I-MASONRY NE-ITS SYMBOLS
UHarold W. Percival
ICANDELO 2
Intsingiselo yolwandule. Indoda ekhululekileyo. Ingcebiso. Ukulungiselela entliziyweni kunye nokuqalwa. Ukutshona emanzini. I-hoodwink. Intambo yeentambo ezine. Umgqatswa kukuzazi emzimbeni. Uhambo. Isixhobo esibukhali. Imiyalelo. Isibambiso. Izibane ezikhulu ezintathu kunye nezibane ezincinci. Yintoni efundwa ngumviwa malunga nale phawu. Iimpawu, grip kunye namagama. Isimboli sebhokhwe. Indawo yendlala. I-Mason njengendoda ethe tye. Izixhobo zakhe zokusebenza. Isibhengezo soMfundi. Imiqondiso kunye neentsingiselo zayo. Ilizwi. Iimpawu ezine. Ezi zixhobo ezintandathu. Umgangatho weTempile kaKumkani uSolomon. Injongo yeesimboli kunye neminyhadala.
Ngaphambi kokuba umntu abe yiFreemason kufuneka abe yindoda ekhululekile. Ikhoboka alinakuba liMonisi. Kwindlela ebanzi kufuneka angabi likhoboka lenkanuko kunye ne-avarice. Kuya kufuneka akhululeke ngokwaneleyo ukuba azikhethele ezakhe okufunwa nguwe kwaye isivumelwano, Oko kukuthi, masingabotshwa phantsi sisiseko iminqweno okanye yimfama izibakala of ubomi. Ukuze ube yi-Freemason umgqatswa kufuneka ecetyiswe ukuba enze njalo uphawu. Kuya kufuneka abe kwinqanaba elithile umphandi kwiimfihlelo ze ubomi. Kuya kufuneka inqwenele okungakumbi ukukhanya kwaye yikhangele.
Ukulungiselela kokuqala kufuneka kwenziwe entliziyweni yakhe. Uzimisela ukuba abe yi-Mason kwaye azilungiselele ngokuba nentliziyo enyulu, ecocekileyo. Xa uMason ehlangana nendoda enjalo, uya kuthi, ekholelwe ukuba elinye liya kuba lilungu elilungileyo, eze nengxoxo kwimiba eza kukhokelela umgqatswa avakalise umbono wakhe. umnqweno ukufuna ukwamkelwa kwindawo yokulala. Emva kokuba kwenziwe isicelo, kuphandwe kwaye kucetyiswa, umgqatswa uya kulungela ukwamkelwa. Emva kokuba amkelwe kukho okunye amalungiselelo okulungiselela ukuqalisa kwi-anteroom yendawo yokuhlala.
Ukhutshiwe impahla yakhe yokunxiba. Lo msitho umele ukususwa kwezinto ezibambelele kuye kwihlabathi langaphandle, ezinjengempahla kunye neempawu zesikhululo kunye nenqanaba. Kuthetha ukuba wahlulwe kwixesha elidlulileyo, ukuze akwazi ukungena kwikhosi entsha. Xa ekhuthuziwe kuya kubonakala ngathi yindoda, asingomfazi. I-hoodwink okanye imfama ibekwe phezu kwamehlo akhe, ukuze azive ebumnyameni, ngaphandle ukukhanya, kwaye akayifumani indlela yakhe. Ke into yena kakhulu iminqweno is ukukhanya.
Intambo, intambo-encinci — imele ukuba yintsontelo yeentambo ezine-ibekwe macala onke kuye. Ifanekisela umxokelelwane ekungenwe kuwo, waQalwa ngabasebenzi, kunye noMasongen, ukukhanya yokuNgena. Intambo-ntambo imela intambo ye-umbilical apho yonke imizimba ilungiselelwe ukuzalwa. Imele iimvakalelo ze umbono, ukuva, ngcamango kwaye livumba lonyulo athe wabanjwa ngalo (umntu ozaziyo emzimbeni) emva kokubeleka, olibopha kuye indalo Umkhokelele ebumnyameni. Imela ubugqwirha obumkhupha ngaphandle kobumnyama beli lizwe ukukhanya. Intambo-yentambo imela iqhina elibophayo, kubuzalwana balo naluphi na uhlobo. Intambo-yentambo nayo ngumgca kwi uhlobo lokuphefumla ebophelela enye kuMasonry, ukuze isipheloUkuzalwa ngokutsha kunye ukuphinda ubekhona.
Uqala eyakhe umsebenzi kwaye zihamba ze, ebumnyameni, zibotshelelwe ubuntu kunye neempazamo zayo eziqhelekileyo. Uziva ukuphathwa kwesixhobo esibukhali; inyama yakhe ityholwe ukumkhumbuza ngentshutshiso enokumfaka kuyo, nokokuba kufuneka anyamezele umsebenzi azinikezele kuye. Ufundisiwe ngokuziphatha kwe ubomi, uhlala eyakhe umsebenzi njengokuphela kokujonga. Uyabiza UThixo, wakhe Self Triune, ukungqina uxanduva lwayo kwaye inikezela ngesibambiso sayo sokuzigcina inxaxha kwi umsebenzi. Ukuqhubeka neyakhe umsebenzi ufuna okungakumbi ukukhanya, kwaye uxela eyona nto ayithandayo iminqweno is ukukhanya. I-hoodwink yokomfuziselo okanye imfama iyasuswa kwaye izisiwe ukukhanya. Ekuzalweni emhlabeni intambo ityhilwe. Kwangokunjalo xa kuziswa kumnxibelelanisi ukukhanya, okuyi-tie entsha, intambo yokucoca isusiwe. Emva koko uxelelwa ukuba ibhayibhile, isikwere kunye nekhampasi, apho athathe khona uxanduva kunye nokuzinikezela kwakhe, zimele ezi Zibane zibalulekileyo. Amakhandlela amathathu akhanyisiweyo, uxelelwa ukuba, zimele ezi zibane zincinci: ilanga, inyanga kunye noMnini weNdlu yeZindlu.
Ukuba umntu ofundwayo ugcina uxanduva, kwaye uyayenza umsebenzi, uyafunda, ngezi iimpawu, njengoko ehambela phambili, ukuba wamkela iLizwi UThixo, i ukukhanya of izibane, ngokusebenzisa yakhe Ndiyazi. Ufunda ukuba ikhampasi ichaza umgca ngokulinganayo ukusuka kwindawo eyekuyo, kunye engqondweni, ngokokukhanya kwayo, igcina inkanuko kwaye iminqweno kwimida elinganiselwa ngayo sizathu kwaye zikumgama olinganayo ukusuka ku ukulunga, indawo. Ufunda ukuba njengoko isikwere sisetyenziselwa ukuzoba nokubonisa yonke imigca ethe tye, ukwenza imigca emibini kwii-angles ekunene enye kwenye kunye nokudibanisa ii-angle kunye ne-perpendiculars, ngoko ngaye njengesiqu UMenzi zonke iimvakalelo kwaye iminqweno zenziwe ngokuthe tye, zibekwe ngasekunene ngokuphathelene omnye komnye kwaye amanyene omnye komnye.
Uya kufunda, emva kokuba evusiwe, ukuba ezi zibane zintathu zintle ngokuqinisekileyo iimpawu kula macandelo mathathu akhe Self Triune; ukuba iBhayibhile, okanye imibhalo engcwele, leyo ifuzisela eyakhe Ndiyazi, eyi-Gnosis, ngumthombo apho kufuneka afumane ukuKhanya; kwaye endaweni yendawo yamakhampasi ephantsi kwesikwere kufuneka abe ngaphezulu kwayo ukuze afumane oko kukhanya, oko kukuthi, Ukuchaneka, i kunene khomba, kwaye isizathu, inqaku lasekhohlo, lekhampasi, kufuneka libeke imida kuyo imvakalelo, i kunene umgca, kunye umnqweno, umgca osekhohlo wesikwere.
Uya kufunda ukuba zidibene naye, okwangoku, zimbini kuphela izibane ezikhulu, iBhayibhile kunye neCompass; ukuba amanqaku esikwere angaphezulu kwekhampasi; Oko kukuthi, yakhe imvakalelo kwaye umnqweno alawulwa ngu wakhe Ukuchaneka kwaye isizathu, kwaye eyesithathu ukukhanyaIsikwere, simnyama, oko kukuthi ukukhanya ayifikeleli kuye imvakalelo-i-umnqweno. Elesithathu ukukhanya Wayevalelekile xa kutshatyalaliswa itempile yokuqala; inokwenzeka kuphela kwaye ayiyi kuba yeyokwenene ukukhanya yaze yakhiwa itempile.
Izibane ezithathu ezingaphantsi, ilanga, inyanga kunye noMphathi weNdlu ye-Lodge zibonisa umzimba, imvakalelo-i-umnqweno, kunye nabo ingqondo. Indawo yokuhlala ngumzimba womntu. Ukukhanya komzimba, oko kukuthi indalo, lilanga. Inyanga ibonisa ukukhanya kwelanga. Inyanga yile imvakalelo, eziboniswa izinto ze indalo ngomzimba, ngokobuqu indalo Kwaye ungumkhonzi wangaphandle indalo. Ukukhanya kwesithathu yiNkosi okanye umnqweno, kwaye kufuneka azame ukulawula nokulawula indawo yakhe yokuhlala, oko kukuthi, umzimba. I ingqondo-yomzimba kufuneka isetyenziselwe ukulawula umzimba kunye neemvakalelo zayo ezine; I imvakalelo-ingqondo kufuneka ilawule ngokwayo, kwaye umnqweno-ingqondo njengoko iNkosi kufuneka ilawule ngokwayo kulungelelwaniso lwe iimvakalelo nokulawulwa komzimba.
Umfundi oqhubayo, njengoko esenza inkqubela phambili, ufumana imiqondiso, uqhawulo-magama kunye namagama, anokuthi angqine ngayo okanye omnye umntu, ukukhanya okanye ebumnyameni, kwaye phakathi kwabo bangenzi Masons, ngokomgangatho wakhe ukukhanya Masonry. Ufunda ukuhamba ngendlela iMason kufuneka, kwisikwere.
Ufumana i-lambskin, okanye i-apron emhlophe, a Isimboli yomzimba wakhe wenyama. Lowo unxiba ibrukhwe njengebheji leMason uya kukhunjuzwa njalo malunga nobunyulu ubomi kunye nokuziphatha okuyimfuneko. Iapron inxiba imimandla ye-pelvic kwaye uyi- Isimboli ukuba loo nto igcinwe icocekile. Ibhekisa kwezesondo kwaye ukutya. Njengoko ekhula elwazini kufuneka awugcine umzimba kungengabumsulwa, kodwa ucocekile. Xa ekwazi ukunxiba iaproni njengeMessional Mason, kufanele ukuba isikipa sibe sisilinganisi okanye kuneneUnxantathu-oxineneyo, ulenga ngaphezulu kwesikwere kunye neekona ezantsi. I-apron njengesikwere ifanekisela ezine Izinto of indalo ukusebenza kumzimba omane ngokusebenzisa iinkqubo zine kunye neemvakalelo ezine. Isikhuseli esingunxantathu simele iinxalenye ezintathu ze Self Triune, kunye nobathathu ingqondo endaweni ye Self Triune. Zingaphezulu komzimba okanye azikho emzimbeni ngokupheleleyo kwimeko ye-Apprentice, kwaye ngaphakathi emzimbeni okanye zifakwe ngokupheleleyo kwimeko ye-Master.
Xa ebuzwa ukuba afake igalelo kwisizathu esifanelekileyo sokuba uMfundi afumane i penniles, akakwazi ukwenza njalo, uhamba ze kwaye eyinto yenceba. Esi sisikhumbuzo sokunceda abo bafumana kuye ubomi nabadinga uncedo. Isimo kufuneka simenze azive engeyonto ingaphezulu okanye engaphantsi kwento ayiyo njengendoda; ukuba uza kugwetywa ngento ayiyo aze angabinakuxatyiswa ngokwendlela yokunxiba, impahla, isihloko, okanye imali.
Uvunyelwe ukuba aziphindezele; ubeka iapron yakhe kwaye aziswe phambi kweNkosi ye-Lodge eyalela ukuba ime kuyo kunene Isandla kwaye simxelele ukuba ngoku uyindoda ethe tye, iMason, kwaye uyalela ukuba ahambe aze enze izinto ezinjalo. Njengesizini, kufuneka abe nezixhobo ezisebenzayo. Unikwa izixhobo zokusebenza kwe-Apprentice ezingamashumi amabini anesine ee-intshi kunye nejevel eqhelekileyo.
Igeji yile Isimboli yobudoda. Ayifanelanga ukwenziwa nge yure kuphela kodwa kunye nesithuba se- ubomi. Igeji yimithetho ye ubomi kunye nommiselo we kunene. Isithathu sokuqala sesokufunda xa kufanelekile, njengoko isiko elinobuchule, likhumbula uMdali wakhe ngemihla yobutsha bakhe. Le yinkonzo ye UThixo, ngokungchitha amandla okudala. Ngokwenjenjalo uzilungiselela ukuba alandele imasonic yakhe umsebenzi Kwinqanaba lesibini njengoBuchule boBuntu. Uwakha ke kwakhona umzimba wakhe, itempile engenziwanga ngazandla. Okwesithathu wokugqibela ye-Master Mason evuselelwe ngamandla agciniweyo kwaye ungumakhi onobuchule.
Le nja kuthiwa sisixhobo esisebenzayo iimasoni ukucima iikona ezinamandla kakhulu zamatye aqatha ukuze zilungele ukusetyenziswa ngumakhi, kodwa xa ibala le Mason iqaqobele imela amandla umnqweno ekufuneka isetyenziswe kunye negeji, okanye umthetho kuneneUkususa utyekelo kunye nezinto ezimbi esizizuz 'ilifa, ukuze nganye ubomi yeMason inokubunjwa ibe lilitye eliphilayo, i-ashler egqibeleleyo, kwitempile yokugqibela ye Self Triune. Eyakhe yokuqala ubomi, leyo apho aba yiUmfundi, kuthiwa lilitye lembombo, apho ulwakhiwo oluphezulu lomzimba ongafiyo kulindeleke ukuba luphakame.
Umntu ofundayo uxela ukuba ungene kwi-Masonry ukuze afunde ukuyoyisa inkanuko kunye nokuphucula yena kuMasonry. Ngumsebenzi wakhe lowo Injongo. Uyabuzwa ukuba angazazi njani ukuba unguye okanye ungaziwa njani ukuba uyiMason, kwaye uxela ukuba uyakuyenza ngemiqondiso ethile, umqondiso, igama kunye namanqaku afanelekileyo okungena kwakhe.
Utsho, imiqondiso kunene ii-angles, ii-engile kunye ne-perpendiculars, ekufuneka zihambelane. Olu phawu luthetha okungaphezulu kendlela aza kunyathela okanye abambe ngayo izandla zakhe okanye awenze umzimba wakhe.
The kunene ii-angles zithetha ukukhuhla kwayo imvakalelo (umgca omnye) kunye neyakhe umnqweno (omnye umgca) kuzo zonke isenzo.
Imigca ethe tyaba ngokulinganayo kuthetha ukulungelelana okulinganayo kwakhe imvakalelo yeyakhe umnqweno.
Izibonakalisi zithetha ukuba yakhe imvakalelo kwaye umnqweno Baphakanyiselwe ebulungwini bokububala, bungabi nakushukuma;
Umqondiso kukubamba. Kuthetha ukuba kufuneka ayibambe imvakalelo bakhe umnqweno ngokubamba okuqinileyo, kwaye kuyathetha oko imvakalelo kwaye umnqweno kufuneka nibambe izilinganiselo ngendlela enye kwaye nibonakalise ubungqina.
Igama ligama elisetyenziswa kwinqanaba lokufunda, kwaye ngu- Isimboli. Imigca yenza oonobumba, kunye neeleta igama. Kufuneka oonobumba abane ukwenza uLizwi. Umntu oza kufunda unokubonelela ngonobumba omnye kuphela, unobumba ngu-A kwaye wenziwe ngemigca emibini, imvakalelo kwaye umnqweno. ILizwi lifunyanwa yiRoyal Arch Mason.
Amanqaku afanelekileyo ekungeneni komfundi ngu-XNUMX. Zingamane zekadinali ubuchule: Ukuziqhelanisa nokuziqhelanisa nokuzithiba kwakho okanye ukulawula ukuthanda kwakho kunye inkanuko; Isibindi sithetha inkalipho engapheliyo, nomonde kunye nonyamezelo ngaphandle Ukoyika ingozi; ukuqonda kuthetha buchule in kunene ukucinga nakwindlela yokusebenza kunene isenzo kwaye lungisa lulwazi lwe amalungelo Zakho nabanye, kunye ukucinga nokwenza ngokuhambelana nolo lwazi.
Umgqatswa ufunda kwiijelile. Kukho iijelile ezintandathu, ezintathu ezihambisa, ezizi-ashler, i-ashler egqibeleleyo, kunye nebhodi yokulwa. Ishle rough yile Isimboli okwangoku, umzimba ongafezekanga; u-ashler ogqibeleleyo ngu Isimboli yomzimba wenyama emva kokuba ugqityiwe, kunye nokukhwela ebhodini Isimboli ye uhlobo lokuphefumla, ekuyilekwe kuyo uyilo lwesakhiwo. Ezi zixhobo ezintathu zibizwa ukuba ziyafuduswa kuba ziyatshabalala emva kwazo nganye ubomi okanye zithathwa ukusuka ubomi ukuba ubomi. Ezi zixhobo zixabisekileyo ezingashukumiyo isikwere, inqanaba kunye neeplumb. Isikwere sifanekisela umnqweno, inqanaba imvakalelo neplani yomzimba ogqibeleleyo esemzimbeni uhlobo lokuphefumla. Ezi zinto zintathu zibizwa ngokuba zingashukumi, kuba zizo Self Triune kwaye musa ukufa.
Isidanga sokuqala, sokuba wangena kwi-Apprentice, sinxulumene nokuqalwa kwakhe njengoko UMenzi of imvakalelo-i-umnqweno. Oku kwenziwa kumgangatho osemgangathweni weTempile kaSolomon, oko kukuthi, kwingingqi ye-pelvic. Umntu ofundelwa kuqala uzilungiselela entliziyweni yakhe, ke ulungele ukuqalwa ngokwahlukaniswa nexesha lakhe elidlulileyo. Emva kokuba ehambile, uzisiwe ukukhanya, ufumene ulwazi malunga nezibane ezikhulu ezithathu ngokusebenzisa izibane ezona zincinci, ufumene i-apron yakhe emhlophe, unxibe kwakhona kwaye ubone inkanyezi evuthayo, unikwa izixhobo zokusebenza kwe-Apprentice eNgenisiweyo kwaye emva koko wenza izibhengezo ezithile. Zonke iimpawu kwaye iminyhadala yenzelwe ukugxila kuye ukuba enze ntoni kowakhe iminqweno kunye nokusebenzisa umnqweno wakhe-engqondweni, imvakalelo-ingqondo, yaye ingqondo-yomzimba ekuziphatheni kwakhe, kubantakwabo nakwabangabakhe UThixo.
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