George H. Steinmetz

Symbols are not used in the commonly accepted meaning. It is “NOT BY EXACT RESEMBLANCE”; there IS a more recondite interpretation, as we suspected; it is one of “SUGGESTIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS IN THROUGH”.

There is a SECRET DOCTRINE in Freemasonry. That secret doctrine is concealed, rather than revealed, by the very lectures which, we are told, offer a “rational explanation” of the ceremonies of initiation. If we were to accept these “rational explanations” as final, and seek no further, Freemasonry would be a farce.