what connect kind solmans temple and egyption temple kanak and masnic lodge
The ancient Egyptian temple served as the structural archetype for the Tabernacle and King Solomon's Temple, which itself provided the primary symbol and architectural archetype for the Masonic lodge 1.
In Mackey's comparative analysis, Masonic symbolism draws directly from the Hebrew temple, which had itself borrowed its architectural concepts from the earlier Egyptian form 1. The typical Egyptian temple was an elongated, quadrangular building oriented from East to West, with its entrance at the East 1. Positioned before this entrance was a pair of tall obelisks, which parallel the two pillars standing at the porch of King Solomon's Temple 1. Furthermore, the Egyptian layout established a division between a general sanctuary for worshipers and an inner, restricted sanctuary—the sekos—which directly corresponds to the Holy of Holies in the Jerusalem Temple 1.
Masonic lodges preserve this ancient concept of partitioned sacred space, standing as imitations in spirit of these earlier temples 1. However, a structural transposition occurs between the ancient models and the lodge: whereas the most holy place in both Egyptian and Jewish temples was situated at the western end of the building, in a Masonic lodge this most sacred space is placed in the East 1.
The provided sources discuss the Egyptian temple form generally and do not mention the specific complex at Karnak by name.
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