Masonic Center - West Reading, PA
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N 40° 19.854 W 075° 57.168
18T E 419062 N 4464920
The Masonic Center is across the street from the Tower Health Reading Hospital and is home to a number of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania chapters.
Waymark Code: WMYVNQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2018
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The Freemasonry is an organization that is rich in rituals, symbolism and history. From Wikipedia (
visit link) , the symbolism revolves mainly around the square and compasses, the level and the plum rule and the trowel. "A moral lesson is attached to each of these tools, although the assignment is by no means consistent. The meaning of the symbolism is taught and explored through ritual."
A three stage initiation process is required to be admitted to the Freemasons. "All Freemasons begin their journey in the "craft" by being progressively initiated, passed and raised into the three degrees of Craft, or Blue Lodge Masonry. During these three rituals, the candidate is progressively taught the meanings of the Lodge symbols, and entrusted with grips, signs and words to signify to other Masons that he has been so initiated. The initiations are part allegory and part lecture, and revolve around the construction of the Temple of Solomon, and the artistry and death of his chief architect, Hiram Abiff. The degrees are those of Entered apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason. While many different versions of these rituals exist, with at least two different lodge layouts and versions of the Hiram myth, each version is recognizable to any Freemason from any jurisdiction."
The Masonic Center in West Reading, PA, provides a home for several different lodges of the Freemasons: Lodge No. 62, Chandler Lodge No. 227, Teutonia Lodge No. 367, St. John's Lodge No. 435, Reading Lodge No. 549 and Isaac Hiester Lodge No. 660.
Please respect the Private Property signs around this building. There are plenty of places to take pictures without entering their property.