and therefore clothing must initially be removed in the quest for truth. This practice would also have served as a barrier to any woman who might try to infiltrate the masculine bastion of the lodge.
Fag alert. lol.. I don't see normal "churches", where they get naked on stage.. other than Anton Lavey's stuff. They're all jackin off under their aprons there. Betcha they're all naked too, except for their aprons on. lol.
The Entered Apprentice degree is intended to prepare initiates for their “search for Light, the light of divine Truth” and in order to achieve this the candidate was “entrusted with certain secrets of the Order, all of them moral, ethical, and wholesome.” In the Entered Apprentice degree the candidate moved throughout the lodge room and was indoctrinated into the basics of Masonry, for example the Three Great Lights of Masonry: the square, compasses and volume of sacred law, or bible. The candidate is made to understand that the compasses represent emblems of virtue and “are symbolic of the required circumscribed passions for right conduct ... that true standard of rectitude which alone can assure purity of character and happiness.” The square is meant to symbolise morality. To the Entered Apprentice, these are part of the Three Great Lights, to the Fellow Craft Mason they are the working tools and to the Master Mason they serve as an official emblem. However the Three Great Lights are considered, the symbols served to make members aware of their moral and social unity.
Well it ain't no holy bible, I'll tell ya that. All this "light" stuff.
lucifer.. light
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Lucifer is a word that has different meanings depending on the context. Here are some possible interpretations:
Lucifer is the Latin name for the planet Venus when it appears as the morning star. It means “light-bringer” or “light-bearer” in Latin. In ancient mythology, Lucifer was often personified as a male figure holding a torch or heralding the dawn12
Lucifer is also a name that has been used to refer to the devil in Christian theology, based on a passage in the Book of Isaiah that describes the fall of a proud king of Babylon. The Latin Vulgate translated the Hebrew word for “shining one” or “morning star” as Lucifer, and some later interpreters applied this name to Satan. However, modern scholars generally do not consider this to be the original meaning of the text13
torch, eh.. kind of like the statue of liberty. lol
The payment of various fees, costume expenses, and voting ceremonies served to restrict membership to men who the Masons viewed as desirable. When a man desired to join the Masons he had to obtain a sponsor and then his name, address and professional information were posted within the lodge for at least four weeks and until members met for the voting ceremony. This allowed Masons time to investigate a proposed candidate’s moral character. By allowing the personal information of candidates to be posted for voting purposes, lodges enabled their members to privately define the character of Masons. During the voting ceremony, each Mason was given one black ball and one white. By placing either the white ball, which signified a “yes” vote, or the black ball, a “no” vote, into a closed container, Masons socially controlled who was allowed into their exclusive space. If just one black ball was present in the container after the voting ceremony, the candidate was “black-balled” and not granted admission to the lodge.
It has been a Masonic tradition the world over for Masons, due to their connection to stonemasonry, to lay the cornerstone of newly erected buildings. When Masons laid the cornerstone of a building the North East corner was always used. In Masonic symbolism north represents darkness, the south represents beauty, east is wisdom and west is strength. East is the source of material light and to Masons represents the pure light of truth, and north is the place of darkness, not yet penetrated by the Masonic light of truth. Consequently, the placing of the cornerstone on the North East corner symbolises the illumination of the darkness, or ignorance, by the light of truth. The cornerstone was required to be perfectly square, a symbol of morality, and the contents a perfect cube, symbolising truth. This stone was supposed to represent a more:
permanent and durable quality than any other part of the building, lasting beyond the decay and ruin of the building, and therefore reminding the Mason that when this earthly tabernacle of his shall have passed away, he has within him a sure foundation of eternal life