Symbols of Freemasonry Vol. I

Symbols and Traditions Included:

1. THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE
2. CORNERSTONE LAYING CEREMONIES
3. THE POINT WITHIN A POINT
4. CEREMONY OF CIRCUMAMBULATION
5. THE BLAZING STAR
6. THE TRIANGLE
7. THE ALL-SEEING EYE
8. THE FORTY-SEVENTH PROBLEM OF EUCLID
9. THE ALTAR
10. THE YEAR OF MASONRY
11. THE LEGEND OF HIRAM ABIF
12. THE TWO SAINTS JOHN
13. THE LETTER G
14. KING SOLOMON'S TEMPLE

15. THE MOSAIC PAVEMENT
16. THE SQUARE AND COMPASS
17. THE ROYAL ARCH AND KEYSTONE
18. JACHIN AND BOAZ
19. THE SPRIG OF ACACIA
20. TUBAL CAIN

"This paper (app) begins with an earnest effort to describe a modern, basic concept of the Great Architect of the Universe as the foundation upon which all men can agree; not necessarily agree on the language of this discourse, for each reader must think and perceive in his own language and thought, but each reader is urged to think this basic concept through to his own conclusion, basing his thinking on the truth of the existence and reality of one ever living God, so that all may build upon the same foundation and there be no division..

The next truth that this paper (app) hopes to show, and that from the symbolical and traditional evidence in Masonry itself, is that from the beginnings of all stages of human enlightenment and knowledge man has looked up to some superior being as the focal point of his religious perception. It is further hoped that the thoughtful reader perceive that, as the three Craft degrees symbolize the three principal stages of human life — youth, manhood and old-age — in its development, both physically and spiritually, the institution of Freemasonry has passed through these stages of development. Finally, that in speculative Masonry, symbolizing the period of old-age, it attains to the highest of all spiritual traditions, which is, "That Temple not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," or the "Spiritual Temple" which also rests upon that basic foundation of eternal verity on which all men can agree and build, and in which all men are brothers." - Horace Sykes


[Note: The source materials for this app came from a public domain book entitled, Ancient Religious Traditions and Symbols in Freemasonry, by Horace Sykes, and, An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and its Kindred Sciences, by Albert C. Mackey.]

In L.V.X.