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1、TheSevenLiberalArtsPresentedtotheNorthernCaliforniaResearchLodgeByThomasD.WorrelMarch20,1997TheSevenLiberalArts"Wisdombuildedherhouse;Shehashewnouthersevenpillars."Proverbs9:1TableofContentsIntroductionInterpretationsofMasonicAuthorsTheHistoryoftheSevenLiberalA

2、rtsTheCathedralandSchoolofChartresTheWindingStaircaseasaSymbolofAscension.TheSevenLiberalArtsI.IntroductionTheStaircaseLectureispresentedtotheMasoniccandidateintheseconddegreeofhiswork-thatofFellowcraft.Thelectureisconsideredtobequitealongoneasitcoversmanysubje

3、ctspertinenttotheMysteriesofFreemasonry.Withinthedissertationareexplanationsofthethree,five,andsevensteps,whichcomposethestaircase.YetwhenthelecturereachesthesevenstepswearemerelytoldthattheyrepresenttheSevenLiberalArtsandSciences;and,thesevensubjectsarenamed.T

4、herearenofurtherexplanationsgiven,norelaborationofferedbutforoneexception-thatofgeometry.Beingthatthesevenmakeupthebulkofthestaircase,itwouldseemthatfurtherlightwouldbeforthcoming.Butsuchisnotthecase.Inthissituation,weareleftwithmorequestionsthananswers.Whyaret

5、heseparticularsubjectsmentioned?Itiscertainlydebatablewhetherornotthesearethemostimportantacademicdisciplines.Whyaretherejustseven?Therearecertainlymorethanjustsevenartsandsciences.Whyaretheyinastaircasemotif?Ifwetookthistomeanlevelsofprerequisiteeducationorund

6、erstandingorofimportance,therewouldbeconsiderabledisagreementregardingthisorder.Sowhatwearereallyleftwithareimplicationsderivedfromthecommentsongeometry.Thatis,thatthesearesubjectsworthyofstudyandgeometryisthemostimportantoftheseven.Wearethenleftwiththebroadest

7、questionofthemall:Isthistheextentofthemessagetothecandidate?Infact,thatistheideaconveyedtomostcandidates.Theapparentinterpretationofthesevenstepsistheimportanceofacquiringasolidwell-roundededucation.Andperhaps,highlightingtheintimateconnectionbetweenMasonryandg

8、eometry.Whatothernotioncouldthecandidatehave?TheimportanceofeducationhasalwaysbeenstressedinFreemasonry,notonlyforculturalreasons,butalsoforitsroleinpromotingfreedomandrestr