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“Throughout the entire Nazi era, a little blue flower in a lapel marked
a brother. In the concentration camps and in the cities, a little blue
forget-me-not distinguished the lapels of those who refused to allow
the light of Freemasonry to be extinguished. When in 1947 the Grand
Lodge of the Sun was re-opened in Bayreuth, a little blue pin, the
shape f the forget-me- not, was proposed and adopted as the official
emblem of the first annual convention of those who had survived
the bitter years of semi-darkness, bringing the Light of Masonry once
again into the temples.”
A year later at the first annual convention of the United Grand
Lodges of Germany AF and AM the pin was adopted as an official
emblem honouring those valiant brethren who carried on their work
under adverse conditions.
Thus did a simple flower blossom forth into a meaningful emblem of
the fraternity, becoming perhaps the most widely worn pin among
Freemasons in Germany.
N.B. Brethren are advised to carry out their own research into this
Interesting subject.
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keeps them from the profane. This system, however, also keeps
them from many Masons who are, of course, entitled to know them.
This perhaps reveals one of Freemasonry’s greatest secrets in that
the secrets of Freemasonry are only meant for those who diligently
search for them. This requires study of our allegories and symbols
for that is the only method by which you may know their true meaning.
The new Mason may hesitate to attempt to interpret an allegory or a
symbol, in case he might err in his interpretation, BUT he need not
hesitate for he will have lots of company from amongst even the veterans.
In any event, who is there to say that his interpretation is
wrong? There is no one single interpretation of any symbol that can
be said to be the only correct one. I venture to suggest that the only
correct interpretation so far as an individual brother is concerned is
the one he himself finds. This becomes to him one of the secrets of
Freemasonry. None of the profane may discover that secret because
it is locked away in the heart of the individual brother.
The allegory or symbol is received by the ear or pictured by the eye,
but that is not enough. It should inform the mind and teach the
heart.
Masonic allegories and symbols present the fullest opportunity for
serious reflection during a life-time of study. Such reflection and
study are the only methods by which the real secrets of Freemasonry
may come into the possession of anyone.