The Secret Power of Masonic Symbols by Lomas, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Preface: The Hidden Influence of Ancient Symbols Part One: The Secret Influence of Symbols

Chapter 1: Why Symbols are More Powerful than Words

Symbols Made Us Human Symbols Began in Dark Caves The Heaven of Perfect Symbols How Humans Learned to Live with Symbols The Ancient Symbols Still Work Pictures Can Transfer Thoughts Symbols Taught Us How to Think

Chapter 2: How Symbols Turned Hunters into farmers

Symbols Let Us Communicate with the Dead Symbols Helped Hunters Symbols Taught Farming Ancient Symbols Found in a Birthing Chamber

Chapter 3: How Symbols Created Kingdoms

The Importance of Counting The First Symbols The Symbol of Newgrange The Importance of Writing Symbols Fortune Favors the Symbol Writer A New Alphabet Appears

Chapter 4: The Power of Symbols on the Human Brain

Humans Have Two Minds Symbols Have Sex Appeal The Influence of Stone Symbols Stone Symbols Have Sacred Power

Chapter 5: How Symbols Created freemasonry

Symbols and Myths Work Together Buildings are Symbols How the True Cross Inspired the First Freemasons How Symbols Taught the First Freemasons The Emotional Power of Symbols How Symbolic Teaching Spread

Chapter 6: Symbols Can Penetrate the Mind of God

A Symbol that Analyzes Equality Masonic Slide Rules and Early Arithmetic Why Equations are a Mystery The Great Architect Symbols are the Key to the Mind of God The Heaven of Pure Symbols

Chapter 7: The Secret Symbol of Political Stability

The Pillars that Inspired Republicanism The Pillars that Formed Freemasonry The Symbols that Taught George Washington The Masonic Meanings of the Two Pillars The Pillars That Established Ancient Egypt The Pillars and the Concubines The Pillars That Influenced the English Civil War The Pillars That Support the U.S. Presidents The Pillars That Reconciled England and the United States A Present-Day Symbol to Strengthen the Euro

Chapter 8: Masonic Symbols that Changed the u.S. Constitution

The Symbolic Solution to the Corruption of Power How Symbols Can Separate Powers How Masonic Symbolists Influenced James Madison Why Three Pillars of State Underpin the U.S. Constitution

Chapter 9: How Symbols and mankind Took a Great leap Together

Masons and the Apollo Space Program Why the Moon is a Powerful Symbol How Symbols Assisted Project Apollo How Symbols Helped Put Man on the Moon

Part Two: A Practical Introduction to Masonic Symbology

Chapter 10: Symbols of the first Degree

The Square The Level The Plumb Rule The Altar The Volume of the Sacred Law The Compasses The Sun The Moon and the Stars The Northeast Corner The Glory at the Center The Left-Hand Pillar The Master of the Lodge The 24-Inch Gauge The Common Gavel The Chisel The Form of the Lodge The Pillar of Wisdom The Pillar of Strength The Pillar of Beauty The Celestial Canopy Jacob’s Ladder Faith Hope Charity The Mosaic Pavement The Blazing Star The Indented or Tessellated Border The Tracing Board The Rough Ashlar The Perfect Ashlar The Point within a Circle Chalk, Charcoal, and Clay The Lewis The Square and Compasses with Both Points Covered

Chapter 11: Symbols of the Second degree

The Square and Compasses with One Point Covered The Right-Hand Pillar The Two Pillars at The Entrance to King Solomon’s Temple The Chapiters The Net-Work The Lily-Work The Pomegranates The Globes The Middle Chamber The Spiral Staircase The Wages An Ear of Corn Near a Pool of Water The Five Noble Orders of Architecture

Chapter 12: Symbols of the Third degree

The Square and Compasses with Both Points Revealed The Open Grave The Perfect Cube The Porch The Dormer The Square Pavement The Skirret The Pencil The Compasses The Sprig of Acacia The Emblems of Mortality The Bright Morning Star

Chapter 13: General Symbols of the Wider Craft

The Equilateral Triangle The Double Triangle (The Seal of Solomon) The Triple Tau The Triangle within a Circle The Keystone The Vault The Uncompleted Temple The Pillars, Circle, and Center

Part Three: A Practical Introduction to the Tracing Boards

Chapter 14: The Tracing boards

The First-Degree Tracing Board The Second-Degree Tracing Board The Mark Tracing Board The Third-Degree Tracing Board The Royal Arch Tracing Board The Tracing Board of the Center The Center

Endnotes Acknowledgments About the Author Index Copyright Page