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A Certain Shade of Grey: So, in the last post, we discussed some aspects of masonic rituals centred on the Masonic initiations in the Master Mason degree. In the understanding, candidates are taken into the symbolic death of Hiram Abiff. Hiram, the architect of King Solomon’s Temple, also possesses the “Master’s word,” one of the secrets of a Master Mason. Unfortunately, he has a run-in with three ruffians, which would end the life of Hiram. He was buried, then moved and reburied under an acacia tree, and later on, was found by workers. A memorial was erected for him for the loss of the genuine secrets of the master mason; a ritual is founded here, though it’s strange considering the Solomon’s Temple, according to Biblical accounts, Solomon’s Temple had been finished. And it’s safe to say the symbolic meaning is not literal, and we’ve established its connections with Osiris.
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