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HappyThoth
First as to the word. It is a Hebrew word, signifying in English "sprouting forth". It is given to the Candidate as a title expressive of himself at this juncture. For, as the result of his work in the First Degree and of the "trials and approbations" he has there undergone, new life has germinated within him. He is already a changed man and beginning to "sprout forth" spiritually; the inner forces of his soul have begun to organise and manifest themselves in his thoughts, his conduct, his speech, and his person. To a trained eye this spiritual change is easily perceptible. "How do you know a Mason by day?" (i.e., exoterically), asks a subtle question in the E.A. Lecture; and the equally cryptic reply is "By seeing him and observing the sign". But the sign. observed is not the formal gesture of salute; it is the perceptible radiance of new life from within, suffusing and issuing from the man, who is intently building the temple of his own soul. That is the true Mason's "sign", and only those can observe it in-others who can display it themselves. A further question asks "How do you know a Mason by night?" (esoterically). The answer "By feeling the grip and hearing the word" will be intelligible to those who know how real a thing is that "mystic tie" which, in spiritually advanced Brethren, binds soul to soul into conscious contact and inter-communion.
"They can parley without meeting ; Need is none of forms of greeting
They can well communicate In their innermost estate."
hay weight.. I thought ol' Brim Lincoln Logs was dead??
Ooohhh.. I see.. it's a friendly ghost! I remember him! Two Coooool
To enter a temple constructed wholly of invariable geometric proportions is to enter an abode of eternal truth
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