Conspicuous among the symbols of Freemasonry are the seven liberal arts and sciences. By "grammar" man is taught to express in noble and adequate language, his innermost thoughts and ideals; by "rhetoric," he is enabled to conceal his ideals, under the protecting cover of ambiguous language and figures of speech; by "logic," he is trained in the organization of the intellectual faculties with which he has been endowed; by "arithmetic" he not only is instructed in the mystery of universal order, but also gains the key to a multitude, magnitude, and a proportion; by "geometry," he is inducted into the mathematics of form, the harmony and rhythm, of angles, and the philosophy of, organization; by "music" he is reminded, the universe is founded upon the laws of celestial harmonics, and that harmony and rhythm, are all-pervading; by "astronomy," he gains an understanding of the immensities of time and space, of the property of relationship between himself and the universe, and the awesomenessss of that Unknown Power which drives the countless stars of the firmament, crazy, or I mean,.... through illimitable space. Equipped with the knowledge conferred by familiarity with the liberal arts and sciences, the studious Freemason therefore, finds himself, confronted by few problems, with which he can not cope.
I suppose to the uninformed, that last sentence would be a lie. But in this new day and age, there is the factor of multi-dimensionality, and therefore, that last sentence tops the cake, with icing.....
Ok, tis page 614 of The Secret Teachings Of All Ages, by Manly P. Hall. It's up to you to do the research. No one's counting the hours.
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