Jesus Christ, Mason of God by Murdock D.M. & S Acharya

Author:Murdock, D.M. & S, Acharya [Murdock, D.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stellar House Publishing
Published: 2011-01-25T16:00:00+00:00

The Solar Master Craftsman

Like the solar demiurge, a number of gods have been "master craftsmen" of some sort or another, such as Agni, the Vedic fire and sun god, and Agni's father, Tvashtar, who was a "modeler," "divine artist," "carpenter," etc. A god as a "master builder" or stone mason is a pre-Christian motif, as demonstrated by the concept of "God," whether as Ptah, Osiris or other, as the "Grand Architect." Verifying this association in his diatribe Against the Heathen Gods , Christian writer Commodianus remarks:

Ye make Neptune a god descended from Saturn; and he wields a trident that he may spear the fishes. It is plain by his being thus provided that he is a sea-god. Did not he himself with Apollo raise up walls for the Trojans? How did that poor stone-mason become a god? [66]

Not only is Neptune, or Poseidon, a mason god, but Apollo, a sun god, is also a mason who helped build the walls of Troy, confirming the association of the sun with masonry, long before the Christian era. Moreover, in one of his lives the "sun of God" Buddha was also a mason.

The solar origin and meaning behind Masonic myth and ritual were explained succinctly by Thomas Paine in his erudite essay, "Origin of Freemasonry," in which he stated that Christianity and Masonry "have one and the same common origin: Both are derived from the worship of the Sun." Col. Olcott likewise described the solar iconography and ritual of Masonry, quoting Stellar Theology by Robert Brown, Jr., who declared that "Masonic tradition" was "one of the numerous allegories" of the sun's yearly passage through the zodiac and its 12 constellations. This "system of astronomical symbols and emblems" was used to "teach the great truths about the omnipotent God and immortality." The term "Masonry" supposedly comes from a Greek word meaning "I am in the midst of heaven," a reference to the sun. In discussing the term "Tith-On," Bryant says that in Greek it means "masoV hliou": the mount of the Sun . [67] The word here for "mount" is "masos," which in the accusative would be "mason." As such, "mason" represents an ancient word, found in Greek and possessing a lithic meaning and solar association.

Olcott further outlines a number of salient correspondences between Masonry and sun worship and remarks, "The Sun, overwhelmed by the three autumn months, returns to life at the vernal equinox, and is exalted at the summer solstice. In this drama the candidate was required to represent the Sun, and a solar significance characterizes the whole ritual." [68] In addition, the orientation of the Masonic lodges is based on the sun's positions, aligned east and west, as is typical for sacred structures such as temples and churches. A number of Masonic terms are astrotheological, such as E.A.M., M.M. and O.G.M.H.A., which signify the sun, and F.C.M., which represents the moon. The Masons also celebrate the solstices, or specifically June 24th and December 27th, dates with "purely astronomical significance." Also, the two "St.

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