The Lost Key: An Explanation of Masonic Symbols

Chapter V. 55his being. Or it may be taken as showing that the spirit has not yettaken up its work in the redemption of the personal. The ideainvolved is the descent of the spirit into the “lower quarternary” tocarry on there its purifying and redemptive work.165. The square of the Apron is, as we bave pointed out, not quitesquare and thus it symbolizes the imperfection of our lower nature,but the square also. carries another symbolic instruction with it. Itsymbolizes or represents the proper development of human nature,and shows in dramatic form not only the attainment which we, asmembers of the human race must show, but the means by whichwe shall reach that development.166. Herewith is a diagram of the Apron to show exactly what ismeant by its various lines and proportions:SpiritHigher-SelfLoveUnselfishnessHeartSympathyServiceLower-SelfPersonalityMatterHeadIntellectualDevelopmentSelfishness