The signs and symbols of primordial man : being an explanation of the evolution of religious doctrines from the eschatology of the ancient Egyptians / by Albert Churchward.

Albert Churchward

Date:: 1910

Credit: The signs and symbols of primordial man : being an explanation of the evolution of religious doctrines from the eschatology of the ancient Egyptians / by Albert Churchward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$for the heir-apparent to the throne, and for such of the priests as excelled in virtue and wisdom.” Plutarch, Pythagoras, Zoroaster and others of the Greeks who visited Egypt were never initiated into the mysteries beyond the first and second degrees, and they never obtained the knowledge of all of them. This is shown by Eusebius. We do not intend to enter into any religious or theological arguments : our one object is to prove that many of the forms, words, symbols, etc., which we now use, were used by our ancient brethren, possibly more than 20,000 years ago, and that then, as now. Freemasonry was scattered over the face of the globe, and that the essence of their rites and beliefs was analogous to that of our tenets, and that various passwords were given and had to be repeated before passing from one degree to another, and that these were identical with those still in use among ourselves, both as Freemasons and in the doctrines of true Christianity. We do not wish our readers to suppose that the term “ Free- masonry ” was then in existence, hut that the whole ritual, signs and symbols, etc., as we use and practise in our rites, and that the ceremonies were all identical, and many practised in the various Christian churches have their origin in these. Proofs of Freemasonry being Universal In 1886 Dr Le Plongeon published a book called Sacred Mysteries among the Mayas and the Quiche, 11,500 Years Ago, and Freemasonry in times anterior to the Temple of Solomon,” and in 1896 he supplemented this with “ Queen ]\Ioo and the Egyptian Sphinx.” These books were the result of his labours and excavations of ancient cities, etc., made in Yucatan, in Mexico, where he found Fig. I.—Three Temples in L^xmal, Mexico. many of the Signs and Symbols in use amongst us. Dr Le Plongeon is a Freemason, and he tells us that at Lixmal he found$