Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

god Osiris. The myth says that after Osiris had been treacherously murdered, his son Horus set out to avenge his death. In the course of the long struggle one of his eyes was plucked out. This was eventually restored by Thoth, the god of wisdom, and came to be linked with the art of healing. Roman physicians introduced Egyptian symbols into their prescriptions to impress their patients, and the eye of Horus was one.... Over the centuries the outline was modified until it became the simpler symbol we know today. Unwittingly, then, even the most orthodox of today’s doctors make use of a magic sign.”

The “triple sceptre of the Nile” can be seen in several of the Egyptian gods’ hands. The triple sceptre comprises the flail (or whip), the shepherd’s crook, and the Anubis-headed staff. This triple sceptre represented the powers which an Initiate had mastered. “With the Whip he had subjugated his physical body; with the Shepherd’s Crook he was the guardian and keeper of his emotional body; with the Anubis-headed Staff he was master of his mind and worthy to wield the powers of government over others because, first of all, he obeyed the laws himself.”