It has been suggested by HPH Bromwell, John Michell and others that temples and lodges are essentially models of the Cosmos. What this means is that the people that engage in the ceremonies there, as well as their movements are supposed to symbolize the movements of the celestial bodies. The movements of main concern appear to be the daily and yearly motions of the sun, and the motions of the planets. The following is a brief look at how the Masonic Lodge and the officers there represent these three data sets.
Pike writes on page 304, that "Everything within the Temple was symbolic and the whole structure was intended to represent the Universe". On page 209 he had written, "So in our day every Masonic Lodge represents the Universe. Each extends from the surface of the earth to the Heavens, and from the same to the centre of the globe". This is what is called "the Symbolic Lodge", and not the lodge room.
Bromwell writes (Page 25) "The entire work of the Lodge, even to the character of the actors, whomsoever, engaged in any part thereof, is entirely symbolical". (Page 33), "The work of the Lodge is the exposition of the Divine order; that is the order of the universe - that is Wisdom and Truth, out of which preceeds all order" (Page 49) "The Lodge is a symbolic effigy of the universe and its work must correspond with the work of the Divine and universal order" (Page 87) "It is the order in creation; that is the Divine order, which Masonry celebrates and imitates."
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