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An encyclopædia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences .. (1894)

Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, McClenachan, Charles T. (Charles Thompson) · Philadelphia, L. H. Everts · leaf 801

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iod,such as the triangle, the pentalpha, thedouble triangle, etc., that we are to attri-bute the prevalence of sacred names andsacred numbers in the symbolic system ofFreemasonry. We do not need a better instance of thistransmutation of Gnostic talismans intoMasonic symbols, by a gradual… … This plate, which is hermetic in its de-sign, but is full of Masonic symbolism,represents a winged globe inscribed with atriangle within a square, and on it reposes adragon. On the latter stands a human fig-ure of two hands and two heads, surroundedby the sun, the moon, and five stars repre-senting…

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