Canopy of Heaven | Symbols and Symbolism
A clouded horizon and starry field of shimmering twilight jewels are often the embelishments aloft above the altar of a masonic lodge.
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Why Does Freemasonry Use Odd Symbols?
Skulls, architectural tools, mallets, aprons… all of these things can we weird. So why does Freemasonry use so many odd symbols?
God and Freemasonry | Symbols and Symbolism
A philosophical exploration of the meaning of God in the esoteric practice of Freemasonry.
Free and Accepted Mason | Symbols and Symbolism
In this episode of Masonic Symbols and Symbolism, we explore the meaning of the Free and Accepted.
Geometry in Freemasonry | Symbols and Symbolism
In this episode, we explore the significance of Geometry as it relates to Freemasonry. An old attribution, its scientific and philosophical connections hold greater resonance than its computational counterparts with paper and pen. More Masonic Symbols, here. In the modern rituals, geometry is said to be the basis on which the superstructure of Masonry is […]
The Beehive | Symbols and Symbolism
In this episode of Symbols and Symbols we examine the Masonic symbol of the beehive, a symbol that Mackey, in his Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, calls a symbol of an obedient people. In masonic parlance, the symbol is more recognizable as an emblem industry. The Master Mason degree says of the beehive that it is an emblem […]
The Masonic Handshake
As the fraternity of Freemasonry spread around the world, certain words and handshakes were invented to identify Brother Masons.
Brother Ryan J. Flynn, The Most Influential Masonic Artist In America
Once again we visit the great Masonic artist Ryan J. Flynn. There is little that you can write anymore that does justice to what this Brother is doing with and for art. You have to see it to believe it. So Phoenixmasonry Live’s December 2016 program SHOWS you what words cannot do justice to. And […]
The Masonic Symbolism of Color
The subject of color in connection with Masonry is one which has received very little attention from students, in the past, but it is nevertheless one which is susceptible to some extremely fascinating speculations. In Symbolic Masonry we encounter reference to but three, the alternating black and white of the Mosaic pavement denoting the “dual […]
Ordo Ab Chao | Symbols and Symbolism
In this installment of Symbols and Symbolism, we explore the origins of the Latin phrase ordo ab chao better known as order out of chaos. Often taken as an esoteric alliteration of transformation, the source of this oft used Latin phrase has its roots deeply embedded in the origin story of the Scottish Rite in the Americas. While […]