Mystic masonry, or, The symbols of freemasonry and the greater ...

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154 Mystic Masonry.
To synthesize all these movements in one word we
have Fohat as the agent ; and Vibration as the manifestation.
The Master who knows the pitch, quality
and amphtude of this first vibration, who can
produce this first septenary of sound, color, and
form, can by so doing raise his Consciousness to
that first or seventh (according as we count from
above downward or the reverse) plane. Such a one
knows how to pronounce the Ineffable Name. It is
not only a matter of pure science, dealing with laws
of rhythm; a fact, and not a tradition or a sentiment,
but it implies absolute At-One-Ment in knowledge
and power between all that goes to make up
what we call man and all that we call Nature. It
is the consummation of human evolution. Hence
said the Christ: "It is finished." In giving himself
to the world the perfect at-one-ment was attained.
In the ethical sense, that is, on the plane of relations
of man to man, the Word is Renunciation, or
self-sacrifice. In the Hindoo tradition regarding
the Master's Word there are seven ways of pronouncing
it, each involving a different potency and
a different result. The Voice of the Silence says
"Before thou set'st thy foot upon the ladder's upper
rung, the ladder of the mystic sounds, thou hast