This is their "light" their ancient "truth" "The Blue Degrees are but the outer court or portico of the Temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the Initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them; but it is intended that he shall imagine he understands them. Their true explication is reserved for the Adepts, the Princes of Masonry. The whole body of the Royal and Sacerdotal Art was hidden so carefully, centuries since, in the High Degrees, as that it is even yet impossible to solve many of the enigmas which they contain. It is well enough for the mass of those called Masons, to imagine that all is contained in the Blue Degrees; and whoso attempts to undeceive them will labor in vain, and without any true reward violate his obligations as an Adept. Masonry is the veritable Sphinx, buried to the head in the sands heaped round it by the ages (Morals And Dogma, p. 819). Masonry, like all the religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism and Alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be misled; to conceal the Truth, which it calls Light, from them, and to draw them away from it . . . . So Masonry jealously conceals its secrets, and intentionally leads conceited interpreters astray (Ibid., pp. 104, 105). It is only after the initiates have proven themselves willing to accept and do whatever they are told by the "Princes of Masonry" that they are permitted to the higher degrees where the real meaning of the symbols and a true understanding of the teaching is revealed unto them. "You have taken the first step over its threshold, the first step toward the inner sanctuary and heart of the temple. You are in the path that leads up the slope of the mountain of Truth; and it depends upon your secrecy, obedience, and fidelity, whether you will advance or remain stationary" (Ibid., pp. 106, 107). "Secrecy is indispensable in a Mason of whatever Degree. it is the first and almost the only lesson taught to the Entered Apprentice" (Ibid., p. 109).
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