Joseph F. Lopena, DGL
MASONRY’S BIG SECRET
Question: What is the big secret of Masonry?
Answer: In answer, let me first recount a story about the gods, which goes this way:
One day, they met in council to discuss where they would hide the divinity which they had stolen from man. One of them suggested, “Let the stolen treasure be carried to the other side of the earth and there buried.”
But another remarked, “Man is a great wanderer; he might find the treasure on the other side of the earth.”
Hence, a third one proposed, “Let it be dropped into the depths of the sea.” The others, however, expressed their fear that in his insatiable curiosity, man might dive deep enough to find it even there.
Finally, after a space of silence the oldest and wisest of the gods said, “Let’s hide it in man himself, as that is the last place he will ever think to look for it.”
That small story suggests the big secret of Masonry, which lies in the fact that it makes a man aware of the divinity within him, wherefrom his whole life takes its beauty and meaning, and inspires him to follow and obey it.
Once a man learns this deep secret, life is new, and the old world is a valley all dewy to the dawn with a lark-song over it.