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Post by sagytb on Jul 20, 2014 12:35:17 GMT
Hi all, I am writing work on first degree tracing board. I am reading a lot of articles about the symbols and the meaning of the tracing board. I have question about the differences of the first degree tracing boards (since 1846), what are the differences between them ? I have read about ritual differences and religions differences. What are the symbolic differences ? why there are differences ? I couldn’t find article about the differences, if you know about one please let me know Thanks in advance.
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Post by peter2 on Jul 20, 2014 23:07:49 GMT
Different artists produced their own versions - some of which are rather idiosyncratic. If the artist considers the EA TB to be a memory prompt for the ritual, or believes the moralizing (veiled) interpretations common in Masonry, then there is scope for error. This is one of the better versions. Consider the unusual nature of the columns. And this is widely used, and has some useful features There is a general difficulty that most interpretations deal with the symbols individually but not as a group. Thus it is rare to address the EA TB as a narrative. William Blake's version of Jacob's Ladder includes some of the most profound teachings - he being a seer. www.wikiart.org/en/william-blake/jacob-s-ladderAnd here someone is kind enough to unveil the imagery as presented. The understandings presented below, seem to have been widely understood until 1717 when London Masonry opened to ordinary (non-esoteric) society - and those four lodges reported the genuine secrets as lost. Some of the less usual EA TBs may not be entirely useful, the artists being part of traditions (currents) that are somewhat tangential to GAOTU Masonry.
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Post by billmcelligott on Jul 21, 2014 5:14:43 GMT
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Post by ionic on Jul 21, 2014 10:00:15 GMT
As Peter2 mentions the artistic "interpretation" of the actual physical boards may change but the symbolism they are supposed to portray does not. Your only true guide to the Tracing Boards and their meanings is contained within the Ceremonies and Lectures of the Craft. Have a look here where you will find the lectures including the explanantion of the tracing boards: www.brad.ac.uk/webofhiram/?section=lectures_craft&page=1Lec.html
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Post by peter2 on Jul 21, 2014 22:58:05 GMT
>Your only true guide to the Tracing Boards and their meanings is contained within the Ceremonies and Lectures of the Craft.
Unfortunately the rituals and the lectures have been written and edited by brethren who do not claim to possess the genuine secrets.
How true can they be?
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Post by crossbow on Jul 22, 2014 13:34:34 GMT
As with most of freemasonry, the closing of the third with its reference to genuine and substitute s..... is both a literal statement and a symbolic representation of a greater reality. In both its literal and symbolic sense it is true, and it is clever, revealing the truth to those who would keep it secret and hiding it from those who would not.
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