Let There Be Light

Let there be light! the Almighty spoke—

Refulgent streams from chaos broke,

To ilume the rising earth!

Well pleased the Great Jehovah stood,

And gave the planets brith!

In choral numbers Masons join

To bless and praise this Light Divine.

 

Parent of light! accept our praise,

Who shed’st on us thy brightest rays—

The light that fills the mind!

By choice selected, lo! we stand,

By Friendship joined, a mystic band,

That love, that aid mankind!

In choral numbers Masons join

To bless and praise this Light Divine.

 

The Widow’s tears we often dry,

The Orphan’s wants out hands supply,

As far as power is given;

The naked clothe, the prisoner free—

These are our works, sweet Charity!

Reveal’d to us from Heaven!

In choral numbers Masons join

To bless and praise this Light Divine.

— From The Freemason’s Repository for 1797

Consider also:

  1. Mind of God
  2. The Five Points Symbolism
  3. “While I’ve been ruminating on the availability of trees, Peeta has been struggling with how to maintain his identity. His purity of self.”
  4. “Many, so many, were ye to make one Womanhood– A thing of fire and flesh, of wine and glory and blood, In whose rose-orient texture a golden light is spun, A gossamer scheme of love, as water in the sun Flecked by wonderful bars, most delicately crossed, Worked into wedded beauties, flickering, never lost– That is the spirit of love, incarnate in your flesh! Your bodies had wearied me, but your passion was ever fresh: You were many indeed, but your love for me was one.”
  5. “Accordingly, if we want to understand our current transformational patterns, we must try to discover the living myths of today’s world—the things we actually believe in—and the gods we truly worship.”