_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 Phœnicians, 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 ---- [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: