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Masonic
- See also:
Masons in regalia
- See also: Masons
The October 1956 cover of LIFE magazine showing a pyramid of masons. |
Two Masons pose with plaques. The Mason at left is wearing a Maltese cross medal on his right jacket lapel. |
Two Australian Masons shaking hands, in front of the Worshipful Master's chair. |
Two Masons standing at attention. |
African-American Masons walking down the main street of an unknown town. |
A Co-Mason wearing a Compass & Square adorned dress and hat. |
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Annie Besant |
- Groups of Co-Masons:
Photo from the 1950's showing female members belonging to the Order of the Eastern Star. |
Masonic ritual
1st degree
- Various notes:
- Ritual for the Entered Apprentice or the First Degree of Freemasonry:
- Oath of the Entered Apprentice: "All this I most solemnly, sincerely promise and swear, with a firm and steadfast resolution to perform the same, without any mental reservation or secret evasion of mind whatever, binding myself under no less penalty than that of having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by its roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea, at low-water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, should I ever knowingly violate this my Entered Apprentice obligation. So help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same." [29]
- Note: All black and white illustrations are from Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor. (c. 1866)
This photo shows the Candidate as dressed to receive the degree of the Entered Apprentice, complete with a Cable-Tow around his neck. |
1800's era illustration showing the Candidate swearing the oath of the Entered Apprentice, upon the alter of the Masonic Lodge. |
The Candidate being conducted once around the Lodge by the Conductor after having received the First Degree of the Entered Apprentice. |
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This illustration shows the various "stops" in the Lodge that the Candidate must make upon receiving the First Degree of the Entered Apprentice. |
1700's illustration depicting the initiation ritual for the Entered Apprentice degree of Masonry. |
- Hand signs of the Entered Apprentice:
Sign of an Entered Apprentice. |
Duegard of an Entered Apprentice. |
The grip or pass grip of an Entered Apprentice. |
2nd degree
- Various notes:
- Ritual for the Fellow Craft or the Second Degree of Freemasonry:
The Candidate properly prepared for the ritual of receiving the Second Degree. |
The Candidate taking the oath of a Fellow Craft. |
- Hand signs of the Fellow Craft:
Sign of the Fellow Craft Mason. |
Duegard of the Fellow Craft Mason. |
The grip or pass grip of a Fellow Craft. |
The real grip of a Fellow Craft. |
- Fellow Craft apron:
The apron of the Fellow Craft, is worn with one corner of the flap turned up. |
3rd degree
(todo)
4th - 33rd degrees
(todo)
Grand lodges
- Various notes:
United Grand Lodge of England, London, United Kingdom. |
(see previous) [1] |
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Grand lodge Canada, Ontario, Canada. |
Masonic temple-lodge Pannetier-Grand Orient, France. |
Organizational diagrams
Masonic York Rite degrees (see also: [3], [4]) |
"Structure of Freemasonry": The York Rite and the Scottish Rite. |
Emblematic structure of freemasonry (York Rite and Scottish Rite). |
Drafting Compass and Square
- Various notes:
- In the Egyptian creation myth the air god Shu separates the sky goddess Nut from the earth god Geb. Is this the inspiration for the compass and square? (see image below)
- To research: "(Masonic) speculation on the symbol of Square and Compasses"
- Compass and Square:
In the Egyptian creation myth the air god Shu separates the sky goddess Nut from the earth god Geb. Is this the inspiration for the compass and square? |
Freemasonry logo. |
"Structure of Freemasonry": The York Rite and the Scottish Rite. |
Graco makers of paint straying equipment |
Best Western. Above the "W", looks exactly like the symbol used by Renault |
Rockefeller Center - building complex. See also the Prometheus Bound statue, and the Greek god legend: Prometheus Bound |
Advanced Micro Devices |
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The Associated General Contractors of America |
Anheuser-Busch brewing company. |
Logo of the San Jose Sharks, a professional U.S. hockey team located in San Jose, California |
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Lockheed Martin |
Baseball fields? You have to wonder. |
The Ant Bully - animation film released by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. |
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Logo of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Somewhat suspicious shapes. |
- Compass only
- See also: V hand sign
(c. 1955-1990) |
London Eye, London, UK |
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The Petronas Towers in Malaysia. |
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Forward Look - the logo of a design theme used between 1955-1961 for Chrysler Corporation vehicles. |
Warid Telecom |
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Aladdin Knowledge Systems |
Albertsons grocery stores. |
- Square only
The original logo for Klipsch Audio Technologies |
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Valvoline (now Ashland Inc.) |
Vonage |
Two pillars
- Various notes:
- Alternative names: Boaz and Jachin
- 1 Kings 7:21 "And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz."
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 "And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz."
- See also: Pillars of Hercules
- Note how often II spheres (or globes) rest on II pillars. These two spheres are sometimes the Sun and Moon, which represent the active and the passive (and thereby reflective) forces of the universe. They want to claim these two realms of the world as theirs.
- todo: note Egyptian mythology origins (and perhaps even earlier)
- Alternative names: Boaz and Jachin
Masonic apron worn by "Brother" George Washington (4 pillars). See also: [8] |
Grand Lodge seal of Alabama, US [9] |
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US House of Representatives (4 pillars). Different, but still similar. Note: the fasces. |
Orange Order (or "Loyal Orange Institution", "Orange Institution"). [10] |
"Pillars of Charity", in the Scottish Rite temple named The 33° Supreme Council of the World in Washington, D.C. |
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(unknown) Catholic building (from 1563) in Antwerp, Belgium. Note also: the Eagle on the globe (top), the Double-headed Eagle on all 3 shields (bottom), the Sun symbol (top), the shields at the bottom, and the sun scepter burning the serpent (bottom right), the stars surrounding Maria, the griffins (2nd floor). |
- Two pillars in logos:
- Twin Towers
- Todo:
- List of twin buildings and structures
- LG Twin Towers, Beijing
- LG Twin Towers, Korea
- Todo:
World Trade Center, New York City, US |
The Petronas Towers in Malaysia. |
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Poster for the The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers film, released in 2002. |
Knighting
- Various notes:
- When a person is knighted he/she submits to - and becomes part of - a specific knighthood-masonic order. In this investiture ceremony, the knight-elect kneels on a knighting-stool in front of the master (eg. the queen, master mason, etc.), who then lays the sword blade on the knight's right shoulder, and arches it over the persons head to the left shoulder.
Arch
- Various notes:
- See also: Occult symbolism: Sun gate
- When a person is knighted he/she submits to - and becomes part of - a specific knighthood-masonic order. In this investiture ceremony, the knight-elect kneels on a knighting-stool in front of the master (eg. the queen, master mason, etc.), who then lays the sword blade on the knight's right shoulder, and arches it over the persons head to the left shoulder.
"Royal Arch" degree [14] symbolism. |
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Arch of swords [15] |
Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France. |
Louvre Pyramid line-of-sight through an arch pathway. |
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The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial arch. simply another masonic monument? |
The Roosevelt Arch, at the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The arch's cornerstone was laid in 1903 by Freemason and U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. |
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National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada - originally built in 1939 to commemorate World War I. |
- Arches in logos:
Citi |
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls (IORG). Founded in 1922 by mason and reverend W. Mark Sexson for girls ages 11-21 |
United Way logo, arches? |
Thyssen Krupp |
McDonald's logo with the Golden Arches. |
Cornerstone
- U.S. Capitol cornerstone:
(c. 1793) |
(c. 1993) |
- Other cornerstones:
Plaque commemorating the cornerstone laying of the Capitol of South Dakota. |
Keystone
- Various notes:
- The Keystone is the locking stone of the Arch. Therefore, the "copestone," being located at the top, is the cap of the entire arch. Consequently, the Royal Arch of Freemasonry, is symbolically regarded as "The Copestone of Ancient Craft Masonry;" otherwise referred to as the "Capitular Rite."
- Keystone in masonic imagery:
The keystone is the symbol for the Royal Arch body of Freemasons. |
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- Statue of Liberty "keystone book":
The "book" that the Statue of Liberty is holding, is in fact a masonic keystone. |
- Logo's:
(Est. 1925) |
Badge of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) |
H. J. Heinz Company (Founded 1869) |
- Other:
Keystone Light beer |
Reverse side of a 1999 Pennsylvania state quarter displaying keystone. |
Keys
- Various notes
- The "key" symbol is used in a variety philosophical schools... Simply seeing a "key" by itself isn’t necessarily something of concern. Within the New Age, the key represents those properties which unlock the mystical "wisdom" of the occult. It also represents the unlocking of "latent physic powers," thereby opening the doors to the world of the supernatural. In Freemasonry, the symbol of the key is used to convey the importance of the order’s secrets, which are to be kept within the brotherhood alone.[30]
Vatican Papal Tiara |
Emblem of Royal Air Force No. 16 Squadron |
Grand Lodge seal Alabama (US) [17] |
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UBS |
In the masonic lodge, symbol is the Treasurer. He receives all lodge moneys from the Secretary, keeps account of same, and pays them out on the order of the Worshipful Master. Traditionally, his seat is at a desk, to the left of the Worshipful Master (looking "East."). |
Flag of Gibraltar |
Squares
- Various notes:
- The square symbolism (in part) seems to symbolize that which is formed by the human intellect - nothing in nature creates such a shape. More specifically, in freemasonry the square stands for the perfect molding of a person against its natural shaping. A state-of-mind which fits more easily into a control structure together with the other 'square minded' masons. In their culture no individual mason is truly important, its the overall social structure and execution of "The Great Work" or "The Plan" that is important. The Jesuit Order and many other fascistic orders follow a similar path of molding the individual (a spiraling cyle of: fear -> hurt -> neurosis -> self destruction (dishonesty and deceit) -> group-think alignment, until the Mason denies his personal sovereignty by assimilating all the indoctrinated value dogma's and the constricted thought and emotional mechanisms.
- In Freemasonry, you are a "square man" and you do things "by the square".
- Square mathematics:
- The square symbolism (in part) seems to symbolize that which is formed by the human intellect - nothing in nature creates such a shape. More specifically, in freemasonry the square stands for the perfect molding of a person against its natural shaping. A state-of-mind which fits more easily into a control structure together with the other 'square minded' masons. In their culture no individual mason is truly important, its the overall social structure and execution of "The Great Work" or "The Plan" that is important. The Jesuit Order and many other fascistic orders follow a similar path of molding the individual (a spiraling cyle of: fear -> hurt -> neurosis -> self destruction (dishonesty and deceit) -> group-think alignment, until the Mason denies his personal sovereignty by assimilating all the indoctrinated value dogma's and the constricted thought and emotional mechanisms.
The Magic square has also been used by Rosicrucian and Freemasons as a way to Encrypt information. |
Checkerboard
- Various notes:
- Most masonic lodges have checkerboard floors. This goes back to King Solomon's Temple having a checkerboard floor. It is known in freemasonry as the "Checkerboard of Joy".
- Many board games (which are games of the mind - mind games!) consist of black and white squares (often forming a larger square!). These game have overlayed rules which dictate the allowed movement by the players. Who makes the games? Who makes the rules? Who is allowed to play?
- The "Path of Life" is the eternal cosmic journey of your consciousness.
- Associated concepts: Game of Life, "Pawns in the game", Grandmasters (in Freemasonry, Buddism, Chess, etc.)
Vatican floor |
Pope Ratzinger and the ecumenical Eastern Orthodox Church patriarchs. |
United Grand Lodge of England, London, United Kingdom. |
Masonic temple Pannetier-Grand Orient, France. |
Masonic temple |
Marble statue of mason and first US president (1789-1797) George Washington stands in the Richmond, Virgina capitol rotunda. |
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Flag of the Duchy of Milan and Insubria. |
Flag of the state of Maryland |
Michael Jackson showing various masonic symbolism. |
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Background artifacts of the heavily-produced K3 children's music band from Belgium.
Note: these distinct themes running through all of their productions:
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- Logo's:
Round Table (club) (1927) |
Cartoon Network |
- Law enforcement:
Spanish police |
Australian police |
United Kingdom police |
Oblong square
- Various notes:
- The oblong square is well-known in masonic circles.
- "The form of a masonic lodge is said to be a parallelogram, or oblong square; its greatest length being from east to west, its breadth from north to south. A square, a circle, a triangle, or any other form but that of an oblong square, would be eminently incorrect and un-masonic, because such a figure would not be an expression of the symbolic idea which is intended to be conveyed." [31]
- In Freemasonry, you stand before the "Worshipful Master" with you body erect and your feet forming the angle of an oblong square.
- Sassanid architecture: "The principal peculiarities of the style are, first, that the plan of the entire building is an oblong square, without adjuncts or projections" ... "The oblong square is variously proportioned. The depth may be a little more than the breadth, or it may be nearly twice as much."
- Geometry/Mathematics:
- "Pythagorean Figured Numbers: Oblong, Square, Triangular"
- "The 47th Problem of Euclid"
- "It might also be considered that the oblong square, which is two 3, 4, 5 triangles sharing a common diagonal, may express a reflective relationship between the celestial and the earthly, such as that embodied in the Hermetic theosophy that the earthly plane is a reflection of the Divine ("That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above."
- The oblong square is well-known in masonic circles.
Oblong squares in freemasonry
- Oblong squares in Masonic literature:
Oblong square and triangle diagram, as it appears in Albert Pike's book Morals and Dogma. [18] |
- Masonic oblong square foot pattern:
Illustration showing Masonic foot patterns, from the 1866 book "Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor" by Malcolm C. Duncan. |
Illustration showing the "SIGN OF THE MASTER OF THE SECOND VEIL" (seventh degree mason) from the 1866 book Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor. |
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Known mason George Washington (1732–1799) at Yorktown in 1784. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. [19] |
(Jesuit and Rosecrucian agent) Napoleon I ("Napoleon di Buonaparte", 1769–1821) in his study at the Tuileries, 1812. A painting by Jacques-Louis David. |
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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) in 1861. |
Bank of America logo. Notice the two red "11"'s |
Oblong squares in history
Oblong square in the center of the Klu Klux Klan logo, which was founded by 33rd degree mason Albert Pike |
As the Hitler Youth flag best demonstrated, the orientation of the Nazi Swastika was that of an oblong square |
1930's Swastika lapel pin of the German American Bund |
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Oblong squares in logos
Codex Alimentarius. Created in 1962 as a trade Commission by the United Nations to control the international trade of food. Has since been taken over by the pharmaceutical, pesticide, biotechnology and chemical industries. Codex Alimentarius is due to go into global implementation on December 31, 2009. |
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ARAL German gas stations. |
Arco gas stations. (Western U.S.) |
Sunoco (petroleum company) |
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Tesoro refineries (U.S.) - one of the largest independent refining and marketing companies in the Western United States. [21] |
Bank of America |
Bank for International Settlements. Oblong square in center of logo. The world's bank of banks! |
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Sun Microsystems |
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Charles Russell LLP UK legal firm. |
Umbro - sportswear and equipment supplier |
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Aegon (one of the world’s largest life insurance and pension groups) |
Fnac French Retailer |
Etap hotel (European chain of basic-service budget hotels owned by the Accor Group) |
Eurolines - European touring bus operator |
Four Points Sheraton hotel sign, this is how all of their signs look |
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Logo of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the worlds largest educational and scientific computing society. [22] |
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Texas Rangers baseball team |
Logo of the popular American metal band Machine Head |
Lidl |
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Dutch police logo (officially the oblong represents a lawbook) |
(see previous) |
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National League of Baseball |
Triscuit crackers. |
Various oblong squares
A child’s book showing the 10 by 10 mile square for the District of Columbia with the corners facing north, south, east and west. [23] |
Oblong square on the cover of Tragedy and Hope, the 1966 book written by Georgetown University historian and professor Carroll Quigley, who was a mentor to Bill Clinton. [24]. |
Oblong square of the mortarboard. |
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(now defunct) |
The Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia, has an ominous oblong square above it's entrance |
Santa Cruz Cornerstone bible group. |
An oblong square can clearly be seen in this screen shot of the opening credits for the 2004 movie National Treasure. |
Album cover of French technical death metal band Gorod's 2006 release Leading Vision. |
(Est. 1925) |
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Baseball fields |
Square logos
- Various notes:
- In Freemasonry, you are a "square man" and you do things "by the square", you like a "square deal". Is it then any wonder that we find perfect squares making up the logos of these very powerful, wealthy and influential corporations?
Indymac Bank |
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Orange telecom brand of France Télécom. |
Swiss Re |
Chase Manhattan |
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Dun & Bradstreet |
Blue Square, a popular online U.K. casino |
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Human Rights Campaign |
(see previous) |
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Nedcor Bank Limited, founded in 1888 in Amsterdam. One of the largest banks in South Africa Nedbank |
Altria Group, Inc. (previously named Philip Morris Companies Inc.) |
BBC logo. |
- Red square:
Confederate States of America Battle Flag |
Union Bank of California with ties to the Hitler regime finances |
JC Penny |
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Nation of Islam |
Fabian Society logo |
Double square
See: Occult symbolism: Double square
City square
- Various notes:
- Masons often refer to "being square", doing things "by the square", getting a "square deal".
- Note that the word "square" does not necessarily refer to only a physical square, it can also refer to a metaphysical square (ethical, emotional, mental, ideological, spiritual, energetic).
Red Square in Moscow, Russia |
Madison Square Garden New York City, New York, Untied States |
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Belgrave Square in London, England |
St Mark's Square in Venice, Italy |
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Freedom Square in Tbilisi, in the Republic of Georgia |
Black square
- "The biretta is a square cap with three or four ridges or peaks, sometimes surmounted by a tuft, traditionally worn by Roman Catholic clergy and some Anglican clergy." ... "The medieval academic hat is also the ancestor of the modern mortarboard hat used today in secular universities." [32]
- Square academic cap (or "mortarboard")
- Note how the square academic cap looks like a 2D/flattened/deflated and less complex Biretta. Does the Biretta shape represent (more) knowledge and intellectual power?
- The tassel: "In U.S. graduation ceremonies, the side on which the tassel hangs is important. Sometimes it is consistent among all students throughout the ceremony, in other cases it differs based on level of study with undergraduate students wearing the tassel on the right, and graduate student wearing them on the left. In some ceremonies, the student wears the tassel on one side up until reception of the diploma, at which point it is switched to the other. At the high school level,the tassel is usually either the school's primary color or a mix of the school's colors, as many as three colors in a tassel. Universities in the United States might use tassels in black or the school's colors, usually for higher degrees. For Bachelor degrees the tassel may be colored differently from the traditional black or school colors to represent the field in which the wearer obtained his or her education. In 1896 most colleges and universities in the United States adopted a uniform code governing academic dress. The tassel may be adorned with a charm in the shape of the digits of the year."
(see previous) |
Various black squares
HQ of the Knights of Columbus in New Haven, US. |
Cube
(todo)
Black cube
- Various notes:
- A cube has 6 square sides.
- See also:
- Saturn and the Black sun.
- Blackballing: "a technique used in elections to elect a member of a gentleman's club (as well as similarly organised institutions such as Freemasonry and fraternities)."
Kaaba ("circle pit") at Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. |
(see previous) |
Black Cube in Hamburg, Germany by German sculptor Gregor Schneider[26] |
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"This black cube in front of the GM Building between 58th and 59th on Fifth Ave (New York City) will be part of a 24/7 underground Apple store opening later this year." [27] |
"Santa Anna's science cube" at the Main Place Mall, Santa Ana, California. [28] |
"Terningen" in Svendborg, Denmark. |
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Tefillin |
(see previous) |






