The Lost Key: An Explanation of Masonic Symbols

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CONTENTSSECTIONSPAGEQuestions on the Symbolism . . . . . . 1I. The Hidden Meaning of the Masonic Symbolism . 1- 44 5II. The Symbolism of the Lodge Room . . . . . 45- 84 19III. The Lodges of the Holy Saints John at Jerusalem . 85-123 31IV. The Great Lights. . . . . . . . . . 124-158 43V. The Apron . . . . . . . . . . . 159-198 53VI. The Working Tools . . . . . . . . . 199-218 66VII. The Metals . . . . . . . . . . . 219-254 73VIII. The Third Degree . . . . . . . . . 255-269 85IX. The Method of Teaching—the Subjective Mind . 270-279 92X. The Drama of the Third Degree . . . . . 280-297 97XI. The Three Parts of Masonry . . . . . . 298-324 105Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116[As is obvious, this is an American work; and whilst many aspects ofMasonic ritual discussed are landmarks common to all “regular”workings of the Craft degrees in English-speaking countries, a few arepeculiar to U.S. workings. The American “York Rite” rituals inDuncan’s Masonic Ritual and Monitor appear in most (not quite all)respects sufficiently close to those with which Tucker was familiar forpurposes of study.It should not be assumed that the editor of this electronic editionagrees with everything, or indeed anything, the author says. Howevercommenting on every doubtful or manifestly false assertion or lapse oflogic would make an unreadable mess of the whole thing as footnotesand scholia eclipsed the text; the author’s text is thus presented as Ifound it, with only manifest typographical errrors corrected andwithout further annotation. Caveat lector.]
QUESTIONS ON THE SYMBOLISMThings Which Every Mason Ought to Know1. What is an Emblem? (32)2. What is a Symbol? (24)3. What is the difference between an Emblem and a Symbol? (32)4. What is an Allegory? (32)5. What is the use of a Symbol in teaching? (18,24)6. What is “Morality?” (30,31, 33)7. What is the Official Definition of Masonry? (27)8. What is the symbolic meaning of the Temple? (35)9. What is the symbolic meaning of the “Oblong Square?” (93-95)10. What is the symbolic meaning of the Lodge? (37, 45)11. What does the Lodge Room symbolize? (45)12. What is the symbolic meaning of the floor? (45)13. What is the symbolic meaning of the half-step platform on eachside of the Lodge Room? (37, 45)14. What is the symbolic meaning of the Junior Warden’s platform?(47)15. What is the symbolic meaning of the Senior Warden'splatform? (48)16. What is the symbolic meaning of the Master’s platform? (49)17. What Masons are going through the chairs? (51)18. What is the principal symbol of all the Degrees? (57)19. What is the symbolic meaning of the candidate? (56)20. What does the physical body of the candidate symbolize? (60)21. What is the symbolic meaning of the feet? (73)22. What is the symbolic meaning of the legs? (78, 83)23. What is the symbolic meaning of the arms? (78)24. What is the symbolic meaning of the hands? (79)1
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