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>Is completing the work a return to Eden or the reason we were expelled into the material universe?
Masonry uses symbolism from different religions and cultures.
For example, we see Islamic symbolism with the Shriners.

In the Quran, genii are formalized as being made of "smokeless fire".
Chief among them, Iblis (Satan).

https://darke.fandom.com/wiki/Djinn
>The jinn are said to be creatures with free will, made of smokeless fire by God
>According to the majority of Islamic scholars, clear evidence exists in the Qur'an that the Devil was not an angel (as thought by Christians), but a jinn, citing the Quranic verse
>"And when We said to the angels:'Prostrate yourselves unto Adam.' So they prostrated themselves except Iblis (The Devil). He was one of the jinn..."