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Fellow Craft Degree: Winding Stairs, Pillars & Middle Chamber
In the Fellow Craft Degree, the candidate is shown a profound symbolic journey representing the path of self-improvement and the pursuit of knowledge.
He stands before the two great brazen pillars that once stood at the porch of King Solomon’s Temple — symbols of strength and establishment.
He then ascends a symbolic flight of winding stairs with three, five, and seven steps, each number rich with Masonic meaning:
Three steps allude to the three degrees, three principal officers, and the three great pillars of Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty.
Five steps represent the five orders of architecture…
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