The Lost Key: An Explanation of Masonic Symbols

52The Lost KeyCosmos. It is very important, therefore, that our Lesser Lights bebrightly burning so that we may not only “see” the Divine Law butget a correct impression from it.156. If the. Lesser Lights are hampered by prejudice it is quitepossible that they may get a mistaken notion of the nature of theGreat Lights and this very thing has caused untold misery to thehuman race in the past. Hence the Masonic Lessons of divestingone’s self of prejudice are extremely important.157. This symbolism of the Greater and Lesser Lights is anothervariant of the teaching of thought control and self control whichhave been so prominent in the symbolism thus far. It goes intothese matters a little more deeply and here, again, the Lessonsshow systematic progress.158. Truly Masonry is a “System” and “Scientific” and “Progressive.”Every step which we take in these teachings only serves to bringthese facts out more and more, clearly.