tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857745491570996893.post1825050237620156614..comments2023-05-10T00:42:36.585-07:00Comments on vellum Maximum: The Triple Tau in FreemasonrySC228AMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03375342669959159111noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857745491570996893.post-79641842320198530662008-08-14T07:44:00.000-07:002008-08-14T07:44:00.000-07:00The Tau cross is the emblem of Mercury, the God’s ...The Tau cross is the emblem of Mercury, the God’s messenger, who also conducts souls through the underworld. He takes the dead by one hand & uplifting the caduceus in the other leads them from the grave through the underworld to the Elysian Fields, & before his caduceus the power of evil fled.<BR/><BR/>The Tau Cross is a Phallic symbol & represents male & creative power. The lowest form of this is our animal passions, which must be controlled if we are to advance spiritually. To do this we trample a tau cross under foot in the 1st 3 Craft degrees as we advance to receive the Scts. Thus by the time they reach the Arch MMs have made 3 tau crosses. Having subdued our animal passions while below the Master's chair, on being installed as WM these powers are transformed & now distinguish IM’s from those over whom they rule. It is thus the higher side of the tau cross which is depicted an IM’s apron. They now represent the Divine Power in man to create others in his likeness. It is the emblem of Brahma, & the creative aspect of the Deity. In this sense the tau cross symbolises the Divine Spark, the spirit & creative power in man. The 3 tau crosses of the RA are joined together, whereas on an IM’s apron they are separate. MMs are taught that death does not end all & are given hope of life beyond the G. The IM degree when fully worked changes that hope to certainty. The 3 separate tau crosses on an IM’s apron represent the 3 aspects of the Deity & show the newly risen man is not ready to appear before God. The 3 joined tau crosses of the RA teach that the 3 aspects of the Deity aren’t separate Gods but different aspects of the one God. In man they represent Body, Soul & Spirit & their union shows a spiritual body as St Paul called it will be united with a perfected soul & spirit when they finally attain at-one ment with God. This is why in the 19th century only IMs could be made RA Masons. Until a man had risen from the dead he can’t hope to understand God. Even after death he must progress through the spirit planes before he is fit to stand before God. This lesson has been lost in England by abolishing passing the vales. Thus the lost Scts can’t be found in a Craft Lodge, & in reality can only be found by an IM who has been exalted into the RA & passed the vales. Then he may exchange the 3 separate tau crosses on his Craft apron for the triple tau of the RA. The RA is not essentially a Christian degree but there were 3 crosses on Calgary, which reminds us of the triple tau as Jesus would have been crucified on a tau cross. Thus the tau cross links the 5 Craft degree & teaches the evolution & purification of body, soul & spirit, which are now in perfect union as shown by the triple tau. The triple tau under the double triangles of the RS jewl teaches that Man will ultimately rest in the presence of God.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925160403090667461noreply@blogger.com