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Knight Rose Croix , Pt. 14

But its peculiar meaning in this Degree, is that given to it by the Ancient Egyptians. Thoth or Phtha is represented on the oldest monuments carrying in his hand the Crux Ansata, or Ankh. He is so seen on the double tablet of Shufu and Noh Shufu, builders of the greatest of the Pyramids, at Wady Meghara, in the peninsula of Sinai. It was the hieroglyphics for life, and with a triangle prefixed meant life-giving. To us it is the symbol of Life- of that life that emanated from the Deity, and of that Eternal Life for which we all hope; through our faith in God's infinite goodness.

The Rose was anciently sacred to Aurora and the Sun. It is a symbol of Dawn, of the resurrection of Light and the renewal of life, and therefore of the dawn of the first day, and more particularly of the resurrection: and the Cross and Rose together are there hieroglyphically to be read, the Dawn of Eternal Life which all Nations have hoped for by the advent of a Redeemer.

The Pelicun feeding her young is an emblem of the large and bountiful beneficence of Nature, of the Redeemer of fallen men, and of that humanity and charity that ought to distinquish a Knight of this Degree.

The Eagle was the living Symbol of the Egyptian God Mendes or Menthra, whom Sesostris-Ramses made one with Amun-Re, the God of Thebes and Upper Egypt, and the representative of the Sun, the word RE meaning Sun or King.

The Compass surmounted with a crown signifies that notwithstanding the high rank attained in Masonry by a Knight of the Rose Croix, equity and impartiality are ivariably to govern his conduct.

To the word INRI, inscribed of the Crux Ansata over the Master's Seat, many meanings have been assigned. The Christian Initiate reverenttially see in it the initials of the inscription upon the cross on which Christ suffered- Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudorum. The sages of Antiquity connected it with one of the greatest secrets of Nature, that of universal regeneration. They interpreted it thus, Igne Matura renovatur integra,: The Alchemical or Hermetic Masons framed for it this aphorism, Igne nitrum roris invenitur. And the Jesuits are charged with having applied to it this odious axiom, Justum necare reges impios. The four letters are the initials of the Hebrew words that represent the four elements- Iammim, the seas of water; Nour, fire; Rouach, the air; and Iebeschah, the dry earth. How we read it, I need not repeat to you.