The tracing boards, also known as lodge boards or trestle boards, are one of the most striking
aspects of Masonry.
They’re densely symbolic, crystallising the essence of each degree’s ritual in time and space.
Although they’re static and unmoving images, they’re far from stagnant.
They sit, patiently waiting for an eye to engage so they can spark to life, pulling your attention
around the scene, dynamically illuminating new insights, forging new relationships between
symbols, and synthesising ideas beyond language which words can only approximate. The
longer you look, the more they reveal.
They’re wonderful teaching aids and companions form concentration, contemplation, and meditation.
