MASONIC SYMBOLS
In Freemasonry there is much symbolism. Many symbols go back several centuries. Masonry uses many symbols -- it's our primary way of teaching, as it has been the primary way of teaching from ancient times ( just try teaching arithmetic without number symbols) -- but there is nothing satanic about them. Symbols mean what the person uses them to mean. X may be a St. Andrew's Cross, ancient symbol of Scotland, or it may mean "multiply two numbers together" ( or even railroad crossing). It depends on the meaning in the mind of the person using it.
Symbolism’s often change over time. The Nazi Swastika meant something different hundreds of years ago than it did in the 1940’s. It was not the invention of Adolph Hitler. Sarah Boxer of the New York Times said:
The swastika gets its name from the Sanskrit word svastika, meaning well-being and good fortune. The earliest known swastikas date from 2500 or 3000 B.C. in India and Central Asia. A 1933 study suggests the swastika migrated from India across Persia and Asia Minor to Greece, then to Italy and Germany, probably in the first millennium B.C. …Coca-Cola issued a swastika pendant. Carlsberg beer etched swastikas onto its bottles. During World War I, the American 45th Infantry division wore an orange swastika as a shoulder patch. The Girls' Club published a magazine called The Swastika. And until 1940, the Boy Scouts gave out a swastika badge. (14)
THE SUBJECT OF SYMBOLS WILL BE LISTED IN TWO GROUPS.
ONE GROUP WILL BE SYMBOLS THAT ARE AUTHENTICALLY MASONIC.
THE OTHER GROUP WILL BE SYMBOLS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH MASONRY BUT MAY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AUTHENTIC MASONIC SYMBOLS
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OTHER MASONIC SYMBOLS
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Pyramids |
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