The Lost Keys of Freemasonry - RoseCroix.org.au

into the world untold sorrow, which through reaction, manifests in the mental andphysical bodies.It is strange how divine powers may become perverted until each expression andurge becomes a ruffian and a murderer. The divine compassion of the godsmanifests in this world of form very differently than in the realms of light. Divinecompassion is energized by the same influxes as mortal passions and the lusts ofearth. The spiritual light rays of Cosmos - the Fire Princes of the Dawn - whichseethe and surge through the unregenerate man, are the impulses which he pervertsto murder and hate. The ceaseless power of Chaos, the seething pinwheel spirals ofperpetual motion, whose majestic cadences are the music of the spheres, areenergized by the same great power that man uses to destroy the highest and best.The same mystic power that keeps the planets in their orbits around the solar body,the same energy that keeps each electron spinning and whirling, the same energythat is building the temple of God, is now a merciless slave-driver which ,unmastered and uncurbed, strikes the Compassionate One and sends him reelingbackward into the darkness of his prison. Man does not listen to that little voicewhich speaks to him in ever loving, ever sorrowful tones. This voice speaks of thepeace accompanying the constructive application of energy which he must chain if hewould master the powers of creation. How long will it take King Hiram of Tyre, thewarrior on the second step, symbolic of the Fellow Craft of the Cosmic Lodge, toteach mankind the lessons of self-mastery? The teacher can do it only as he dailydepicts the miseries which are the result of uncurbed appetites. The strength of manwas not given to be used destructively but that he might build a temple worthy to bethe dwelling place of the Great Architect of the universe. God is glorifying himselfthrough the individualized portions of himself, and is slowly teaching theseindividualized portions to understand and glorify the whole.The day has come when Fellow Craftsmen must know and apply their knowledge.The lost key to their grade is the mastery of emotion, which places the energy of theuniverse at their disposal. Man can only expect to be entrusted with great power byproving his ability to use it constructively and selflessly. When the Mason learns thatthe key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of livingpower, he has learned the mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of Lucifer arein his hands and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his abilityto properly apply energy. He must follow in the footsteps of his forefather, Tubal-Cain, who with the mighty strength of the war god hammered his sword into aplowshare. Incessant vigilance over thought, action, and desire is indispensable tothose who wish to make progress in the unfolding of their own being, and the FellowCraft's degree is the degree of transmutation. The hand that slays must lift thefallen, while the lips given to cursing must be taught to pray. The heart that hatesmust learn the mystery of compassion, as the result of a deeper and more perfectunderstanding of man's relation to his brother. The firm, kind hand of spirit mustcurb the flaming powers of emotion with an iron grip. In the realization andapplication of these principles lies the key of the Fellow Craft.In this degree, the two points of the compass (one higher than the other), symbolizethe heart and mind, and with the expression of the higher emotions the heart pointof the compass is liberated from the square, which is an instrument used to measurethe block of matter and therefore symbolizes form.