A Teaching?

Peter Gower taught that in a dream a Master Mason went to the Celestial Lodge of the Three Grand Masters. He recognized himself seated in the South. King Solomon announced: "Today the Junior Warden will teach."

The Master Mason arose and, hitting the gavel, said: "The truth of Masonic teaching is transcendent, above words and thought. Do you understand?"

After telling this story, Peter Gower asked his students: "Did he teach or did he not?"
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