Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxvii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 177 CHAPTER XXVII THE SCRIPTURE READING FROM AMOS I The Greeks, as we recall from our discussion of circumambulation, chanted an ode as the worshipper moved about the altar from left to right, for their odes were the most sacred literature...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxxiv : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 206 CHAPTER XXXIV THE TWO GREAT PILLARS I Of all objects to which the candidate's attention is called as he begins his ascent to the Middle Chamber, none are more conspicuous, or more deserving of the most thorough investigation, than the Two...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxiv : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 162 p. 163 PART TWO: THE SECOND STEP p. 164 p. 165 CHAPTER XXIV AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND STEP I The term "Fellow Craft" as a compound word was first used by Scotch Masons and it so happens that our earliest detailed picture of the old manner...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xiv : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 110 CHAPTER XIV THE OBLIGATION I The turning point in the ceremony of each degree is the Obligation, for it is that which marks the Apprentice an Apprentice, the Fellow Craft a Fellow Craft, and the Master Mason a Master Mason; consequently...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xvii. Lux : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 127 CHAPTER XVII "LUX E TENEBRIS" I "All great minds love the light," writes Brother J. F. Newton. "It is the mother of beauty and the joy of the world. It tells men all they know and their speech about it is gladsome and grateful. Light is...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xxii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 152 CHAPTER XXII THE NORTHEAST CORNER I When the candidate, reinvested with that of which he had been divested, is made to stand in the Northeast Corner of the lodge as the youngest Entered Apprentice, both the position in which he stands...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxxii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 198 CHAPTER XXXII THE MIDDLE CHAMBER The ascent toward a place representing the Middle Chamber of King Solomon's Temple is the outstanding ceremony of the Second Degree; because of this, and because of the space devoted to it by the Ritual, we...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Viii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 87 CHAPTER VIII. THE ENTRANCE I Bearing in mind all this manifold significance of the lodge and all that is implied by membership therein we can understand that entrance into its precincts is a step having something of the importance...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxix. Due Form : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 183 CHAPTER XXIX DUE FORM Of the Obligation of the Fellow Craft there is no need to speak inasmuch as the general topic of Obligations was dealt with in an earlier section; but it may be wise here to add to the previous discussion a very brief...
Appendix. Questions For Discussion : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 307 APPENDIX AND INDEX p. 308 p. 309 APPENDIX QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION The following paragraphs are designed solely for the use of Study Clubs and such other classes or groups as may systematically study the ritual of Freemasonry by means...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xv : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 117 CHAPTER XV THE THREE GREAT LIGHTS The first objects to greet the candidate's unblinded eyes are the Three Great Lights, an appropriate arrangement, for they symbolise his duty to himself, to his neighbour, and to his God. Sending their rays...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxx. Working : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 185 CHAPTER XXX WORKING TOOLS OF A FELLOW CRAFT The first operation of actual building is the quarrying of the stones; this is followed by dressing them into shape, with straight and level sides, and true angles. As the Gavel and the Guage are...
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Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Xlii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 247 PART THREE: THE THIRD STEP p. 248 p. 249 CHAPTER XLII AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD STEP I The moment one steps into the Third Degree he finds himself in an atmosphere very different from that of the First and the Second: the opening...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Vi : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 76 CHAPTER VI THE CABLE TOW I The cowboy who "lassoes" a pony and the Laplander who throws a noose about the neck of a reindeer are making use of a device for fettering and controlling animals that was discovered by man long before the beginnings...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xix : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 137 CHAPTER XIX THE RITE OF SALUTATION The Rite of Salutation, during which the candidate pays his respects to the various stations, is in one sense only the lodge's recognition of the membership of the candidate, he having now been received by...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter X. Invoking : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 95 CHAPTER X INVOKING THE BLESSING OF DEITY I It is of the highest import that in the ceremony of initiation the candidate kneel at the altar of prayer, for this is nothing other than a symbol of the fact that all right life, inside and outside...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xiii. The Altar : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 107 CHAPTER XIII THE ALTAR I In the centre of the lodge stands the Altar. It should be cubical in shape, and about three feet in height, and it should have horns at each corner to suggest, in light of a hoary usage, that it is a place of refuge...
The M. S.a. National Masonic Library : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], THE M.S.A. NATIONAL MASONIC LIBRARY The M. S. A. National Masonic Library presents, in a series of volumes of uniform binding and competent craftsmanship, the best results of Masonic research by masters of the Craft in America and abroad...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter I. An Introducti : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 38 p. 39 PART ONE: THE FIRST STEP p. 40 p. 41 CHAPTER I AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST STEP I In the days before 1717, when the first Grand Lodge of modern Speculative Freemasonry was organised, the First Degree--it was called the "Apprentice's...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Li : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 290 CHAPTER LI THE EMBLEMS (CONTINUED) I The Book of Constitutions. During the period lying, say, between 1000 and 1400, when Operative Freemasonry was enjoying its plenitude of power, it is probable that no written constitutions were in use...
Preface : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. vii PREFACE Shortly after taking my degrees in Masonry I asked my friend, Brother Newton R. Parvin, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, for a book to explain the ritual in which I had just participated, so much of which had escaped...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxxv : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 213 CHAPTER XXXV THE GLOBES On the top of each of the Two Pillars thus described stand two Globes, one, the Celestial, representing the heavens; the other, the Terrestrial, representing the earth. Whence came these? and what do they signify...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Liv : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 302 CHAPTER LIV CONCLUSION I The Hour Glass. In writing of Masons' Marks, Brother Gould notes that one of the commonest has ever been the figure of an Hour Glass. "The Hour Glass form, very slightly modified, has been used in every age down...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter L. The Emblems : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 283 CHAPTER L THE EMBLEMS I The Weeping Virgin. This monument symbol was unknown to the Ritual in the eighteenth century; it is not now found in European systems, nor even in some American jurisdictions. According to such slender evidence as we...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Iv. Worthy : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 61 CHAPTER IV "WORTHY AND WELL-QUALIFIED" I To many outsiders it may seem that Freemasonry demands too much of a petitioner by way of qualifications, as if it were actuated by some exclusive or aristocratic motive. Masons themselves, occasionally...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Ii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 47 CHAPTER II THE PETITION FOR MEMBERSHIP I The first step toward seeking admission into the membership of a Masonic lodge is to file with the Worshipful Master of the lodge nearest one's residence a petition, which is a printed form...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Xlvi : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 264 CHAPTER XLVI THE TROWEL I This emblem is like a key; insignificant in itself it opens up matters of such vast import that to pursue its teachings through all their ramifications would itself require a book; consequently I can only hope to set...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Xlviii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 274 CHAPTER XLVIII ETERNAL LIFE I That which I believe to be the central idea in the whole Hiram Abiff drama, and consequently the profoundest interpretation of it, is that embodied in the term used as the title of this section. I have chosen...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter V. The Hoodwink : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 70 CHAPTER V THE HOODWINK I "Where were you prepared?" The answer made to that question opens for our vision a way into one of the secrets of Freemasonry. We must prepare ourselves in order to receive any teaching whatsoever, for we see only...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Iii. The Ballot : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 55 CHAPTER III THE BALLOT I Freemasonry is a social and moral institution that undertakes to build a symbolic Temple of which its members are the living stones; inasmuch as the stability of the structure depends upon the materials of which it is...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxxvi : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 216 CHAPTER XXXVI THE ASCENT I The Three, Five and Seven Steps have long been a puzzle to the candidate and a problem to Masonic writers; in the present connection there is no need that we go into the erudite debates that have circled...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxvi : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 175 CHAPTER XXVI SQUARE ON THE BREAST I In the earliest of the Old Charges we find fifteen "points" or rules set forth for the regulation of the conduct of the Fellow Craft; these were the "perfect points" of his entrance to the Order as well...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Vii. The Lodge : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 83 CHAPTER VII THE LODGE I Qualified in all ways necessary and prepared in body and mind, the candidate approaches the lodge, the symbolic significance of which may now claim our attention. The term itself has been traced back to early languages...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Liii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 298 CHAPTER LIII THE EMBLEMS (CONTINUED) I The Forty-seventh Problem of Euclid. Here is a symbol the sovereign importance of which has been recognised by almost every student of our mysteries. Hoffman wrote a book about it; Sydney Klein devoted...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxxvii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 225 CHAPTER XXXVII THE BUILDERS I In the foregoing section I interpreted the group of five steps as alluding to the five senses, as the Monitorial lectures suggest; but these same lectures also make the five steps to allude to the Five Orders...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xx. The Apron : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 140 CHAPTER XX THE APRON I Having been privileged to read up and down a great deal of Masonic literature I may say that on no other one symbol has so much nonsense, in my opinion, been written. The apron has been made to mean a thousand and one...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Xlvii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 268 CHAPTER XLVII THE HIRAMIC LEGEND I "In all my research and study, in all my close analysis of the masterpieces of Shakespeare, in my earnest determination to make those plays appear real on the mimetic stage, I have never, and nowhere, met...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xxiii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 156 CHAPTER XXIII WORKING TOOLS OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE I "Man is a Tool-using Animal; weak in himself, and of small stature, he stands on a basis, at most for the flattest-soled, of some half-square foot, insecurely enough; has to straddle out...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Ix : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 93 CHAPTER IX THE SHARP INSTRUMENT After the candidate has effected his entrance a "certain sharp instrument"--(which should never be one of the working tools)--is applied in a peculiar manner, and a certain hint of the meaning of this is given...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xvi : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 124 CHAPTER XVI THE LESSER LIGHTS I The Sun, Moon, and Master of the lodge, is, according to our best authorities, a Hermetic symbol and must be interpreted accordingly. The sun throws out light from itself, it dispenses energy, ...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xii. Approaching : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 102 CHAPTER XII APPROACHING THE EAST I This portion of the ceremony has many things to tell us, which, for the sake of simplification, we may break into three divisions: (1) The Symbolism of the Cardinal Points; (2) Orientation; (3) The Meaning...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxviii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 180 CHAPTER XXVIII THE OBLONG SQUARE I Having discussed the Approach to the East in its First Degree connections there is no need that we go into the matter here, though the Fellow Craft's Approach naturally falls into this place. But there is...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xl : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 239 CHAPTER XL THE EPHRAIMITISH WAR, AND CORN, WINE AND OIL I For many years the Jewish tribes had been harassed on one side by the Philistines and on the other by the Ammonites, the latter a rude Bedouin tribe of crafty, fearless desert people...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Xlv : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 259 CHAPTER XLV THAT WHICH WAS LOST I We come now to the crux and the climax of Blue Lodge symbolism, the master symbol by means of which all other symbols have their meaning. Well will it be for us to walk warily, here, not only because...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xli : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 242 CHAPTER XLI THE LETTER G I The letter "G" is so intimately related to the symbolism of the Middle Chamber and all connected therewith that it will be wise, just here, to attempt an explanation of that mysterious letter. "Mysterious" is used...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Xliii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 253 CHAPTER XLIII THE VITAL PARTS OF THE BREAST I On his entrance to the Third Degree the candidate is received in a manner peculiarly impressive; he is told that as the vital parts of the body are in the breasts so are the vital things...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxxiii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 201 CHAPTER XXXIII OPERATIVE AND SPECULATIVE In medival times the builders were organised into a secret fraternity composed of separate lodges, which was for the purposes of self-protection, and for preserving the secrets of the trade; and men...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxxi : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 194 CHAPTER XXXI THE ASHLARS I A further meaning of the Square lies in the fact that it is the tool used by the workmen whereby to test the Rough and Perfect Ashlars. These should have been discussed, perhaps, in their usual position in the First...
Introduction : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 13 SYMBOLICAL MASONRY p. 14 "Unto the divine light of the holy altar, from the outer darkness of ignorance, through the shadow of our earth life, winds the beautiful path of initiation"." p. 15 SYMBOLICAL MASONRY AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Lii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 295 CHAPTER LII THE EMBLEMS (CONTINUED) I The Anchor and Ark. Simple as it is, the Ark and Anchor symbol is very, very old, and around it clusters a cloud of associations drawn from many lands and times. The Anchor's significance is...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xxi. Destitution : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 148 CHAPTER XXI DESTITUTION I Before a man can be persuaded to learn an art he must realise his ignorance ther; before he can be made to enter into a new life he must be made to feel that he is in a natural state of ignorance in regard to th...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xviii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 131 CHAPTER XVIII WORDS, GRIPS AND TOKENS I The candidate is now a member of an Entered Apprentice Lodge; accordingly he is given the words, grips and tokens whereby he may prove himself to his fellows, whether in the day or in the night. "These...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxxix : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 235 CHAPTER XXXIX THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES I The educators of the Middle Ages taught seven branches of learning in their school and these were divided as I have already said, into two groups, the first of which was called the "trivium"...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxxviii : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 230 CHAPTER XXXVIII THE FIVE SENSES I All the emotions and thoughts aroused in me on the night I took my "Second" are still fresh in my memory after these many years, but nothing remains more vividly than my surprise at the elaborate lecture...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Xliv : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 256 CHAPTER XLIV THE GOLDEN BOWL AND THE SILVER CORD I The sacred sentences which fall on the ears of the candidate as he makes his mystic round are so heavy with poignant beauty that one hesitates to intrude the harsh language of prose upon such...
Part Two. The Second Step. Chapter Xxv. Passing : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 171 CHAPTER XXV PASSING I In Operative days the Apprentice was compelled to spend a series of years, sometimes five, usually seven, in mastering his trade. During this period he remained indentured, or bound, to some Master Mason; at its...
Untitled : * Symbolical Masonry is a treasure-house of Masonic lore, including discussions of key concepts of the first three degrees, along with an extensive study guide. Haywood goes into details about such mysteries as the Letter 'G', the two pillars, and the legend of Hiram Abiff. Not merely a rote...
Part One. The First Step. Chapter Xi. Circumambulati : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 98 CHAPTER XI CIRCUMAMBULATION I We come now to the Rite of the Mystic Journey wherein the candidate travels from the East to the West by way of the South, a ceremony of much interest and many meanings. How it found its way into our Ritual is, I...
Part Three. The Third Step. Chapter Xlix : * "Symbolical Masonry", by H.L. Haywood, [1923], p. 279 CHAPTER XLIX THE LION'S PAW I The Mackey Encyclopdia article on this subject is very brief, as may be seen from the following: "A mode of recognition so called because of the rude resemblance made by the hand and fingers to a lion's paw. It...
