The Lost Key: An Explanation of Masonic Symbols

72The Lost Keylet down from above. We have something which answers all thesequalifications and it is the only thing which does answer them. Itis the Divine Law.215. The Divine Law is a direction for building the wall straight upfrom earth towards the heavens. It is absolutely perfect in the waywhich it points out. It is let down from above—that is—it is not ofstrictly human origin and it is not a thing which works on yourcharacter directly—you have to do that work yourself. The DivineLaw merely shows you how to work and in what direction to work.That is, it is an advisory tool.216. So the Fellow Craft comes first into contact with the spiritualwhen he has handed to him the Plumb, symbol of the Law of Godwhich, if followed, will point out to him the way from earth toheaven.217. If you will review in your mind the meanings of all the symbolsfrom the very beginning of the First Degree up to as far as we havegone, you will see that through it all one single Purpose runs. Youwill see that it is no haphazard aggregation of unrelated symbolswhich are put there merely to give some one a knob on which tohang a sermon. They are all correlated parts of one beautifulwhole—a teaching so wonderful and so beautiful that it is hard tofind language in which to express our feelings when we first obtaina glimpse of the Great Purpose which runs through all the Ritualslike a Golden Thread.218. Here are a few more definitions:TWENTY-FOUR INCH GAUGE—Self Estimate.GAVEL.—Will Power.SQUARE (as a Working Tool)—Self Criticism.CHISEL—Self Culture and the suffering incidental to the acquiring ofSelf Control.LEVEL.—Equality, Humility, Correct Judgment.PLUMB.—Spiritual Law, Law of God.