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Symbols in Masonry

Symbols in Masonry. Epsilon Chai Iota Tau. When finished, come this way. When finished, come this way. When finished, come this way. When finished, come this way. When finished, come this way. When finished, come this way. When finished, come this way. When finished, come this way. E.

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Symbols in Masonry

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  1. Symbols in Masonry

  2. Epsilon Chai Iota Tau

  3. When finished, come this way.

  4. When finished, come this way.

  5. When finished, come this way.

  6. When finished, come this way.

  7. When finished, come this way.

  8. When finished, come this way.

  9. When finished, come this way.

  10. When finished, come this way.

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  16. Masonry is a beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. Have you heard that before?

  17. What is a symbol? Main Entry: 1sym·bol Pronunciation: 'sim-b&l Function: noun Etymology: in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from synballein to throw. Date: 15th century

  18. What is a symbol? • 1: an authoritative summary of faith or doctrine: CREED • 2: something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance; especially: a visible sign of something invisible <the lion is a symbol of courage> • 3: an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities • 4: an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed <phallic symbols> • 5: an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to excite or objectify a response

  19. What is a symbol? • 2: something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance; especially: a visible sign of something invisible <the lion is a symbol of courage> • 5: an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to excite or objectify a response

  20. What is a symbol? • Something that stands for something else • Excites or inspires • Description • Something we all sense, that reminds us of a moral principle

  21. G Literal vs. Symbolic • We pay respects to what the “G” represents • In ritual, it would make no difference if it is “G” or not • In law, it must be “G”

  22. VoSL • Candidate is obligated onHISHoly Book • Ritual says“The Holy Bible”

  23. Cherry Tree • Fiction? • Fact? • Does it matter?

  24. Legend • Hyram could have lived to old age. • No one killed in KST – would have been recorded • No Cremation – no urn, no ashes • No one could have been buried near Temple,much less Sanctom Sanctorum

  25. Sharp distinction in ritual • “Masonic Tradition” • Undoubtedly allegory • “Sacred History” • “Great Jewish Historian, Josephus” Probably factual

  26. Personal meaning • Vague, so individual can develop individual interpretation and application. • “It is not so important that we agree on the answers. What is important is that we agree on what questions need to be asked.”

  27. Masonry uses symbols

  28. Rainbow Rainbow • Light waves • Covenant • Promise • Beauty • Wealth • Art • Sunshine

  29. Red Light • Do Not Enter • Look this way • Stop • Danger • For a good time… • Horray!

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  31. Operative, Speculative,Applied     • History • Interpretation • Application Veiled in Allegory and Illustrated by Symbols

  32. Six Men Of Indostan Blind men and the Elephant

  33. Six Men Of Indostan Blind men and the Elephant

  34. Six Men Of Indostan Blind men and the Elephant

  35. Six Men Of Indostan Blind men and the Elephant

  36. Six Men Of Indostan Blind men and the Elephant

  37. Six Men Of Indostan Blind men and the Elephant

  38. Six Men Of Indostan Blind men and the Elephant

  39. Six Men Of Indostan Blind men and the Elephant

  40. Symbols • Officers Management Workshops • Masonic Education Committee • Grand Lodge of California Eugene “Brother Gene” Goldman, p.m.2

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