The Pillars
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| Here you can see the Masonic two pillars left and right, Boaz and Jachin, within them are found the Masonic compass square middle forming IX-XI. |
"The emblematical foundations or supports of a Masonic Lodge are three pillars, denominated Wisdom, Strength and Beauty." - Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry By R. Swinburne Clymer pg. 155
"In the Ancient Mysteries these three pillars represented the great emblematical Triad of Deity, as with us they refer to the three principal officers of the Lodge. In the British Mysteries the Adytum or lodge was actually supported by three stones or pillars, which were supposed to convey a regenerating purity to the aspirant, after having endured the ceremony of initiation in all its accustomed formalities.
The delivery from between them was termed a new birth." -Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry By R. Swinburne Clymer pg. 156
"The Persians, who termed their emblematical mithratic cave or lodge the Empyrean, feigned to be supported by three intelligencies, — Ormisda, Mithra and Mithras; who were usually denominated, from certain characteristics which they were supposed individually to possess, Eternity, Fecundity and Authority." - Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry By R. Swinburne Clymer pg. 156
"Similar to this were the forms of the Egyptian Deity, designed by the attributes of Wisdom, Power and Goodness; and the Sovereign Good, Intellect and Energy of the Platonists, which were also regarded as the respective properties of the Divine Triad."- Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry By R. Swinburne Clymer pg. 156
"and the uniform symbol of this three-fold Deity was an equilateral triangle, the precise form occupied by our pillars of Wisdom, Strength and Beauty - Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry By R. Swinburne Clymer pg. 157
"In the East, as the pillar of Wisdom, this Deity was called Brahma; in the West, as the pillar of Strength, Vishnu; and in the South, as the pillar of Beauty, Siva, and hence, in the Indian initiations the representative of Brahma was seated in the East, that of Vishnu in the West and that of Siva in the South." - Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry By R. Swinburne Clymer pg. 158
"The widow's son, Hiram Abiff of Tyre, cast for the Qabalistic Temple of King Solomon two high pillars or pylons of bronze; their capitals were pomegranates and lily work. The lily, most likely the lotus, an emblem of life, white or male, on the right side, the pomegranate, the emblem of fecundity and plasticity, red or female, on the left side. The first was called Yakheen, the latter Boaz. These columns represented, Understanding, Binah, h, and Wisdom, 'Hokhmah, v, and between them was the Temple of Kether, y, the Father. Here we see symbols of the Former, the Harmony, and the to be Formed. All energy must have resistance, all light must have darkness, all projecture or emanation, a hollow or excavation to receive efflux. Affirmation supposes a negation; if the first androgene had not been separated into male and female, the result would have been entire sterility, as was the result as to the Seven Kings of Edom described in Genesis and the Qabbalah; and the Balance not existing, the forms did not and could not exist, and the emanation of the existences could not proceed and be manifest." The Secret Wisdom Of The Qabalah A Study in Jewish Mystical Thought By J. F. C. Fuller pg 38
"Master, pointing to these pillars, says: "These are called the three grand Masonic columns or pillars, and are designated Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty.
"The pillar of Wisdom represents Solomon, King of Israel, whose wisdom contrived the mighty fabric; the pillar of Strength, Hiram, king of Tyre, who strengthened Solomon in his grand undertaking; the pillar of Beauty, Hiram Abiff, the widow's son, whose cunning craft and curious workmanship beautified and adorned the Temple. " - Duncan's Ritual And Monitor Of Freemasonry by Malcolm C. Duncan
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| "The Pillars of the Temple: These pillars symbolize the heart and mind: the positive and the negative poles of life. Those who would enter the temple must pass between the pillars. Every extreme is dangerous. It is the point between all poles that is safe to stand upon. You cannot enter the temple by the development of either the heart or mind alone, but only by the equal developnment of both." - The initiates of the flame by Hall, Manly P Pg. 42 |
"The widow's son, Hiram Abiff of Tyre, cast for the Qabalistic Temple of King Solomon two high pillars or pylons of bronze; their capitals were pomegranates and lily work. The lily, most likely the lotus, an emblem of life, white or male, on the right side, the pomegranate, the emblem of fecundity and plasticity, red or female, on the left side. The first was called Yakheen, the latter Boaz. These columns represented, Understanding, Binah, h, and Wisdom, 'Hokhmah, v, and between them was the Temple of Kether, y, the Father. Here we see symbols of the Former, the Harmony, and the to be Formed. All energy must have resistance, all light must have darkness, all projecture or emanation, a hollow or excavation to receive efflux. Affirmation supposes a negation; if the first androgene had not been separated into male and female, the result would have been entire sterility, as was the result as to the Seven Kings of Edom described in Genesis and the Qabbalah; and the Balance not existing, the forms did not and could not exist, and the emanation of the existences could not proceed and be manifest." The Secret Wisdom Of The Qabbalah A Study in Jewish Mystical Thought By J. F. C. Fuller pg 38
"The Pillars of the Temple: These pillars symbolize the heart and mind, the positive and the negative poles of life. Those who would enter the temple must pass BETWEEN the pillars. Every extreme is dangerous. It is the point between all poles that is safe to stand upon. You cannot enter the temple by the development of either the heart or mind alone, but only by the equal development of both. " -The Initiates of the Flame Manly P. Hall Pg 42
"The one that stood on the right hand (or south) was called Jachin, and the other at the left hand (or north) was called Boaz. It has been supposed that Solomon, in erecting these pillars, had reference to the pillar of cloud and pillar of fire, which went before the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness, and that the right-hand or south pillar represented the pillar of cloud and the left-hand or north pillar represented that of fire. Solomon did not simply erect them as ornatnents to the temple, but as munorials of God's repeated promises of support to his people of Israel. For the pillar (Jachin), derived from the IIebrew words (Jah), "Jehovah," and (achin), "to estab-lish." signifies that "God will establish his house of Israel"; while the pillar (Boaz), compounded of (b), "in," and (oaz), "strength," signifies that ''in strength shall it be established."”– The origin of Freemasonry and Knights templar by Bennett, John Richardson, (1907) pg. 50
"The act of generation or creation by the Deity never ceases.
This may give one meaning of the name Boaz. But its primary meaning is, strong, firm, agile, rigorous, stout, alle, all which are characteristics of the Phallus, as a symbol of the Divine generative potency, represented by upright stones, obeliscs and columns."- The Book of Words Albert Pike pg.32
"CHiram Abiff is the embodiment of the beautifying principle. " -The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall pg. 77-81
"BEAUTY
Said to be symbolically one of the three supports of a Lodge. It is represented by the Corinthian column, because the Corinthian is the most beautiful of the ancient orders of architecture; and by the Junior Warden, because he symbolizes the meridian sun-the most beautiful object in the heavens. Hiram Abif is also said to be represented by the Column of Beauty, because the Temple was indebted to his skill for its splendid decorations. The idea of Beauty as one of the supports of the Lodge is found in the earliest rituals of the eighteenth century, as well as the symbolism which refers it to the Corinthian column and the Junior Warden. Preston first introduced the reference to the Corinthian column and to Hiram Abif. Beauty, in the Hebrew, n~x~n, pronounced tif-eh-reth, was the sixth of the Cabalistic Sephiroth, and, with Justice and Mercy, formed the second Sephirotic triad; and from the Cabalists the Freemasons most probably derived the symbol (see Supports of the Lodge)."-An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey
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| The meaning of the Broken Column as explained by the ritual of the Master mason degree is that the column represents both the fall of Master Hiram Abif as well as the unfinished work of the Temple of Solomon. - Duncan, Malcom C. Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor. Crown; 3 Edition (April 12, 1976). ISBN-13: 978-0679506263. pp 157. |
"..the broken column represents the unfinished temple, as well as the unfinished life and task of Hiram Abiff."- Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry by John J. Robinson Pg. 222
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