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Mystic Masonry.
wages.t This glyph in its outer form is taken from
the guilds of practical Masons of two or three centuries
ago. The laws then governing the Mark of
a Fellowcraft or a Master Builder were very strict,
and the Mark was never bestowed unworthily, and
when received was a passport among builders over
a wide domain. But in a deeper, or Kabalistic sense,
the Master's Word, which entitled its possessor to
Master's wages, was a very different thing indeed.
The wages of the real Master were the satisfaction
and the power that flow from the possession of real
knowledge. Knowledge is power only when one
comprehends that which he possesses, and is, therefore,
enabled to use it for the purposes that lie nearest
his heart. Bro. Pike shows conclusively that the
power of the Word lies in the knowledge of the
Philosophy which is its perfect synthesis. This is,
in part, the meaning of "knowing how to pronounce
the Word."
As already stated, the Kabalah of the ancient Hebrews,
which Moses derived by initiation into the
mysteries of Egypt and Persia, and which Pike and
many others declare was identical among the HetThe
wages of a real Master is Knowledge and
Power to travel where he will in space.