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	== The holy Royal Arch of Jerusalem ==		== The holy Royal Arch of Jerusalem ==

			The Meaning Of Masonry

	~~The Meaning Of Masonry~~		by [[En: Walter Leslie Wilmshurst\|W.L. Wilmshurst]]

	~~by W.L. Wilmshurst~~		'''Chapter 4'''

	~~Chapter 4~~		'''THE HOLY ROYAL ARCH OF JERUSALEM'''
	THE HOLY ROYAL ARCH OF JERUSALEM.

	FREEMASONRY, under the English Constitution, reaches its climax and conclusion in the Order of the Holy Royal Arch. There exists a variety of other degrees ramifying from the main stem of the Masonic system which either elaborate side-points of its doctrine or re-express its teachings in alternative symbolism. These, while of greater or less merit and interest, are beyond our present consideration, and, indeed, are superfluities tending rather to diffuse the student's attention than to deepen his insight into the central purpose of the Craft. The taking of additional higher degrees may be indulged in almost indefinitely, but to what purpose if the initial ones, which contain all that is necessary for the understanding of the subject, remain imperfectly assimilated ? It is a fallacy to suppose that the multiplying of degrees will result in the discovery of important arcane secrets which one has failed to find in the rites of the Craft and the Royal Arch. The higher degrees indeed illustrate truths of much interest and often set forth with impressive ceremonial beauty, the appreciation of which will be the greater after and not before the meaning of the preliminary ones has been thoroughly absorbed; whilst the pursuit of " secrets " is certain to prove illusory, for the only secrets worth the name or the finding are those incommunicable ones which discover themselves within the personal consciousness of the seeker who is in earnest to translate ceremonial representation into facts of spiritual experience.		FREEMASONRY, under the English Constitution, reaches its climax and conclusion in the Order of the Holy Royal Arch. There exists a variety of other degrees ramifying from the main stem of the Masonic system which either elaborate side-points of its doctrine or re-express its teachings in alternative symbolism. These, while of greater or less merit and interest, are beyond our present consideration, and, indeed, are superfluities tending rather to diffuse the student's attention than to deepen his insight into the central purpose of the Craft. The taking of additional higher degrees may be indulged in almost indefinitely, but to what purpose if the initial ones, which contain all that is necessary for the understanding of the subject, remain imperfectly assimilated ? It is a fallacy to suppose that the multiplying of degrees will result in the discovery of important arcane secrets which one has failed to find in the rites of the Craft and the Royal Arch. The higher degrees indeed illustrate truths of much interest and often set forth with impressive ceremonial beauty, the appreciation of which will be the greater after and not before the meaning of the preliminary ones has been thoroughly absorbed; whilst the pursuit of " secrets " is certain to prove illusory, for the only secrets worth the name or the finding are those incommunicable ones which discover themselves within the personal consciousness of the seeker who is in earnest to translate ceremonial representation into facts of spiritual experience.
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	The antithesis of this " heavenly city " is the confused Babylon city of this world, of which it is written to all captives therein, " Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her plagues ! " (Rev. xviii. 4). And, in a word, the Royal Arch Ceremony sacramentally portrays the last phase of the mystical journey of the exiled soul from Babylon to Jerusalem as it escapes from its captivity to this lower world and, " passing the veils " of matter and form, breaks through the bondage of corruption into the world of the formless Spirit and realizes the glorious liberty of the children of God.		The antithesis of this " heavenly city " is the confused Babylon city of this world, of which it is written to all captives therein, " Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her plagues ! " (Rev. xviii. 4). And, in a word, the Royal Arch Ceremony sacramentally portrays the last phase of the mystical journey of the exiled soul from Babylon to Jerusalem as it escapes from its captivity to this lower world and, " passing the veils " of matter and form, breaks through the bondage of corruption into the world of the formless Spirit and realizes the glorious liberty of the children of God.

			== See also ==
			*[[En: Walter Leslie Wilmshurst]]
			*[[En: Wilmshurst: The meaning of masonry]]
			*[[The deeper symbolism of Freemasonry]]
			*[[Masonry as a philosophy]]
			*[[Further notes on craft symbolism]]
			*[[The form of the lodge]]
			*[[The position of the officers of the lodge]]
			*[[The greater and lesser Lights]]
			*[[Opening and closing the lodge]]
			*[[Second or Fellow-Craft Degree]]
			*[[Third or Master-Mason Degree]]
			*[[En: The Masonic Apron]]
			*[[A Prayer at Lodge-Closing]]
			*[[Freemasonry in relation to the ancient mysteries]]
			*[[Masonic Study Society]]

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	The antithesis of this " heavenly city " is the confused Babylon city of this world, of which it is written to all captives therein, " Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her plagues ! " (Rev. xviii. 4). And, in a word, the Royal Arch Ceremony sacramentally portrays the last phase of the mystical journey of the exiled soul from Babylon to Jerusalem as it escapes from its captivity to this lower world and, " passing the veils " of matter and form, breaks through the bondage of corruption into the world of the formless Spirit and realizes the glorious liberty of the children of God.		The antithesis of this " heavenly city " is the confused Babylon city of this world, of which it is written to all captives therein, " Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her plagues ! " (Rev. xviii. 4). And, in a word, the Royal Arch Ceremony sacramentally portrays the last phase of the mystical journey of the exiled soul from Babylon to Jerusalem as it escapes from its captivity to this lower world and, " passing the veils " of matter and form, breaks through the bondage of corruption into the world of the formless Spirit and realizes the glorious liberty of the children of God.
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