posted on Sep, 20 2004 @ 02:24 PM
Pike is speaking allegorically of forces in general... personal as well as political. Keep reading. HIs point is that maturity comes through growth
and the marshalling, ordering, and focused use of your personal abilities... at least, that is what I see.
You see, the Entered Apprentice degree is about youth, maturing, growth and seasoning, and its lessons are all about circumscribing passions,
channeling and focusing, as well as maturing... temperance, fortitude, justice, prudence, faith, hope, charity... all are virutes of adulthood, to be
incorporated into the personality of the candidate.