FROM OUR EDITOR

The Trinity in man lives in the three great chambers of the Human body, from which they radiate their power throughout the three worlds. These centers are the brain, the heart, and the reproductive system. These are the three main chambers of the pyramid and also the rooms in which are given the entered apprentice, fellow craft, and master masons degrees of blue lodge masonry. In these three chambers dwell the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, who are symbolised by the three letter word, AUM.

The transmutation, regeneration, and unfoldment of these three great centers results in the sounding of the Lost Word, which is the great secret of the Masonic order. From the spinal nerves come impulses and life forces which make this possible. Therefore the Mason is told to consider carefully his substitute word, which means “The Marrow of the Bone.” In the cerebellum or posterior brain—which has charge of the motive system of the human body and is the only brain developed in the animal—is to be found a little tree-like growth which has long been symbolised as a sprig of Açacia and as such is referred to in the Masonic allegory. (Demeter - DMT)

The two lobes of the cerebrum were called by the ancients Cain and Abel, and have much to do with the legend of the curse of Cain, which is literally the curse of unbalance. For murder of the spirit equilibrium, Cain is sent forth a wonderer upon the face of earth. I have in my possession a very remarkable skull which originally rested on the shoulders of a homicide. It is of high organic quality, but bears the curse of Cain. This individual had a grudge which he nursed very carefully. Nursed grudges sometimes become very dangerous things. This person swore that when he met a certain man he would cut his heart out and throw it in his face. A number of years passed, his hatred grew, and at last meeting his enemy, he attacked him and fulfilled his threat. He was hanged for the crime, but the skull bearing the testimony to the brain, reveals a very interesting fact. The right half of the brain is under the control of mercury—the planet of intelligence— and as a result of the crossing of the brain nerves at the base of the skull it rules the left side of the Body. The left half of the brain, under the control of Mars—the spirit of anger and impulse—rules the right side of the body and likewise the strong right arm. As a result of his hatred and the ruler ship of Mars which grew out of that hatred, the left rear side of the brain is fully twice the size of the right side.