What is the purpose of the Black-and-White checkered floor pattern in a Masonic Lodge?”
Black and white flooring in Masonic buildings – Mosaic floor for masonic temples http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread236402/pg1 The Ornaments of a Lodge are the Mosaic Pavement, the Indented Tessel, and the Blazing Star. The Mosaic Pavement is a representation of the ground floor of King Solomon’s Temple; the Indented Tessel, of that beautiful tessellated border or skirting that surrounded it, with the Blazing Star in the center. The Mosaic Pavement is emblematic of human life, checkered with good and evil; the Indented Tessel, or tessellated border of the manifold blessings and comforts which surround us, and which we hope to enjoy by a firm reliance on Divine Providence, hieroglyphically represented by the Blazing Star.
