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The flaming sword has a zigzagging and wavy blade; The intention of this whimsical shape is to represent fire in motion. This sword is considered a symbol surrounded by esoteric and mysterious legends.
It is the sword of the Masonic Lodges that symbolizes spiritual but unfinished power (typical of the flaming sword). He carries a square, a symbol of matter, a compass, a symbol of spirituality, a gavel, a symbol of action, a shovel, taken from operative Freemasonry. It serves to even out the defects of the stone. The square and compass inscribed within a triangle, the key symbol of Freemasonry.
The term flaming refers to what throws, gives off flames or imitates its figure, which is why this very precise term is coined for this type of sword that draws its blade in a curved shape as if it were a flame. The Flaming Sword is a symbol for Freemasons. The flaming sword, in addition to being a Masonic symbol of honor, conscience and protection, is a symbol of authority and power. It is said of a sword whose blade is waved in the shape of a tongue of fire, and on which the recipients take an oath, this sword among the druids was called Belino, the Sun God.
In the sacred scripture, it is said that the angel who threw Adam and Eve from paradise guarded the doors with a flaming or fiery sword. It is therefore, for Freemasons, the symbol of honor, conscience and protection, generally in Masonic language, swords are usually called steel.
In the hands of the Venerable Master it symbolizes the superiority and authority of the sciences and virtues, whose Masonic principles shine and spread to all the winds, without a fixed point of direction, as do the flames of fire that rise to infinity; It also means that all the Masonic teachings, which are taught in the Workshops, must be made known everywhere and to all brothers and men without distinction of race or religion.
