Masonic Lodge Checkered Floor

Noticing the checkered pattern rug featured in several of the pictures this is commonly described as the checkered carpet which covers the floor of a masonic lodge.

Masonic lodge checkered floor.

Neither of the lodges i m part of have the checkered floor. One has a hardwood floor and the other a carpet that predates our oldest member a 62 year veteran who was initiated in our lodge. In some descriptions of the floor of king solomon s temple the ground floor is a mosaic pavment. It is said in most standard masonic ritual that the mosaic pavement is an ornament of the lodge room together with the blazing star and indented tessel.

The mosaic pavement is a representation of the ground floor of king solomon s temple with a blazing star in the centre. The mosaic floor is an important part of masonic lore. The symbolic floor of the masonic lodge represents images of the earth in space. I f the masonic lodge is true to oblong from east to west it should have a checkered floor the checkered floor symbolises the on going war of the duality of black and white.

It is representative of the floor covering of the ground floor of king solomon s temple and is supposed to be emblematic of the fact that human life is checkered with good and evil. The masonic tradition is that the floor of the temple of solomon was decorated with a mosaic pavement of black and white stones. Personally i wish we could figure out some way of having at least one we could put in temporarily during degrees or something. The mosaic pavement is an old symbol.

Anonymous ats posted on oct 21 2008 02 27 am. There is no historical evidence to substantiate this statement. Often in artwork with masonic symbols in it there is a white and black checkered floor. That the floor of the lodge should also be of the same pattern.

Make offer masonic wool area rug carpet 6x9 ring apron freemason lodge knights templar 6x8 sphinx beige southwestern lodge fish 1065b area rug approx 5 3 x 7 6 224 10. This is often referred to as a the mosaic floor or the mosaic pavement.