first degree duality and symbols explained.

The mosaic pavement, composed of black and white stones, serves as a prominent symbol of the dual nature of human existence, representing the interwoven good and evil of human life 1.

Wilmshurst takes the position of the initiate placed in the north-east corner as a parable of the dual paths open to every man 2. On one hand lies the path of spiritual obscurity, selfishness, and material desire; on the other lies the path of moral and spiritual progress leading toward light, in which a man decorates his inner nature with the jewels of grace and dedicates his actions to God and his fellow men 2.