Q. What does the letter ‘G’ situated in the middle of the building actually represent?
A. Some have no idea, some think “God”, some will tell you it’s for “Geometry”. In always closing the Lodge in the Second Degree ‘by virtue’, the answer to this question is lost and therefore leads to unnecessary speculation.
It’s no crime to disclose to Master Masons (MM’s) that in the Emulation ritual book, the full closing of the 2nd Degree the dialogue is:
WM “Bro. JW, in this position, what have you discovered”?
JW “A sacred symbol.”
WM “Bro. SW, where is it situated” ?
SW “In the centre of the building”.
WM (to JW) “To whom does it allude”?
JW “The Grand Geometrician of the Universe”
WM “Then, Brethren, let us remember that wherever we are, and whatever we do, He is with us, and His all-seeing eye observes us, and whilst we continue to act in conformity with the principles of the Craft, let us not fail to discharge our duty to Him with fervency and zeal.”
The above dialog clearly informs us that the letter ‘G’ represents God the Grand Geometrician of the Universe and not Geometry as some speculate.
This is further endorsed in the dialog at the end of the 2nd Degree Tracing Board which again is not presented in all Lodges: – “. . . their attention was peculiarly drawn to certain Hebrew characters which are here depicted by the Letter ‘G’ – denoting God the Grand Geometrician of the Universe.”
