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mystery meant something divine, deeply profound, and worth knowing. North. (See Circumambulation, East, Cornerstone.) Symbol of darkness, therefore of ignorance. In Freemasonry, the “North” is a “place of darkness,” a small echo of a day when early man observed that in Europe the sun never travelled far enough into the northern part of the sky to shine into the northern windows of a building. Oblong. Symbol of the “form of a lodge” which in turn is a symbol of the known world of the ancients—Spain in the West, Asia Minor in the East, and a few miles North and South of the Mediterranean. Ornaments of a Lodge. The mosaic pavement is ritualistically symbolic of the floor of King Solomon’s Temple, the indented tessel of the border surrounding it, and the blazing star of the figure at its center, a representation of Divine Providence. The blazing star was one of the early symbols of Freemasonry. Passions . Emotions, as distinguished from reason; powerful or compelling feelings or desires. Pectoral . In, on, or of the chest. Pedal . Of, or relating to, the foot or feet. Perfect Youth, Doctrine of the. Originally, Masons were not allowed to take maimed youths as Apprentices, an important and practical requirement in the

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