The apron is the conscious work of operating Mason, which is destined to know and unite with the supreme order, should also apron, represent this order . The shapes and dimensions of the emblem of innocence are also part of that order and beauty. As Masons we understand that the laws which govern creation are the same laws that should influence the design of our cherished garment. As above, so below.
According Eckart, The Circle (God) becomes the vehicle in the triangle (Alma) to manifest in the Square (Main). Represented in the Mason's Apron, as the way he should go back to the manifestation of divine being, all of us.
El Mandil has its origin from the most ancient Hebrew and Egyptian customs, where in principle be adopted for use during the actual work of buildings, monuments, temples and other buildings of art in architecture, and given the consistently observed over the relief of those great works of antiquity, and especially between hieroglyphs; also have the assurance that the apron was introduced to the use of the neophytes during the induction ceremonies in the temples of initiation that are known as remote customs of those times, with a specialty among the Essenes, Chaldeans, the Assyrians, the Druids, etc., in which interpretation is attributed the Perseverance and persistence in human actions, as essential qualities in the beginning. So these arguments lead us down the path that the symbolism and philosophy of Mandil, we make to the knowledge of what is the strength, beauty is in the microcosm and the wisdom that comes with self-knowledge. Eli
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