The Tau Cross

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It cloesly resembles the moddern letter T,consisiting of a horizontal bar resting on a vertical column,the two arms being of equal lenght. An oak tree cutt off some feet above the ground and its upper part laid across the lower on this form was the symbol of the Druid god Hu. It is suspected that this symbol originated among the Egyptians from the spread of the horns of a bull an the vertical line of its face. this is sometimes designated as the hammer cross, because if held by its vertical base it is not unlike a mallet or gavel. In one ofe the Qabbalistic Masonic legends,Chiram Aniff is given a hammer in the form of a TAU by his ancestor , Tubal-cain. the TAU cross is preserved to modern masonery under the symbol of the T square. This appears to be the oldest form of the cross. The TAu cross was inscribed on the forehead of every person admitted into the Mysteries of Mithras.