Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Cross and crown: religious or masonic?

Is this cross and crown, religious or masonic?
Catholic burial at Cleveland Calvary.
Now, the anchor is another symbol of faith. In this admiralty anchor a cross is, ever so slightly, hidden. Of course, the man could have been a sailor. The anchor echoes the cross and crown. The anchor was used on the graves of the catacombs. What does that signet mean? Although in life there is suffering (cross), life ends in the glory (crown) of heaven. That is a comforting thought for the departed, and his love ones.
The answer is masonic. It is a mark of an additional masonic order of the York rite, Knights Templar. Masons borrow liberally from Catholic Christian symbolism and adapt it to their mythology. Here, in Woodland Cemetery, a civil graveyard of Cleveland, it is cut in the middle of this stone pillar. The pillar is made broken to symbolise a life ended. Masonic symbolism is infatuated with death.
and to confirm, the monument is further engraved with compass and square

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