The Symbolism Of The Masonic Letter "G"
It is also obvious that "G" is the initial of the word God in the English language. There are other considerations that the Masonic student might want to take into account. The immediate question for some may be, why is geometry given such exalted status? One might also observe that the word "God" is not a name per se, but is a category of being-like "human being." The name of the Supreme Being depends on what tradition a person follows, and it would not be incorrect to say that the true name of the Supreme Being cannot be known.
Obviously, then, the letter "G" does not refer to the common usage of that term. These two issues have given rise to much speculation regarding the focus given to this one letter of the alphabet. We will offer a few of these speculations for your benefit. The ancient languages of Phoenician, Hebrew, and Greek all placed the "G" in the third place. In Hebrew, the order is aleph, beth, gimel. In Greek, the order is alpha, beta, gamma, and so on. In both Hebrew and Greek, each letter is assigned a numerical value as well as a phonetic one, so that "G" is equivalent to the number "3" in both languages.
The Greek letter gamma looks like an upside-down "L." It consists of two Perpendicular lines that form the angle of a square. Gamma was also associated with Dionysus, the goddess of wine and resurrection.
The importance of geometry to a full understanding of Freemasonry becomes apparent to the candidate as he progresses through the 3 degrees, but even more so I felt once I completed the other 29 in the Scottish Rite. The candidate is informed that geometry is the basis, or foundation, of Masonry. It is thought that the Egyptians became skilled at surveying because the annual flooding of the Nile obliterated boundary markers in their fields.
They had to set out and calculate new boundaries each year. The Greeks named this skill geometry, or "earth measurement." The Greeks, it is thought, made the advancement of using deductive logic to expand the knowledge into a theoretical science, and Pythagoras is credited with this achievement. As these developments set the groundwork for much of the approach of the sciences, some consider geometry to be the first science and thus the most important.
I hope I have given you some insight into these age old symbols and some of their true meanings which differ from the current media hype.
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