothing of Masonry, 76.

Coffin, emblematical, 86; a plan of penance, 112; an
emblematical tomb, 113; resurrection from the, ib.
Colours, mystical, of druidism, 192.

Committees, no private ones are allowed in Masonry, 204.
Compasses illustrated, 226.

Cromlech of Britain, what, 114; at Stanton Drew, 115;
Llech y Gowres, ib.; at Shap, ib.

D.

Darkness, of the Egyptian mysteries, 12; of the initiations,
85; of the uninitiated, 106; and Light contrasted, 107; of
Masonry illustrated, 108; heathen nations partial to, 109;
temple dedicated to, 110; divine honours paid to, 111;
superior antiquity of, ib.; honoured with three cheers, 112;
of death, 121.

David's sacrifice, 23.

Death, represented in the mysteries, 85; of the mysteries,
symbolical, 112; aspirant raised from, 113.

Deity, triad of, symbolized by three pillars, 131; ex-
planation of, 132; in different nations, 134; represented
by three stones, 135; many instances of this custom pro-
duced, 136.

Deluge, described, 79; tradition of, preserved in the
mysteries of all nations, 81; by the Brahmins of India,
87; in China, 88; in America, 89; by the Druids of Bri-
tain, 92.

Discipline in the Lodge, an attention to, recommended, 208.
Dispersion from Shinar, how accomplished, 216.

Divine Lights, 107.

Divisions in the Lodge to be avoided, 212.

Druidical Mysteries, symbols of the, 9; initiation into
the, 150; trials of fortitude in the, 151; dreadful process
in their initiations, ib.; government of the, 202.

Druids used the Point within a Circle, 173.

Druid Temples, circular, 173; at Keswick, Stonehenge,
and Abury, 174.

Duad, 170.

E.

Eagle, worshipped in various nations, 67.

East, the, peculiarly sacred, 221; the most honourable
quarter, 222; Camp of Judah in the, ib.; Christian Religion
planted in the, ib.; early Christians prayed towards the, 223;
Garden of Eden in the, ib.; visible glory of Christ in the,
ib.; Christ shall come to Judgment in the, 224; Masonic
customs connected with the, ib.

East and West, (due,) Temples, Churches, and Lodges
built, 223; graves dug, 224.

East, West, and South, 204.

Egypt, Hieroglyphics of, 11; Serpent worship of, 45;
Phallic worship of, 177.

Egyptian Temples full of representations of the Serpent
god, 45.

Egyptian Symbols, 13.

Egyptians used the Point within a Circle, 169.

Eleusinian Mysteries, 106; rings given in the, 168.

Emblems illustrated, 117.

Empyrean, a name of the Mithratic Cave, 131.

Enoch translated, 23.

Essenes, their initiations described, 186.

Europe, so named from the worship of the Serpent, 49.

Eve tempted, 38.

Expulsions, 212.

Extent of the Lodge, 228.

F.

Faith, Hope, and Charity, 160.

Fall of Man, traditions of the, 42; in India, ib.; in Greece,
43; in Scandinavia, ib.; in New Zealand, 47.

Feet, bare, in the initiations, 186.

Fire, bridge of, 176.

Foundation Stone, where laid, 225.

Freemasonry, antiquity of, 215; more ancient than the
heathen mysteries, 216; practised at Shinar, ib.; deteriorated
by idolatrous innovations, 217.

Genuflection, 220.

Golden Rule, 122.

G.

Gothic Mysteries, government of, 202.

Government, Masonic, 200; of great antiquity, 201; of
the mysteries, ib.; masonic, conducted by three principal
Officers, 204.

Grand Lodge, Rules of the, to be adhered to, 208.

Greece, Phallic worship in, 177.

Greek Mysteries, government of, 201; Circumambulation
in the, 224.

Greeks, worshipped the Serpent, 44; worshipped with
feet uncovered, 219.

Hermaphrodite deity, 95.

H.

Hieroglyphics, 7; Asiatic, ib.; of Pythagoras, 8; of Druid-

ism, 9; of Egypt, 11.

Honey, a symbol of death, 118, 158.

Hours, of attendance, 209; of departure, 210.

Jacob's vision, 141.

Jah, 26.

I.

Idolatrous nations, transferred Masonry into the mysteries,
4; derived their ideas of God from the Patriarchs, 58.

Jehovah, known to the heathen, 25.

Incommunicable Name, 26.

Indians, worshipped the Serpent, 46; used the Phallic

worship, 176.