What these authors are saying is that, like the Masonic Tracing Board, these Gothic cathedrals have Twin Pillars that denote the “pairs of opposites” teaching. In fact, if we superimpose the cathedral over the Masonic Tracing Board, we can see how the Tracing Board seems to be a blueprint of the Gothic cathedral.
Follow the twin towers downward. You’ll notice that each tower ends in its own doorway on the ground; these two doorways, the “doors of opposites,” form the outer two doors of the Triptych. Aesthetically, the taller and wider middle door emphasizes the higher spiritual center of man between the lower duality of his physical body—the Masonic idea of the Triangle written in architectonic form, in the very stone of the cathedral itself. A circular “rose window” sits directly above the Triptych’s center doorway, marking the middle entry. It symbolizes the true Self—the light of the soul or god within.
