Reflecting on a gift I received from one of our Masonic Districts. It depicts a man holding tools of Masonry, and utilizing those tools to carve himself out of rock.
This image alludes to a great and ancient philosophical truth; that through continued self improvement, man can work towards his own perfection. This is a great quest, a Masonic quest. An endeavor to which an entire lifetime can be devoted. Using the working tools of Operative Masonry, symbolically, to polish his own character, the Speculative Mason can, and should, continually travel down that rough and rocky road on his individual quest towards perfection.
That gift inspired this essay.
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