The Little Scottish Mason

Scottish Master

Q. Why is the Master dressed in gold and azure?
A. Because when God appeared to Moÿse Moses to dictate his commandments, He appeared to him in a cloud of gold and azure.
Q. Why do 3 form a sufficient Lodge?
A. Because Masonry is the emblem of Scripture and the Holy Trinity has always governed the Universe.
Q. Why do 5 form a Just Lodge?
A. Because the five orders of Architecture were employed at Solomon’s Temple.
Q. Why do 7 form a perfect Lodge?
A. Because God spent 6 days constructing the world and rested on the seventh, and because Solomon spent 7 years constructing his Temple.
Q. What are the five orders of architecture?
A. Ionic... Doric... Corinthian... Composite and Simple usually known as the Tuscan order.
Q. What are those who constructed the Tabernacle called?
A. Oeliab Oholiab and Bezel Bezalel.
Q. Where was the Temple situated?
A. On the slope of Mount Moria Moriah, which formed part of Mount Zion.
Q. On which side?
A. At the Orient.

Q. Why was it situated at the Orient?
A. Because in the ancient Temple, the entrance was always placed at the Occident, and the figure of the Divinity resided at the Orient.
Q. Why the Divinity at the Orient?
A. So that those who entered the Temple could see from the Occident the Divinity who resided at the Orient.