_Communications_ between Egypt and India and China, 57.
_Conceptions_ concerning a Triune God, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58.
_Confucius_, 56.
-- quoted, 144.
_Coronado_, quoted, 148.
_Creation_ of 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.
_Crown_ of 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
_Egyptian_ civilization, 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.
_Francis_ of 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.
_Frederick_ II. 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.
_George_ I. 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.
_Gregory_ of 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.
_Hermetic_ books, relation of creation in modern, 111.
_Hierophantes_, 19, 32.
_Hiu-chin_, quoted, 55.
_House_, dark, 43.
_House_ of spears, 43.
-- ice, 43.
-- tiger, 44.
-- fiery, 44.
-- of bats, 44.
_Hunhun Appu_, 44.
I
_Illuminati_, incorporated into Freemasonry, 9.
_Initiations_ into Egyptian mysteries, but little known, 16.
-- into Eleusinian mysteries, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24.
_Inquisition_ persecutes Masons, 5.
_Isis_, meaning of the name, 87.
-- her title, her totem, 88.
-- believed to be a fabulous being, 89.
J
_James_ II., 4.
_Japanese_, offspring of the twelve gods, 95.
_Jerome_, Saint, 31.
_John the Baptist_, St., selected patron of the M.·. Order, 5.
_Juan Gaston_ of 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 skin_ as 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.
_Number_ 3, 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.
_Phoenes_, 53.
_Pianchi_, King of Ethiopia, initiated, 26.
_Plato_, quoted, 41, 53.
-- relation of submersion of Atlantis correct, 92.
_Plates_ from 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.
_Symbolization_ of 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
_Temple_ of 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 worship_ in America, 123, 124.
-- by the Phoenicians, 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.
_Triangle_ as 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.
_William_ III., King of England, initiated into Freemasonry, 4.
_Winged circle_, symbol of, 124.
_Words of dismissal_, 21.
-- their meaning, 22, 33.
_Worshipers of Isis and Osiris_ persecuted by Bishops George, Theophilus,
Cyril, 16.
X
_Xibalba_, 42, 45, 48, 49.
Y
_Yaqui_ nation, 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.
_Zuñi_ Indians, 47, 48.
Notes
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[1] From drawings and photographs made by the author, and engraved by the
Moss Engraving Co., by the new process of Mr. John C. Moss.
[2] An interpretation of the Maya legend explanatory of the illustration
may not be amiss, inasmuch as it shows that the serpent was the symbol
of the country. Beginning at the top of the column, it reads as
follows:
[Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol]
_Ahau_ _Eb_ _Kan_ _cib_ _Lamat_
_A-ha-u_ _Heb_ _Kanaan_ _cib_ _Lam-a-ti_
that is literally: He-water-Basin turn abundant fluid submerge
the land.
Freely translated,
_The Master of the basin of water turns it: abundant fluid submerges
the land._
A glance at the illustration will suffice to show that the
interpretation is correct. In my work "The Monuments of Mayax," etc., I
give a more complete explanation of it.
[3] [Illustration]
The legend reads commencing from the top of the left hand column--
[Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol]
_Can_ _Ahau_ _Cimen_ _eb_ for _heb_ _Ezanab_ _Kan_
the King dead forcing its earthquake has risen
master of the basin way
of water
(beginning again at the top of the second column)
[Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol]
_Can_ _oc_ _cib_ _ik_ _lamat_ _ix_
foot sank air--wind filled up crater--or bosom
of the volcanoes
[Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol]
_uac_ _luumilob_ _umukan_ _can_ _kak-mul_ _Timanik_
six fertile lands umukan four volcano Timanik
Freely translated:
Can, the master of the basin of water, who was dead, forcing his way by
means of the earthquake, has risen. Can's foot sank, the air having
filled up the crater of the volcano. Six fertile lands have appeared in
Umukan (Cuba) and four volcanoes in Timanik (one of the small
Antilles.)
The Maya writers, as the author of the Troano, etc., sometimes
represented the Earth under the figure of an old woman and called it
_mam_--the grandmother. She is here represented holding in her left
hand the sign of the smoke, and darting a javelin emblem of the
volcanic energy, and in her right hand she holds the symbol of the
"Land of the Scorpion" "_Zinaan_," the West India Islands of our days.
The deer head represents the Maya Empire.
[4] The legend literally translated reads as follows:
[Symbol] [Symbol] [Symbol]
that is: _PPeu_, _caban_ for _cabahaan_ has struck again--_bat_--ax.
Freely translated: _PPeu has struck again the tree with his ax_. PPeu
was the name of one of the twelve ancient rulers who governed the
country in times anterior to the great cataclysm during which the
Atlantic island was submerged. Deified after his death he became one of
the protecting genii of the land, whose effigies still adorn the east
façade of the palace at Chichen Itza, where they are placed, between
the eyes, over the trunks of the mastodon's head, and surrounded with
an aureola.
[5] Symbol of the three sons of King Can--represented under the emblem of
the three deer heads--_Uluumil ceh_, "the land of the deer," being one
of the names of the country of the Mayas.