Masonic Lodge Checkered Floor

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Masonic lodge checkered floor.

Anonymous ats posted on oct 21 2008 02 27 am. There is no historical evidence to substantiate this statement. Personally i wish we could figure out some way of having at least one we could put in temporarily during degrees or something. Mosaic pavement or the checkered flooring.

This is often referred to as a the mosaic floor or the mosaic pavement. The mosaic floor is an important part of masonic lore. The lecture for the first degree of three says that the mosaic pavement is a representation of the ground floor of king solomon s temple and is emblematic of human. The masonic tradition is that the floor of the temple of solomon was decorated with a mosaic pavement of black and white stones.

In some descriptions of the floor of king solomon s temple the ground floor is a mosaic pavment. It is representative of the floor covering of the ground floor of king solomon s temple and is supposed to be emblematic of the fact that human life is checkered with good and evil. Noticing the checkered pattern rug featured in several of the pictures this is commonly described as the checkered carpet which covers the floor of a masonic lodge. I f the masonic lodge is true to oblong from east to west it should have a checkered floor the checkered floor symbolises the on going war of the duality of black and white.

The symbolic floor of the masonic lodge represents images of the earth in space. The mosaic pavement is a representation of the ground floor of king solomon s temple with a blazing star in the centre. That the floor of the lodge should also be of the same pattern. Make offer masonic wool area rug carpet 6x9 ring apron freemason lodge knights templar 6x8 sphinx beige southwestern lodge fish 1065b area rug approx 5 3 x 7 6 224 10.

It is said in most standard masonic ritual that the mosaic pavement is an ornament of the lodge room together with the blazing star and indented tessel. Neither of the lodges i m part of have the checkered floor.