Sacred mysteries among the Mayas and the Quiches, 11,500 years ago ; their relation to the sacred mysteries of Egypt, Greece, Chaldea and India; Free Masonry in times anterior to the Temple of Solomon (1909)
Le Plongeon, Augustus, 1826-1908 · New York : Robert Macoy · leaf 102
d is adorned with a plume of feathers; he is sur-rounded by a serpent, symbol of the Universe. - ■ Porphyrius, speaking of Jupiter, the Creator inthe Orphic mysteries, says, * the philosophers, thatis the initiated, represented him as a man, seated,alluding to his immutable essence ; the upperpart… … THE MAYAS AND THE QUICHES. 73 He holds a sceptre in his left hand because theheart is on that side, and the heart is the seat ofunderstanding that regulates all the actions ofman. And again, the Egyptians call Kneph theintelligence, or creative power. {Kneph, or be itKartell, seems a cognate of…
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