The Square and the Circle Having re-read the recent additions to this superior platform of Masonic insightfulness, and failing to resist the urge to inject a more than casual comment on what very much appears to be the Dichotomy of the Craft, nervously I throw my hat into the ring.
together in a way that is not harmonious and destined to endlessly repel from one another.
The mighty yet mysterious Vesica Pisces is a worthy vehicle to work on such a dichotomy, the ‘Vessel of the Fish’ is constructed as we know, by two circles of exact proportion In the blue corner, we have ‘Green Bean Ma- (we’ll call them ‘aspects’ for this considerasonry’ with all its trimmings, traditions, din- tion) coming together in perfect harmony ner clubs, and its connection to the material and proportion to create a third ‘aspect’. plane, and in the other blue corner, we have ‘Symbolic Masonry’ with all its teachings, phi- This ‘third aspect’ or rather, the space known losophy, observance and its connection to the as the Vesica Pisces, the Fish Bladder, the spiritual plane. Mandorla, call it what you will if you’ll excuse the simplicity, in Sanskrit means “Yoni”. Without the need to quote words from the Translate Yoni back and you get “Holy pasgreat teachers of Light nor require to don the sage”. A Holy passage proportioned to the cap of the likes of Euclid, but rather to look at ratio of 265:153, or 153 for short. A sacred this dichotomy from a place of Harmony and number in Pythagorean theory, which some the Natural Laws that surround us on every attest to be the secret behind the parable of plane. We are taught "no thing" is singular the 153 fish in Scripture. A passage for the outside of the All. From the mind of the All, a soul to the material world, a ‘Holy’ soul that duality is formed and the coming together of manifests itself into the material world. that duality in perfect harmony creates that which is to manifest into being. That creation Knowing that this ‘third aspect’ of 265:153 or is the result of consciousness. Perfect crea- the root of 3 (√3) defines three-dimensional tion requires a balance of male and female space, it also defines the space within a cube energies. by the measurement of the length of the diagonal of a cube, or dare I say a perfect ashlar. Consider this duality to be that of what appears to be a ‘Happening’ in the blue corner In Scripture, Jesus after his resurrection of the Craft. Two schools of thought trying to helped his followers with their nights occupy the same space at the same time ‘fishing’. His followers hadn’t caught anything whilst understanding that one without the all night, but with the help of Jesus, just beother is indeed a "no thing." fore dawn, they caught exactly 153 fish. A Scriptural riddle incorporating 153 subtly With that being said, let us consider one of wants to tell us that a dualistic property of these dualistic circles of thought and bound- Jesus, namely a property labeled Mary or less energy being bound to the title of ‘Green ‘The Sea’ alludes to the feminine aspect of Bean Masonry’ and the other circle of duality and that it played a very important thought and boundless energy being bound role in the resurrection of the Christ. to the title of ‘Symbolic Masonry’. You see where I’m going with this? This duality of Jesus meaning ‘The Sea’, translated into Greek, becomes η αγδαληνη and Without faith in the true beauty of creation, also holds a numerical value of 153. What we and that the coming together of a duality in have is a telling of a duality coming together harmony, proportion, and ratio, which natu- in perfect harmony, proportion, and ratio to rally births all intent into creation, all is lost. resurrect I AM that which has been born into These two spheres of boundless energy will being from perfection. forever bounce about the blue corner, coming Cross Keys Dece,ber 2021
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