Philosophy is the great expounder of symbolism…The alteration from symbol to dogma is fatal to beauty of expression, and leads to intolerance and assumed infallibility.
Excerpts from the 3° - Third Degree
Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike
Freemasonry & Esoterica
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BY THE WORK YOU DID TODAY
Can you say tonight in parting
with the day that’s slipping past
That you helped a single brother
of the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing
over what you did and said?
Does the man whose hopes where fading,
Now with courage look ahead?
Did you waste the day or lose it,
Was it well or poorly spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness,
Or a scar of discontent?
As you close your eyes in slumber,
Do you think God will say,
You have earned one more tomorrow,
By the work you did today
- Charles L. Mead (via blackartdepot)
“What have done for ourselves alone dies with us, what we have done for others and the World remains and is immortal.” Albert Pike AASR (at House of the Temple, Washington DC)
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Alchemical Anchor
“Never does Nature say one thing, and Wisdom say another”
Mysterion by Shawn Eyer
Utter it not to the wise,
For the wise already know
Whereof those secret streams
In darkness veiled
Flow
Mention it not to the mass,
Who shamble to and for
Or them whose gaze is
Downward cast, mired
Below
Whisper it unto they brother,
Yes, discreetly show him
Your gleaming vision,
Far as a symbol can
Go
Death by Clarence E. Flynn
Why do you fear me?
I am your friend.
I but guide trav’lers
rounding the bend-
Lead them to freedom
From time and age,
Help them start writing
On a new page…
Seek for me never,
Keep your course true-
When I am needed
I’ll come to you,
Then I will show you
Roads without end-
Why do you fear me?
I am your friend.
(Source: modelrandimarlene)
The real secrets of Masonry are never told, not even from mouth to ear. For the real secret of Masonry is spoken to your heart and from it to the heart of your brother. Never the language made for tongue may speak it, it is uttered only in the eye in those manifestations of that love which a man has for his friend, which passeth all other loves.
-
South Dakota Masonic Messenger, Feb. 1975
Extracted from the Southern California Research Lodge
‘Fraternal Review’, May 2004
(via mystictie)
The Temple will not be completed until every living stone is there. And then what? The next thing will be that which our Masonic friends make so much of, and which we make so much of namely: the glorification of the temple.
Charles T. Russell
These spiritual teachings, if from the positive path, invariably tell us to be more loving, accepting and forgiving of others — to realize that we are all One.
Humility, patience, kindness, charity, being a good listener and believing in and supporting the innate goodness of others — regardless of who they may be — are all key aspects of these teachings.
Very few people in our modern world seem to realize that the farther you go in this direction, the more likely you are to Ascend — and literally transform into the next level of human evolution.
- David Wilcock - December 21st 2012: Romance and Reality (via ascentintolight)
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