Great Architect of the Universe

Great Architect of the Universe (GAOTU) is a term used within Freemasonry to denominate the Supreme Being to which each member individually holds an adherence.

Freemasonry is a fraternal body which accept initiates of many faiths, using metaphors of architecture, and construction to inculcate moral, ethical and philosophical principles in the participants. The allegorical working of its ritual is based around the construction of Solomon's Temple as relayed in Tanakh. The GAOTU is also represented by the Hebrew letters Tetragrammaton in many Masonic tracing boards.

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See also

*The Absolute
*Supreme Being
*God
*Names of God
*Conceptions of God
*Existence of God
*Cosmos

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