[205] Swedenborg a Hermetic Philosopher, &c., p. 210. The object of the author is to show that the Swedish sage was an adept, and that his writings may be interpreted from the point of view of Hermetic philosophy. [206] Cours Philosophique et Interprétatif des Initiations Anciennes et Modernes, p. 99. [207] Ibid., p. 176. [208] Histoire Générale de la Franc-maçonnerie, p. 52. [209] Histoire de la Magie, liv. v. ch. vii. p. 100. [210] Vorlesung über das Symbol des Tempels, in the "Jarbüchern der Gross. Loge Roy. York zur Freundschaft," cited by Lenning, Encyc., voc. _Tempel_. [211] In an Essay on the Masonic Idea of Man's Destination, cited by Lenning, _ut supra_, from the Altenburg _Zeitschift der Freimaurerei_. [212] Cited by Lenning, _ut sup._ [213] Thus Dr. Oliver, while treating of the relation of the temple to the lodge, thus briefly alludes to this important symbol: "As our ancient brethren erected a material temple, without the use of axe, hammer, or metal tool, so is our moral temple constructed."--_Historical Landmarks_, lect. xxxi. [214] System of Speculative Masonry, ch. vi. p. 63. [215] On the Speculative Temple--an essay read in 1861 before the Grand Lodge of Alabama. [216] A portion of this essay, but in a very abridged form, was used by the author in his work on "Cryptic Masonry." [217] Hist. Landmarks, i. 459, note 52. [218] הייתש ךבא See the Gemara and Buxtorf Lex. Talm., p. 2541. [219] Job xxxviii. 4-7. [220] A New Translation of the Book of Job, notes, p. 196. [221] In voc. הייתש, where some other curious extracts from the Talmud and Talmudic writers on the subject of the Stone of Foundation are given. [222] Sepher Toldoth Jeshu, p. 6. The abominably scurrilous character of this work aroused the indignation of the Christians, who, in the fifteenth century, were not distinguished for a spirit of tolerance, and the Jews, becoming alarmed, made every effort to suppress it. But, in 1681, it was republished by Wagenselius in his "Tela Ignea Satanae," with a Latin translation. [223] Comment, on Gen. xxviii. 18. [224] "Ni fallit fatum, Scoti quocunque locatum Invenient lapidem, regnare tenentur ibidem." [225] Old and New Testament connected, vol. i. p. 148. [226] The Temple of Solomon, pourtrayed by Scripture Light, ch. ix. p. 194. Of the Mysteries laid up in the Foundation of the Temple. [227] See Pausanias, lib. iv. [228] The "Disputationes adversus Gentes" of Arnobius supplies us with a fund of information on the symbolism of the classic mythology. [229] Naology, ch. iii. p. 119. [230] Cornut. de Nat. Deor. c. 16. [231] Essais sur les Fables, t. i. lett. 2. p. 9. [232] Bosworth (_Aug. Sax. Dict._) defines _treowth_ to signify "troth, truth, treaty, league, pledge, covenant." End of Project Gutenberg's The Symbolism of Freemasonry, by Albert G. Mackey