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Read Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics by Jas. Hastings; Lives of Eminent Philosophers by
Diogenes Laertius; and History of Philosophy by Thomas Stanley. The discovery of the ruins of
Luxor on the banks of the Nile and the organization of the Egyptian Mysteries into a Grand
Lodge with minor lodges throughout the ancient world are evidence that Egypt was the cradle of
the Mysteries and of the Masonic Brotherhood.

(3) The rebuilding of the temple of Delphi. This temple was burnt down in 548 B.C. by the
Greeks who were always hostile towards the Egyptian Mysteries. The Brethren tried at first to
raise funds from the native Greeks but failed in their attempt. They then decided to approach the
Grand Master Amasis King of Egypt, who unhesitatingly donated three times as much as was
needed for the purpose. This act of King Amasis shows the universality of the brotherhood of the
Egyptian Mysteries and of Free Masonry. Read Sandford's Mediterranean World, p. 135 and
139; also John Kendrick's Ancient Egypt, Bk. II, p. 363.

4) The abolition of Greek philosophy together with the Egyptian Mysteries. Identical effects
proceed from identical causes. Therefore the edicts of Theodosius in the 4th century A.D. and of
Justinian in the 6th century A.D., which closed down the Egyptian Mysteries, simultaneously
had the same effect upon Greek philosophy, and proved the identity between them. Read The
Ecclesiastical edicts of the Theodosian Code by W. K. Boyd; also Mythology of Egypt by Max
Muller, c. 13, p. 241–245; also Sandford's Mediterranean World, p. 508, 548, 552–568.

(5) The Statue of the Egyptian Goddess Isis with Her Child Horns in Her arms. This was the first
Madonna and Child of human history. It was a Black Madonna and Child. Read Max Muller's
Mythology of Egypt, c. 13, p. 241–245; also Sandford's Mediterranean World, p. 552–568.
Remember that the name Egyptian is a Greek word Aiguptos which means Black, and that
primitive man visualized God in terms of his own attributes and this included colour.

(6) All the great religious leaders from Moses to Christ were Initiates of the Egyptian Mysteries
This is an inference from the nature of the Egyptian Mysteries and prevailing custom.

(a) The Egyptian Mystery System was the One Holy Catholic Religion of the remotest antiquity.

(b) It was the one and only Masonic Order of Antiquity, and as such,

(c) It built the Grand Lodge of Luxor in Egypt and encompassed the ancient world with its
branch lodges.

(d) It was the first University of history and it made knowledge a secret, so that all who desired
to become Priests and Teachers had to obtain their training from the Mystery System, either
locally at a branch lodge or by travelling to Egypt.

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Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James
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