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

Man
156 Mystic Masonry.
when consciousness ceases on the outer plane, he
has a fact in his own experience givnig him the key
to Samadhi. if he can produce the same condition
in himself without fainting or chloroform, for example,
but by a knowledge of the laws of vibration,
then is he an Adept, and has, and knows how to
pronounce the Master's Word.
The "designs on the Trestle-board for the building
of the Temple" are the laws that determine the
evolution of the Higher Self in Man: while the execution
of the plan, or the construction of the temple,
in accordance with the plan, means a transformation
of the earthly tabernacle—the lower nature—into a
likeness with "that other, spiritual teniple, not made
with hands, eternal in the heavens."
This is again symbolized by the triangle within
the square.
The triangle in the square syml)olizes potential
Being before evolution : in the Garden of
Eden. The square in the triangle symlxjlizes regeneration;
the purification of the lower earthly nature
so that it may "ascend to the Father;" return to
Paradise. This is symbolized by the careful position
of the compass and square in relation to the
Holy Bible, while the three Greater lights, and
three Lesser lights again make a double triangle;