I-MASONRY NE-ITS SYMBOLS

UHarold W. Percival

NGEXESHA LOKUQALA

Imibuliso kuwo onke amalungu e-Masonry yasimahla kunye neyamkelweyo kwihlabathi liphela. Wonke uMason uyayiqonda into yokuba inkqubela yakhe ngokufumana isidanga kuMasonry luhambo lokukhangela "ukuKhanya ngakumbi" okanye ukufuna ulwazi nenyaniso. Amadigri e-Masonic, intsingiselo yawo kunye nesiko lokuzinyanzela, angena nzulu kwisimboli edlula yonke imiqobo yolwimi; ke isibheno somhlaba wonke seMasonry amawaka eminyaka. Imasks ziyazi ukuba izithethe kunye neebheji zesiko azinantsingiselo ngaphandle kokuba umzalwana ngamnye uphila ngokweembophelelo azimiseleyo. Ngokuqonda intsingiselo yeesimboli iMasons, kunye ne-non-Masons ngokufanayo, siya kuza kubona ezi phawu njengezikhokelo kwindlela yethu yobomi njengoko sifuna ukufumana indlela yethu ebuyela kwiNdawo yokuDlulisa * apho sasivela khona.

Incwadi ethi *Masonry and Its Symbols*, ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye incwadi eyaziwayo yiFraternity, inika unxibelelwano phakathi kweentsingiselo ze-esoteric ze-Masonry yamandulo kunye neentsingiselo ze-exoteric eziqhelekileyo zanamhlanje. Iya kuphucula amathuba okufumana "ukukhanya okungakumbi" kuwo onke amaMason.

Ndinelungelo lokuba lilungu le-Fraternity kangangeminyaka engama-37 kwaye ndingumfundi wale ncwadi iminyaka engama-23 kuloo minyaka. Kubazalwana bam, ndincoma ngokunyanisekileyo iMasonry kunye neempawu zayo njengoncwadi oluphambili ukuze wongeze ukuqonda kwakho ngokupheleleyo ngeMasonry.

I-CF Cope, i-Master Mason
NgoSeptemba, i-1983

* Ummandla Wokuhlala Uhleli uchazwe kwaye ucacisiwe kwincwadi ethi Ukucinga Nekamva. Ingafumaneka nakwicandelo leeNkcazelo zale ncwadi.—Umhl.

Ilungelo lokushicilela 1980 ngu The Word Foundation, Inc.