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	THE NUMBER THREE
	The number Three is one of the most important numbers in Masonic symbolism.
	I would like to address just one (for now) aspect of it’s meaning.
	In the lecture of the Second Degree, we say that Masonry is divided into Two sections – Operative and Speculative.  I would submit that in adopting a symbolic approach to teaching, and the inclusion of so many symbols into our Craft, it is really Three parts (like the 24” gauge).  Operative, Speculative and Applied.