I-MASONRY NE-ITS SYMBOLS

UHarold W. Percival

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Ubhuti bobuFreek times. Ikhampasi. Ubulungu. Iminyaka. Iitempile. Ingqondi eseMasonry. Injongo kunye nesicwangciso. Ukuhanahanisa kunye neenkolo. Izinto ezibalulekileyo kunye neemfundiso zexeshana. Imigaqo esisiseko yeedigri ezintathu. I-Offshoots. Iinyaniso ezinkulu ezivalelwe ngeendlela ezincinci. Ulwimi oluyimfihlo. Ukuqiqa nangokucinga ngokusebenza. Imigca kwifom yokuphefumla. Uqeqesho lweminqweno kunye nokusebenza kwengqondo. Iimpawu zamandulo zakudala. Imasoni kufuneka ibone ukubaluleka kweOdolo yazo.

Ubhuti bobu Freemason lelona likhulu lezidumbu emhlabeni eziphumayo ukulungiselela abagqatswa abangaphakathi ubomi. Amadoda atsalwa kulo lonke udidi kunye nohlanga uphawu kwaye ingqiqo I-Master Mason inayo ixesha ivaliwe. Ukuphela kwexesha ku Ubuntu, ukuzazi komzimba wonke womntu, kungabi loluphi na ugqatso olukhethekileyo, inkolo okanye amaqela.

I-Order yayikhona phantsi kwegama elinye okanye elinye njengecompact, umzimba olungelelaniswe kakuhle kwakudala ngaphambi kokuba kwakhiwe iphiramidi yakudala. Mdala kunayo nayiphi na inkolo eyaziwayo namhlanje. Yeyona nto ingaqhelekanga phakathi kwemibutho yehlabathi. Lo mbutho kunye nenkqubo yeemfundiso zawo, kunye nezixhobo, iimpawu zomhlaba, imifuziselo kunye iimpawu, zihlala zifana kakhulu. Ibuyela emva kwiminyaka apho imizimba yaba yindoda okanyeibhinqa. Itempile ibisoloko ingumqondiso womzimba owakhiwe ngokutsha umntu. Ezinye zeetempile zemasonic ezidumileyo, indawo yazo ethathwe ngoku nguSolomon, yayizizangqa, i-ovals, izikwere kunye ne-odlong amatye. Ngamanye amaxesha amatye aqhagamshelwa phezulu ngamaslayidi, kamva ngamacwecwe amabini amatye aqengwe ngakunye ngunxantathu imo, kwaye emva koko nge-semicircular arches. Ngamanye amaxesha iitempile zazibiyelwe ngodonga; Ezi tempile zazivuleke ngaphezulu, kwaye igumbi le- zulwini eluphahleni. Iitempile zokomfuziselo zakhiwa ngenjongo yokunqula iNkosi, de kwaba yeyokugqibela le nto ityhidiweyo kwisiko lamaMasonic elibizwa ngokuba yitempile kaSolomon.

Ubukrelekrele emhlabeni amasango asemva kweMonti, nangona iindawo zokulala zingayazi le nto kweli xesha langoku. I Umoya ebaleka kwinkqubo yemfundiso yemasonic idibanisa ezi Ubukrelekrele ngayo yonke iMason, kuthabathela kwabakhulu, kwesa kwabancinane, abazenzayo.

The Injongo Masonry kukuqeqesha a ukubangumntu ukuze akwazi ukwakha kwakhona, ngomzimba wotshintsho kwaye ukufa anayo ngoku, a umzimba ogqibeleleyo womzimba ezingayi kuba phantsi ukufa. The iplani kukwakha lo mzimba ungasweleki, ubizwa ngokuba yi-Masons yanamhlanje yeTempile kaSolomon, kwizinto ezibonakalayo emzimbeni, ezibizwa ngokuba ngamanxuwa eTempile kaSolomon. I iplani kukwakha itempile engenziwanga ngazandla, engapheliyo kwi amazulu, eli ligama eliyinkimbinkimbi lesambatho somzimba esingafanga. AbakwaMason bathi ekwakhiweni kwetempile kaSolomon akuzange kuviwe isandi sesinyithi, nesando okanye nasiphi na isixhobo sesinyithi; kungasayi kubakho sandi sivakalayo xa kwakhiwa itempile. Umthandazo we-Masonic ngulo: "Kwaye ekubeni isono sitshabalalisile ngaphakathi kwethu itempile yokuqala yobumsulwa kunye nokungabi natyala, ngamana ezulwini lakho ufefe Sikhokele kwaye usincede ekwakheni itempile yesibini yohlaziyo, kwaye kwanga ubuqaqawuli bale ndlu yokugqibela bungangaphezulu kozuko lwangaphambili.

Akukho nto zingcono kwaye azisekho iimfundiso eziphambili ezikhoyo abantu, kunezoMasonry. I iimpawu esetyenziswe kubuGcisa ziizixhobo eziphambili zomcuphi kunye nezixhobo zomyili. I iimpawu ubukhulu becala ziye zafana namaxesha okufundisa; nangona imilo kunye nokutolikwa kwazo kuguqukile, kwaye nangona izithethe kunye nezifundo malunga nazo zitshintshile nenkolo ye-cyclic ekhoyo. Iimfundiso zazo zonke iinkolo zenziwe ngendlela yokuba zisetyenziselwe iimfundiso zobunyani. Kwindlela yasentshona yale Masonry, oko kukuthi, loo nto iMasons ikubiza ngokuba yiMultan Masonry, iMasonry inikwe iifomu Inkolo yamaHebhere, kunye nokongezwa kwiTestamente eNtsha. Iimfundiso ayisosisiHebhere. Kodwa ubugqi busebenzisa iinxalenye zezithethe zesiHebhere ukwambatha kwaye zivelise ezakhe iimfundiso, kuba izithethe zesiHebhere ziqhelekile kwaye zamkelekile njengenxalenye zebhayibhile. Iimfundiso zobume obunokubakho zinokuboniswa kwiingubo zase-Gibhithe okanye zangaphambi kwe-Greek zase-Greek, ukuba abantu babezazi. Izithethe zesiHebhere zinemibala kwaye zinomtsalane. Ngaphandle koko, umzimba wokwenyani apho ukwakhiwa kwakhona kuya kuqhubeka khona ligama elahlulweyo likaJah-veh okanye Jah-hovah. Kodwa izithethe ngamanye amaxesha zenziwa ngokulula ukuze zibe ngumzekelo wobuKristo, ngokwenza uKrestu abe nguMlawuli oPhakamileyo, kwaye uMyili oMkhulu weNdalo iphela unokutolikwa njengoMkristu. UThixo. Kodwa iMasonry ayisiyobuKristu nangaphezu kokuba ingumYuda. Ukutolikwa okwethutyana ngokobudala kunye nendawo kunye nenkolo kujongwa kujikelezo oluqhelekileyo lweMasons njengogqibeleleyo njengenyaniso.

Ngokwesiqhelo isimboli siyabonwa ngezinto ezihonjisiweyo, ukongezwa, utshintsho kunye nokushiywa. Ngamanye amaxesha ii-Orders zizonke zenziwa ngezi ndlela kwaye zibalulekisa inkolo ethile, efana nemfazwe, okanye intlalo. Ziyanyamalala kwakhona, ngelixa iimpawu neemfundiso eziyinxalenye yazo ziya kuhlala zihleli.

The imigaqo Ukupheliswa kumelwe kumanqanaba amathathu okuqala, abo bafundiweyo, i-Fellow Craft, kunye ne-Master Mason, nasekuphuhlisweni kwezo degree kwi-Royal Royal Arch. I imigaqo Kukho izinto ezisisiseko, ezifumanekayo kwisiko lase-York, isiko laseScotland, okanye kolunye uhlobo lwesithethe. Eminye imisitho inazo iidigri ezilapha ekuhlaleni, ezabantu, ezasekuhlaleni nezokumema. Zininzi izithethe zamacala asecaleni, imiba esecaleni, iidigri zecala, eziziswe zizithethe, kodwa zona imigaqo zeMasonry bambalwa kwaye basinde kwiminyaka kunye nezitayile zabo.

Ukuqala kwesondo sisisu okanye uxhulumaniso lomzimba apho ii-odolo ezahlukeneyo zenziwe khona ixesha ukuba ixesha. I-Rosicrucianism kumaXesha aPhakathi kunye nezinye iintshukumo zomhla kamva zizinto ezenziwa ngaphandle kumalungu e-Meld Order, ukufezekisa imfuno yamaxesha ngaphandle kokufaka uMasontha uqobo.

Uninzi lwe iifomu ye-masonic umsebenzi ezibonakala zincinci kwaye zibubuntwana zitshixelwe iinyani ezinkulu. Iinyani kufuneka zinikezelwe kwezinye Isimboli okanye ngamanye umsebenzi, ngoba abantu imfuneko iifomu apho ukubona iinyaniso. Babiza iinyani, kodwa aziboni. Xa iinyaniso zifakwa iifomu eziyinxalenye yomzimba ubomi, usetyenziso oluchanekileyo nolushukumayo lwezo nyaniso luyazicinezela kwabo babona kwaye beve isicelo kwaye babamba umdla wabo.

Kuyenzeka ukuba ucwangcise, kwaye uMasonika uyacwangcisa, ulwazi malunga neenyaniso ezisisiseko malunga nomntu ozaziyo kunye nalo ngokuphathelene ukuba indalo ngendlela ecwangcisiweyo, nangona ilula iifomu. Ngokuphindaphinda oku iifomu isicelo sabo ku ubomi ngokubanzi kuyabonakala. Amagama asetyenziswe ngokunxulumene nezi zinto iifomu Yiba lulwimi olufihlakeleyo nokuba iifomu be iimpawu, iijeli, izixhobo, iibheji, izifanekiselo, izidanga, amanyathelo, imiqondiso, amagama, iminyhadala, amanqaku, imigca, ii-engile, umphezulu, okanye amabali alula. Ulwimi oluqhelekileyo lungumanyano lobuzalwana, kwaye ulwimi olufihlakeleyo olunganikwanga ngokuzalwa, njengolwimi lwelinye ilizwe, kodwa ngokhetho oluqhelekileyo kunye nenkonzo, lolunye lolona manyano luqilima lubamba amadoda kunye. Ngokuhamba kwezi zinto iifomu ngaphezulu nangaphezulu bakrolwa ngu umbono kunye nesandi kwi- uhlobo lokuphefumla unobangela ukucinga nje ecaleni kwemigca eqingqiweyo. Emva kwexesha ukucinga okusebenzayo Iziphumo zihamba nemigca efanayo, kwaye ngayo iza ukukhanya apho inyaniso efihliweyo ebonwa ngayo Emva ukufa imigca, eyenziwe kwi uhlobo lokuphefumla Ngu masonic ukucinga kunye nemasonic iingcingaDlala indima ebalulekileyo ekubumbeni isiphelo. Kwilandelayo ubomi emhlabeni u-Mason uza phantsi kweempembelelo zemasonic, nangona yena wazalwa phantsi kwaye wabangwa ngu Umoya yohlanga okanye lwenkolo.

The iifomu ye-masonic umsebenzi Yenzelwe ukuqhubela phambili uqeqesho luka iimvakalelo kwaye iminqweno nesithathu ingqondo. The iminqweno bohlwaywa ngu ukucinga ebeka imida kubo, yomithathu ingqondo ngokwabo bayalwa ukucinga Ngokutsho kwe iifomu. Zizifundo ezimbalwa kuphela ezihanjiswa kwimasonic emininzi iifomu. Ezi zifundo ziyavela kwaye zizinyanzela ingqalelo kuMason. I iifomu emva kwethuba lokuba ndicinge ngezifundo ezimiyo ukuze babandakanyeke kwimisebenzi yengqondo. Uqeqesho lubangelwa kukuzilolonga rhoqo kwemisebenzi yengqondo kunye nezinto zangaphakathi ubomi apho iifomu zenzelwe ukufuzisela.

The iifomu gcina iimfundiso eziyimfihlo kwaye ngenxa yoko uxabiseke kakhulu. I iifomu Ngaba luphawu lwakudala lwe-Order, enikezelwe kwinkathalo yeeMasil kufuneka zigcinwe ngononophelo kwaye zingaze zonakaliswe ukuba zaphulwe.

Ezi zezinye ze iinjongo edlalwa ngumdlalo wobugcisa. Nangona le nto iMasons ibona kwaye iviayo kwaye ikuthethayo kwaye iyenza kwaye ine-esoteric enzulu meaning, azichaphazelekanga koko, kodwa bonwabele umdlalo, iintetho kunye neempawu zentlalo. Imasoni kunqabile, ukuba kunjalo, babone ukubaluleka kwe-oda yabo kunye nalo iinjongo. Xa bebona okungaphakathi iintsingiselo zazo umsebenzi kwaye baqale baphile ngokweemfundiso zabo, baya kuba ngamadoda alunge ngakumbi, banokubanzi kwaye banzulu ukuqonda of ubomi, kwaye yenza i-Order of Freemason ibe ngamandla aphilayo okulunga kwihlabathi.

Ilungelo lokushicilela 1980 ngu The Word Foundation, Inc.