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The Pyramids and other stupendous structures on the Nile,
bear Masons' marks, as fresh as though chiseled yesterday.
Similar traces have lately been discovered on the monuments
of Nineveh and Babylon, that undoubtedly have reference to
the Masonic mysteries, and, among them, to the Great and
Occult Name. In regard to the “Book of the Dead,” which,
in whole or part, is contained in a papyrus roll laid up with
the Egyptian mummy in the Sarcophagus, there are many
symbols and names, probably Masonic, and more especially the
name of Diety among the Egyptian writings, which may have
an important bearing upon Masonic history. The explanation
of the Urim and Thummim, the lights and perfections, and of
the breastplate of Aaron, is remarkable. The initial letters
of the Hebrew names of the twelve stones in that breastplate,
and also of the twelve tribes, (by the application of a key discovered
by Lanci,) conveyed a meaning which the exegesis of a
learned linguist would never have reached. The explanation
of the Urim is, `I will cause the oracular spirit to rise at my
will;”—of the Thummim, “And of the Seers it will manifest
the secret:” and by putting the first two letters in Hebrew
together, the ineffable name is made out.

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