I-MASONRY NE-ITS SYMBOLS

UHarold W. Percival

UKUPHATHWA

Iimpawu kunye nezithethe zeFreemasonry, ucwangco lobumbano lweMasonry, zibalulekile ekuziqondeni ngakumbi, kwindalo iphela nangaphaya; Nangona kunjalo, banokubonakala bengangqineki, mhlawumbi bade baye nakwiMasons. IMason and Symbols ikhanyisa intsingiselo, umlinganiswa kunye nenyaniso yezi fomu zejometri. Nje ukuba siqonde ukubaluleka kwendalo kwezi phawu siye kwakhona sibe nethuba lokuqonda owona msebenzi wethu uphambili ebomini. Olo thumo kukuba umntu ngamnye, kubomi obuthile, kufuneka awuphelise umzimba wakhe ongafezekanga, ngaloo ndlela eyakha kwakhona umzimba olungeleleneyo, ongenasini, ongafiyo. Oku kubizwa ngokuba yi-Masonry njenge "tempile yesibini" eya kuba nkulu kuneyokuqala.

Umnumzana uPercival unikezela ngembono enzulu yomnye wabaqashi abanamandla beMasonry, ukwakhiwa kwetempile kaKumkani uSolomon. Oku akuqondakali njengendawo eyakhiwe ngodaka okanye yentsimbi, kodwa "itempile ayenziwanga ngezandla." Ngombhali-mbali, uFreemasonry uqeqesha umntu ukuze umntu oza kuyifumana akhe itempile yokomoya kwakhona angafi ngonaphakade emazulwini.

Ukwakha kwakhona umzimba wethu ofayo lithemba lomntu, yeyona ndlela iphambili, nangona isenokubonakala iyinto eyoyikisayo. Kodwa ngokuqonda ukuba siyintoni ngokwenene kwaye kwenzeka njani ukuba singene kule ndawo yasemhlabeni, siphuhlisa ukuzithemba kobomi bethu bemihla ngemihla ukuba sifunde "ukuba senze ntoni kwaye singenzi ntoni" kwimeko nganye esidibana nayo. Oku kubalulekile kuba indlela esisabela ngayo kweziganeko zobomi yiyo emisela indlela yethu yokuqonda ngakumbi kumanqanaba aphezulu, nto leyo ibalulekileyo kwinkqubo yokuvuselela imeko ngokwayo.

Ukuba umntu unqwenela ukuphanda ngakumbi ngalo mbandela, UkuCinga nokuPhelela inokusebenza njengencwadi yesikhokelo. Ipapashwe okokuqala kwi-1946 kwaye ngoku kushicilelo lweshumi elinesine, ikwakhona ukuba ifundwe kwiwebhusayithi yethu. Ngaphakathi kule ncwadi ibanzi kwaye yandisayo umntu unokufumana ulwazi malunga nendalo iphela kunye noluntu, kubandakanya nexesha elidlulileyo olityelweyo lomntu ngoku.

Umbhali wayefuna oko kwasekuqaleni IMason and Symbols ifakwe njengesahluko phakathi UkuCinga nokuPhelela. Emva koko wagqiba kwelokuba acime eso sahluko ashicileleyo aze asipapashe. Kuba eminye yemigama iqhubele phambili ngaphakathi UkuCinga nokuPhelela zingaba luncedo kumfundi, ngoku zichazwe ku "Iinkcazo”Icandelo lale ncwadi. Ukwenza lula isikhombisi, iisimboli ezibhekiswa kumbhali kwiInqaku leempawu"Zibandakanyiwe.

Ubungakanani kunye nobunzulu bezinto ezibonisiweyo ezenziweyo UkuCinga nokuPhelela kufuneka kondle nawuphi na umntu ukuba afune ukwazi imvelaphi yethu yokwenene kunye nenjongo yobomi. Ngokwenzeka oku, IMason and Symbols ayizukuba nokuqondwa ngakumbi, kodwa ubomi bomntu bunokubekwa kwisifundo esitsha.

IZiko eliSiseko
Novemba, 2014

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