JohnnyFlotsam
Premium Member
It is genuinely refreshing to see such eloquence and clarity about what our "work" really is, Brother Porter. Thank you for that. :14:Fire has vibration and power that is not found in the bulb. The act of lighting them and attending the altar is a solemn and beautiful act when done correctly. We use an acolytes wand to light the three lesser and the flame is ignited in the East and carried to the three lesser lights.
The flame is that thing by which changes in operative alchemy occur. Heat is required for transmutation. We also find water present in the first penalty, air in the second, and fire in the third. The earth is found in the chalk, charcoal and clay.
Lodge is not social hour, its not minutes, its not charity. Its hard labor in speculative transformation of a man's soul. It carves the foundation of his material existence so that he can stand transformed before the Great White Throne. Candles were not an accident.