Masonry' s homage to the heart by the Sign of Hand on Heart can best be understood by the fact that the leaders of the Masonic Lodge themselves boast that the rituals of Freemasonry hearken back to ancient Egyptian religion. The Egyptian Book of the Dead addressed prayers to "My heart of my mother...My heart of transformations," meaning the source of rebirths. The Mother Goddess of Egypt was worshipped by various names, Isis, Hathor, Rhea, etc. She was the one to whom the peo

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. — Revelation 13:16 Raise the right hand, extending the two fingers like a fork, then draw it back over the right shoulder and with a quick motion dart the extended fingers forward in a horizontal direction. It alludes to the penalty of gouging out the eyes of a traitor. —Second Sign of a Super-Excellent Master Mason Richardson's Monitor of F