Submitted by WBro. David Beagley, PM, 218CC Member, Chairman of the Bendigo Speakers Panel.
Darkness Visible?
In our 3rd degree, we are given a most puzzling piece of symbolism that at first appears a contradiction:
"Let me beg you to observe that the light of a master mason is but darkness visible serving only to express that gloom which rests on the prospect of futurity."