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Signs & Symbols

Bro Darren

Premium Member
It's amazing, now that I have started my journey towards becoming a Mason, I have started seeing symbols around that I have paid no attention to in the past.

Today on my drive home I saw 3 different cars with different symbols on their rear window and they are clearly men of the craft.

It's kinda strange that these things have gone unseen in everyday life, but now I notice them.

I may not be a mason yet, but seeing these symbols around me makes me feel part of it already if that makes any sense.
 

polmjonz

Registered User
I had walked past my hometown lodge in Watsontown, PA thousands of times and never identified it until this past winter when I visited the lodge. Found many of my friends dads to be my Brothers even on of my middle school teachers. Very good visit.

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dfreybur

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Symbols on cars are great. Regularly I'll wave at someone and if they notice we'll wave back not knowing why I did so. If they see my plates they'll often come back parallel to me and wave again this time both of us exchanging huge smiles.

This happens best with grand lodge. Passing each other on the highway waving and then bingo there we are at some coffee place trading stories about lodge events in the last year and our wives chatting about stuff to do in town planning a get together to see (insert touristy stuff here).

Next - You'll start noticing our symbols on buildings some of which have never housed a lodge. Or you'll start noticing orders of architecture. Downtown you'll notice three columned buildings in a row. Sure enough Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.
 

nostic

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Symbols on cars are great. Regularly I'll wave at someone and if they notice we'll wave back not knowing why I did so. If they see my plates they'll often come back parallel to me and wave again this time both of us exchanging huge smiles.

This happens best with grand lodge. Passing each other on the highway waving and then bingo there we are at some coffee place trading stories about lodge events in the last year and our wives chatting about stuff to do in town planning a get together to see (insert touristy stuff here).

Next - You'll start noticing our symbols on buildings some of which have never housed a lodge. Or you'll start noticing orders of architecture. Downtown you'll notice three columned buildings in a row. Sure enough Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.

I can imagine in the prehistoric era,before there was a language of any kind,man spoke and or communicated through gestures and symbols.through out centuries its always been the media of mankinds articulative nature.it will and always has been apart of who and what constitutes our evolution.

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Brother JC

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Nothing "secret" being said. The orders of architecture are studied in grade school, and any symbol on a car is pretty much public knowledge.
 

crono782

Premium Member
At least in texas, the orders of architecture are monitorial rather than ritual. But like was said, is historical knowledge already.


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Bro Darren

Premium Member
You only need to look on the outside of any lodge to see symbols. GL websites have a few and their meanings. In Melbourne, we have a 30 minute/weekly TV show from FreeMasons Victoria and they discuss the meanings of many of the symbols.

From what I know, yes as the outsider, is that the stigma of secrets gives the general population the wrong conception of what freemasonry is all about. GL's are happy to discuss what "can be" discussed and do so very openly. Yes there are secrets, but that's not everything.
 

BEDickey

Premium Member
Signs & Symbols

Symbolism is an amazingly deep subject. It can be direct or indirect, out in the open or very subtle. If you look at the zodiac, and the other constellations, you will find those simples everywhere. A quick example the car Volvo. Volvo = vulva + the symbol for Mars/male virility. So what you see when you see a Volvo car logo it is depicting a sex act, very cunningly disguised. The golden arches of McD's = the sign of Aries. The 2 seater car called a "Mini"? Gemini the twins anyone? Anyone know of the "dodge ram"? Look up the symbol of the "dodge brothers" cars. It is a star of David. Judaism was founded in the age of aries the ram. They blow the rams horn. Nifty how that works eh? Freemasonry is an amazing way to be introduced to this subject but a true study of the Tarot is the master chapter.
 

otherstar

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Re: Signs & Symbols

Symbolism is an amazingly deep subject. It can be direct or indirect, out in the open or very subtle. If you look at the zodiac, and the other constellations, you will find those simples everywhere. A quick example the car Volvo. Volvo = vulva + the symbol for Mars/male virility. So what you see when you see a Volvo car logo it is depicting a sex act, very cunningly disguised. The golden arches of McD's = the sign of Aries. The 2 seater car called a "Mini"? Gemini the twins anyone? Anyone know of the "dodge ram"? Look up the symbol of the "dodge brothers" cars. It is a star of David. Judaism was founded in the age of aries the ram. They blow the rams horn. Nifty how that works eh? Freemasonry is an amazing way to be introduced to this subject but a true study of the Tarot is the master chapter.

Hence the Magus pose in you avatar (as above, so below)? Nice touch, my brother, nice touch!
 

Lowcarbjc

Registered User
I was stupid enough as a non mason to study the way masons greet each other etc etc before I really took personal interest in the craft, and whenever I watch something on tv or just see two people are greeting each other in public I always catch myself watching them closely. Am I the only one?


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BEDickey

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Hence the Magus pose in you avatar (as above, so below)? Nice touch, my brother, nice touch!

Yes!! I'm glad someone got it finally!

"that which is above corresponds that with is below, and that which is below corresponds to that which is above to bring about the One Thing."
 

Lowcarbjc

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ImageUploadedByFreemasonry1375491902.483414.jpg Just saw this on Facebook the guys are not impressed at all.


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BEDickey

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Another way of saying "...thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven..." ;-)


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Exactly correct, which shows that with out a doubt that all faiths spring from a single well. Hermeticism arose about 200 years before Christianity and are similar in many ways, but Hermeticism came about independently of Judaism. In India, you have the "Hindu trinity", Bhrama, Vishnu, and Shiva. Which corresponds to the Christian trinity but the Hindu faiths are 1000's of years older.
 

BillK

Registered User
I had walked past my hometown lodge in Watsontown, PA thousands of times and never identified it until this past winter when I visited the lodge. Found many of my friends dads to be my Brothers even on of my middle school teachers. Very good visit.

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Hey brother 401 is my Lodge as well!! I live in Watsontown!! Small world.

Watsontown, PA Lodge #401
 

Brother JC

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
Re: Signs & Symbols

When the Dodge Brothers began using the double-Delta (1914) it wasn't even considered a symbol for Judaism, especially in a black/white scheme. They died six years later, and the use of the symbol ended in '38, probably due to the political climate in Europe (regardless of the original intent). Their logo strikes closer to the "as above, so below" meaning previously mentioned.

The problem with symbolism (and those seeking to find it within everything) is that it becomes easy to see what you want.
 

BEDickey

Premium Member
The problem with symbolism (and those seeking to find it within everything) is that it becomes easy to see what you want.

To this I say, can you find it everywhere because it is truly everywhere? On your drink in the store, on the store as you drive in your car, on your car as you drive and drink your drink.



Also, why we know as Hermeticism did arise from ancient teachings, older then the Greeks, but Hermeticism as it is written and recorded Is about 200 years before Christianity.
 

Mac

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Re: Signs & Symbols

The problem with symbolism (and those seeking to find it within everything) is that it becomes easy to see what you want.

This is exactly why I get so skeptical when people go "deeper" in our ritual, or try to argue the antiquity of the order. Sometimes a cigar really is just a cigar.



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