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Post by 2 BOWL CAIN on Sept 11, 2007 20:04:49 GMT
Three Movable Jewels —Now the three movable jewels of a lodge are, the rough ashlar, the perfect ashlar, and the trestleboard. The rough ashlar represents man’s character unmodified by spiritual aspirations and occult training. The perfect ashlar represents man’s character after it has been perfected by applying the keen chisel of discrimination, driven by the hammer of will and intellect; and after it has been polished by persistent aspirations to be of greatest possible service to mankind. It thus becomes fit to be used in the construction of the permanent, or spiritual, human edifice. The trestleboard is man’s consciousness, where the soul drafts the plans for the actions of life. by brother cc zain
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Post by maat on Sept 11, 2007 22:34:29 GMT
I really enjoy CC Zains work! I find it interesting that something that is 'perfect' is still movable. That is, once perfected at one level it moves to another. In building terms, the perfect block then becomes part of an imperfect building. When the building is perfected it becomes a part of a ... and so on. If we apply this to consciousness, what does it tell us? Maat
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Post by Marcel on Sept 12, 2007 0:03:45 GMT
It makes perfect sence that the mind should be both moving and fractal to me.
Compairing both Ritual and Temple to the soul or mind has long been something thas has intrigued me as well as other layers of symbolism.
Or as a certain professor Turner said it, "Symbols are multivocal".
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Post by Tony Grimwood on Sept 15, 2007 6:40:30 GMT
In my neck o' the woods those are the immovable jewels.
Tony
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Post by mike on Sept 15, 2007 10:45:16 GMT
In my neck o' the woods those are the immovable jewels. Same here, the "movable" jewels are the Sq, L & P R M
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Post by gaslight on Sept 15, 2007 10:55:33 GMT
In my neck o' the woods those are the immovable jewels. Same here, the "movable" jewels are the Sq, L & P R M I think this is a jurisdiction thing. In one of my lodges they're immovable because they represent the WM, SW and JW, who are always placed in the E, W and S. In my other lodge they're movable because they're transferred at each installation.
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Post by Tony Grimwood on Sept 15, 2007 21:09:23 GMT
In my other lodge they're movable because they're transferred at each installation. That's pretty much what our 1st TB lecture says: They are called movable jewels because they are worn by the Master and his Wardens, and are transferable to their successors on the day of installation. Tony
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Post by mrmason on Sept 16, 2007 6:39:38 GMT
"In my neck o' the woods those are the immovable jewels"
The same in my lodge and many others that work in Scotland.
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Post by maat on Sept 16, 2007 23:45:43 GMT
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Post by gaslight on Sept 17, 2007 0:02:38 GMT
I've said before that for one of my lodges, the ashlars are movable and for the other they're not.
What I didn't say was that in the 'immovable' lodge, the perfect ashlar does get moved, once a month.
It's like this: one lodge (movable ashlars) places them in the East on either side of the Master's table. The other lodge (immovable ashlars) places them in the South and West, next to the SW and JW. That makes four ashlars in all.
The complication is that the perfect ashlar that's associated with the SW is part of an antique model of a stone suspended by a lewis from a tripod, beautifully done in stone, brass and wood. It's too fragile to put on the floor, where the other ashlars sit, so we place it on the SW's table. That's why it gets moved once a month. For the lodge that has its ashlars in the East, it's a nuisance, so we carefully put it away till the next meeting.
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Post by imakegarb on Sept 17, 2007 0:45:36 GMT
Yup, it's one of those "differences" that excite me sooooooo much Y'see, monkeys tell the same stories (and we do). Where they agree is the relevance. Where they disagree are the keys. Our agreements are very important. Because they tell me *why* the Craft is so important, to me and to all the BB. But when I find a disagreement, such as this, I know I've hit upon something. It's a key. Then the question becomes, "to what"? So I've turned this difference over in my head and I do not yet see what it unlocks. Except that it unlocks something.
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Post by maat on Sept 17, 2007 1:24:07 GMT
Where they agree is the relevance. Where they disagree are the keys. .. when I find a disagreement, such as this, I know I've hit upon something. It's a key. Then the question becomes, "to what"? That absolutely EVERYTHING is a mirror ... of our own internal processes? Maat
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Post by leonardo on Sept 17, 2007 7:18:29 GMT
Where they agree is the relevance. Where they disagree are the keys. .. when I find a disagreement, such as this, I know I've hit upon something. It's a key. Then the question becomes, "to what"? That absolutely EVERYTHING is a mirror ... of our own internal processes? Maat Interesting. Maat have you read book called The Journey, by Leslie Fieger?
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Post by maat on Sept 17, 2007 22:24:05 GMT
No. Is it about mirroring?
We do have language that supports this sort of philosophy....
He only hears what he wants to hear... She only sees what suits her... They can't see the stars for the bars... Cup half empty, cup half full? and from one of my favourite Christmas hymns... Do you see what I see? ...
Maat
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