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The two trees alluded to were the Vine and the Fig-
tree, symbols of Our Lord and Our Lady. The Ritual
further speaks of the " Divine food that giveth Power."
The Neophyte says :
" I obtain power from the bread
of the Gods : I obtain power as I eat it beneath the
foliage of the Tree of my Lady." And, further on :
" To
me is given splendour, joy, and peace of heart in the
place of Bread and Wine."
In one of the Ancient Sacred Writings of the Early
Eastern Church, " The Book of Adam and Eve," trans-
lated from the Ethiopic by Rev. S. C. Malan, we meet
the following startling passages :
—
"Adam and Eve made an oblation of bread on the
• Altar. God said :
’
This oblation ye have offered me I
shall make it my flesh,’ and the Holy Ghost came down
on that oblation."
Later on it is stated :
" Shem, son of Noah, prepared
Bread and Wine, and said :
’
Keep this Mystery
secret.’
"
Further on we find it related that Melchizedek, King
of Salem, took 12 stones and offered on them a sacrifice
of bread and wine, and that he gave Abraham the Holy
Eucharist, a cup of wine and a morsel of bread, and
Melchisedek said : "Take 12 stones, and make thereof
an altar, and offer upon it Bread and Wine."
In the presence of all this evidence, it is impossible
to maintain that the Holy Communion was originally
instituted by Jesus of Nazareth : Jesus was the High-
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