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

234 Mystic Masonry,
ized result of individual character, and contains all
the potencies and qualities of the individual's life.
It is composed of matter, is magnetic, has a definite
mode of motion, and definite color. It may be absorbed
by or transmitted to another. The vibrations
incident to it are the co-ordinate result of the combined
and varying activities of the Priaiciples in
man. The Key-note in every individual is thus determined
as a scientific fact in matter. In the sensualist,
and in all who are degraded by passion and
selfishness, the color of this aura is red, like the
oomb of a cock; and the sensation which it produces
upon the sensitive and pure is often described
as hot and stifling. In an individual who is unselfish
and pure-minded, the color may alternate between a
golden yellow and blue, and the effect described by
the sensitive is that it is cool, restful, and inspiring.
If the foregoing is true, and it is easily verified,
and if a real Master is able to see all of these conditions
which are usually invisible to others, he
would hardly need to depend upon "grips, signs, or
passwords" to recognize a Fellow. Man betrays
his character, his heredity, his ideals, and all his
past life in every lineament of his face, in the contour
and pose of his body, in his gait, in his handwriting,
in the lines in his hand, in the tones of his