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Jan 4, 2022 · When taken as Wilmhurst described, Jacob’s Ladder reveals how the ethical teachings of Freemasonry can lead us towards heaven. As we work in life to serve our brethren, communities, and God, we fulfill our moral obligations, nourish our spirit and ascend the ladder.
When Jacob awoke, he was filled with pious gratitude, and consecrated the spot as the house of God. This ladder, so remarkable in the history of the Jewish people, finds its analogue in all the ancient initiations.
The covering of a Freemason’s lodge is a celestial canopy of divers colours, even as the heavens. The way by which we, as masons, hope to arrive at it is by the assistance of a ladder, in Scriptures called Jacob’s Ladder. It is composed of many staves, or rounds, which point out as many moral virtues.
Picus of Mirandola, who wrote in the sixteenth century, in his oration, De Hominis Dignitate, says that Jacob's ladder is a symbol of the progressive scale of intellectual communication betwixt earth and heaven; and upon the ladder, as it were, step by step, man is permitted with the angels to ascend and descend until the mind finds blissful ...
Jan 11, 2024 · Explore the other installments of our “Behind the Masonic Symbols” series, including Jacob’s Ladder, the Square and Compasses, and The Beehive. The 24-inch gauge is a symbolic tool used in Freemasonry as a reminder of balance, discipline, and the importance of managing one's time wisely.
The revised edition of the Bible reads “love” in place of “charity,” which makes the Masonic ritual of Jacob’s ladder more understandable. That “charity extends beyond the grave through the boundless realms of eternity” seems an overstatement, if charity is thought of in terms of putting a ten cent piece in a blind beggar’s cup.
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