I-MASONRY NE-ITS SYMBOLS

UHarold W. Percival

ICANDELO 3

Iqondo loDlelane lobuGcisa. Ufunyanwa njani umviwa kunye nentsingiselo yoko. Ukuziswa ekukhanyisweni. Yintoni ayamkelayo. Izixhobo zoMdaniso woBuntu. Intsingiselo yazo. Iikholamu ezimbini. Ukwakha ibhulorho ukusuka kuBhoazi ukuya kutsho kuYakin. Amanyathelo amathathu, amahlanu kunye nesixhenxe. Icandelo eliphakathi. Intsingiselo yamanyathelo. Imivuzo kunye neegugu. Intsingiselo yeleta G. Inqaku kunye nesangqa. Iine kunye needigri ezintathu. Amanqaku alishumi elinambini kwisangqa. Iimpawu zeZodiacal. Ukucaciswa kweenyaniso zehlabathi. Ijometri. Okuphunyelelweyo kubuDlelane baBasebenzi. Lowo ucinga. I-Master Mason. Ukulungiselela. Ukwamkelwa. Ukuziswa ekukhanyisweni. Ukudlula, ukubambelela, iaproni kunye nezixhobo zeMaster Mason.

Iqondo lesibini, lelooFani Craft, ayisiqalo lwe Ucinga, kodwa kukudlula kwabazi UMenzi ukusuka ebumnyameni kwaye ukungazi of imvakalelo-i-umnqweno kwi ukukhanya of Ukuchaneka-i-isizathu. Ufunyenwe kwesi sidanga kwikona yesikwere, efuziselayo nyaniso Uyenzile imvakalelo-i-umnqweno kunene nesikwere, kwi kunene ii-engles kunye, ukuba ubamanyisile, kwaye ukuba baya kusetyenziswa ngokufanayo kuzo zonke izenzo zakhe. Ucela okungakumbi ukukhanya kwaye iyaboniswa indlela yokunyathela kuloo nto ukukhanya. Ufumana ngaphezulu ukukhanya. Kuziswa ukukhanya Kweli nqanaba, ubona inqaku elinye lekhampasi ngaphezulu kwesikwere, efuziselayo nyaniso ayamkelayo ukukhanya ngokusebenzisa Ukuchaneka wakhe Ucinga kwaye uya kukhokelwa kwizenzo zakhe ukusuka kuloo nqanaba, ukuba ukukhanya. Ufumana ipasile, ubamba kunye negama loBuhlobo boBuntu. Ukugqithisa kungumfuziselo wotshintsho okanye ukudlula ukusuka kwinqanaba lokuqala ukuya kwinqanaba lesibini. Ukubamba kumele amandla e Ukuchaneka phezu imvakalelo-i-umnqweno. Igama aliseyiyo uLizwi, kodwa ngamagama amabini kuphela, ngu-A one-U okanye u-O.

Unikwa izixhobo zokusebenza kuka-Fellow Craft okuyi-plumb, isikwere kunye nenqanaba. I-plumb imele ukuthe tye ngaphakathi ukucinga, inqanaba lokulingana kwi ukucinga, kunye nesikwere somanyano lwe-plumb nenqanaba. Oku kuthetha ukuba imiqondiso ebiyimigca kuphela kwinqanaba lokufundela ngoku inqanaba leFellow Craft ibe zixhobo; i-perpendiculars kunye ne-engile, ebeyimiqolo, ziye zaba zi-plumb kunye nenqanaba, kwaye ii-angles ezichanekileyo ziye zaba sisikwere. umnqweno kwaye imvakalelo zithe tye kwaye sikwinqanaba, simanyene, oko kukuthi, sivumelana kwaye ngokuchanekileyo ngokuphathelene komnye nomnye, kwaye nenze into ukusuka kwinqanaba lomanyano lwabo Ukuchaneka. I-engile yesikwere imele indawo yomanyano. Isikwere sisetyenziswa ngaphakathi ukucingaNokuba kungeliphi na inqanaba leplumbhu okanye inqanaba, kuko konke okuphathelelene nomhlaba, oko kukuthi, umzimba wenyama okanye owomnye.

Uboniswa iikholamu ezimbini zobhedu, ekuthiwa zazisemnyango weTempile kaSolomon. UBhowazi, ikholamu yasekhohlo, ifuzisela abanovelwano okanye indalo ikholamu, eya kuba phambi komzimba, kunye noJachin, lo kunene enye, yikholam yomgogodla, ikholam ye Self Triune. Xa UMenzi yinxalenye ye Self Triune Kuqale kwangena emzimbeni wayo, oko kukuthi, itempile yayo, umzimba awuzange ungowesilisa okanye ungowasetyhini, kwaye iikholamu ezimbini zakhona kwaye zasebenza zinamandla amanyeneyo. Emva kokuba itshatyalalisiwe itempile, UMenzi isebenza kumzimba obhinqileyo oyindoda okanye obhinqileyo kwaye yayinguJachin kuphela, ikholamu yindoda, kwaye yayinamandla endoda okanye awasetyhini. UBhohazi akekho, ngaphandle kokuba kunokwenzeka. Obu buchule bobuNtu bukhunjuzwa ngokubona iikholamu ezimbini ukuba kufuneka akhe i-Bhoazi kwakhona. Amatye lowo ufundwe ngu-Readrentice alungiselele nomthetho wakhe kunye negati kufuneka zilungiswe kwakhona nguMdiza woBuchule boMsebenzi oyiNgcini ngaphambi kokuba uBoyazi amiselwe kwakhona. Kubalulekile ukuba iziqendu zozibini iikholamu zibonisa inethiwekhi, umsebenzi weenyibiba kunye neerharnati zigcwele imbewu. Inethiwekhi yile yeerves ezihlanganisiweyo ezakhiwe ngobunyulu ezigcina iimbewu, nezakha ibhulorho ukusuka kuBhoazi ukuya eJachin.

I-Fellow Craft ibona amanyathelo amathathu, amahlanu kunye nesixhenxe okanye izitebhisi njengezitepsi zokuhambisa umoya ezikhokelela kwiGumbi eliphakathi leTempile kaSolomon. La manyathelo mahlanu afuziselayo umsebenzi Kwidigri yeCraft ye-Fellow, ngelixa la manyathelo mathathu enxulumene nenqanaba lokufundela adlule kulo kunye umsebenzi aqhubeka ngayo.

La manyathelo mathathu, mahlanu kunye nesixhenxe okanye izitebhisi ngamaziko athile okanye amalungu emzimbeni. Umzimba uphela uyitempile kaKumkani uSolomon (okanye amabhodlo ayo ekwakhiwa kuwo itempile). Ukungena okanye inyathelo lokuqala li-Prostate, inyathelo lesibini lifuzisela izintso, okwesithathu i-adrenals, okwesine intliziyo, eyesihlanu imiphunga, okwesithandathu umzimba we-pituitary kunye nowesixhenxe umzimba wepayina. La manyathelo athatyathwa kukusetyenziswa kwe ingqondo of Ukuchaneka kunye isizathu. The ingqondo-yomzimba isetyenziswa yi-Apprentice ukulawula umzimba, i imvakalelo-ingqondo ukulawula imvakalelo kwaye i umnqweno-ingqondo ukulawula umnqweno. Ngokulawula imvakalelo uyalawula iimvakalelo, nangokulawula umnqweno, uyalawula iminqweno. Umgqatswa uhlala UMenzi yinxalenye ye Self Triune, kuyo yonke umsebenzi Kwiziqu ezintathu. Ukuthatha kwakhe amanyathelo amahlanu oDlelane boBuchule kuthetha ukukwazi ukufikelela kwi ingqondo isetyenziswa ngu kwaye Ukuchaneka kwaye isizathu ye Ucinga wakhe Self Triune. Ukuthatha kwakhe amanyathelo asixhenxe bafuzisela ukufikelela kwakhe ku ingqondo ezisetyenziswa ngu kwaye Andi kwaye ukuzingca.

I-apron emhlophe okanye umzimba ococekileyo, oyibheji yeMason, umgaqo we kunene kunye nendlwana ye umnqweno ngamanyathelo amathathu; ngabo uMfundisikazi elungisa amatye okwakha. Ezi zintlanu ziyafana ngokudibeneyo kunye nezo zimbini, oko kukuthi ukuphakama kunye nenqanaba, kongezwa. Xa uthe tye ngaphakathi ukucinga umanyaniswe ngokulingana kwi ukucinga, i-plumb nenqanaba imo isikwere, indawo yomanyano kukuba Ukuchaneka. Ngale mihlanu iFellow Craft ilungiselela kwaye ifanela amatye okwakha. Amatye okwakha units of indalo. Ezi zisixhenxe zezi Isimboli Kwabasixhenxe ingqondo kunye namandla asixhenxe e ingqondo ukuphuhlisa ebizwa ngokuba nguMsebenzi kaBantu oBizwa ngokuba nguBantu na. Ukuqalwa kweMasonical kuchonga ezi zinto zisixhenxe ngamagama obugcisa obukhululekileyo kunye nesayensi, ezinikwa njengegrama, ubuchule bokuzoba, umxholo, izibalo, ijiyometri, umculo kunye nokuvumisa ngeenkwenkwezi. Abathathu abaThathu, abahlanu kunye nesixhenxe, nangona sele kukhankanyiwe, abaziswa emasikweni, ngaphandle kokuba abathathu, abahlanu kunye nesixhenxe bazisiwe ngokuphathelene ngophuhliso lwe UMenzi of imvakalelo-i-umnqweno ukusebenzisa kwayo ingqondo.

Ukunyuka kunyuka ngeveranda, ngokubhabha ngamanqwanqwa okuhamba komoya, kubandakanya amanyathelo amathathu, amahlanu anesixhenxe, ukuya kwindawo emele indawo yeNdawo eseMbindini yeTempile kaKumkani uSolomon, oko kukuthi, indawo yokuhlala esebenza kumgangatho wobugcisa, ikwangumfuziselo we umoya ohlukeneyo we indalo kwizinto zakhe ezifihliweyo, oko kukuthi, ukukhula okuthile emzimbeni, ngenxa yokuphuhliswa komntu ingqondo, ngo ukucinga, ngaphambi kokuba ifunyanwe kwaye irekhodwe njengoBuhlobo boBuntu.

Umvuzo kunye nezinto zexabiso azifumanayo umsebenzi Njengomsebenzi woBuchule kunye namandla eengqondo kunye nawengqondo, efanekiselwa yingqolowa, iwayini kunye neoyile, kunye nendlebe yokumamela, ulwimi olufundisayo kunye nesifuba esithembekileyo.

Ingqwalaselo yoBuchule boBalingane iqondiswe enkulu Isimboli ibekwe ngaphezulu kwentloko ye-Master, ileta G. Kuthiwa imele UThixo, isifo se-Gnosis kunye neJometri. Kodwa ayikhange ibe ngawo onke amaxesha umRoma G. I-G ime endaweni yendawo efanekiselwe yindawo yonke kumbindi wesangqa.

Inqaku kunye nesangqa ziyafana, inqaku sisangqa esincinanana kwaye isangqa yindawo eboniswe ngokupheleleyo. Ibinzana lahlulwe laya kubonakaliswa kwaye alibonakali. Inkcazo iqhubeka ngamanqaku kunye nemigca. Ukungafakwanga kubakhona kubonakalisiwe kwaye ukubonakalaliswa kubonakala kungaphazanyiswanga. I Injongo eli binzana lokwenza oko kubonakaliswayo, bekhumbula kwaye bezazise ukuba ngubani na ongaphakathi kubo; ke isangqa sivezelwe ngokupheleleyo kwaye ibinzana, ngokwamanqanaba, iphinde ibe yinqaku. Ibinzana lahlulwe yangazibonakalisi okanye Into kunye nebonisiweyo okanye kungakhathaliseki. Matter iphinda yahlulwe ibe indalo-kungakhathaliseki kwaye okrelekrele-kungakhathaliseki, ngokwamanqanaba apho i kungakhathaliseki uyazi. Ezi zidanga zibonakaliswa sisikwere kwaye zichazwe yikhampasi, ngokwee-angles, ii-usawa kunye ne-perpendiculars. indalo-kungakhathaliseki yahlulwe ngokungangqalanga ngokuhambelana nezahlulo zesine Izinto, nokudityaniswa kwabo kunye nolwahlulelwano, kunye neendlela zabo zobuntu ezikumhlaba ozibonisiweyo. Ingqondi-kungakhathalisekiOko kukuthi, Self Triune, yahlulwe yangamanqanaba amathathu, lawo asebenza njengabafundi, ubuNtu bobuGcisa kunye noMaster. Ezi ziphakanyiswe kwiRoyal Arch, ekuyo Into, ngaphaya kungakhathaliseki. Ukungabonakalisi mntu kuhlala kubonakaliswa kwi indalo-ecaleni kunye nakwicala elinengqondo, kodwa linokusondela kwaye lifumaneke kwicala lobuchule kuphela. Ifunyanwa ngokuziva, ethi kwiMasonry kubizwe ngakumbi ukukhanya.

Inqaku kunye nesangqa simele yonke le nto nangaphezulu. I meaning Isangqa esiveziweyo ngokupheleleyo sinokuhanjiswa ngu iimpawu, kwishumi elinambini inani, emele amanqaku alishumi elinambini kwisangqa. Yonke into kunye nezinto ezikhoyo kwihlabathi elibonakalisiweyo kunye nendalo engadalulwanga inexabiso elibukhali, indalo kunye nendawo, ngokwamanye ala manqaku.

Egqibelele iimpawu Ukubonisa amanqaku alishumi elinambini yesangqa yimiqondiso yeZodiacal. Iinyani ze-Universal zingaboniswa kwi-Zodiac ngendlela apho ulwimi oluqhelekileyo lungavumiyo kwaye inokuqondwa, emva kwefashoni, ngamadoda. Umzekelo, iNkanyamba, kunye a iseli, yahlulwe ngumgca osuka kwiCancer ukuya kwiCapricorn ukuya engakhange uboniswe apha ngasentla kwaye uboniswe ngezantsi. Matter yahlulwe ngumgca osuka kwi-Aries uye eLibra ungene kuwo indalo-kungakhathaliseki kwaye okrelekrele-kungakhathaliseki. "Imimoya"Ngena ngokuqonda esangweni lomhlaza womzimba wenyama, kwaye bazalwe ngesango leLibra badlulele esangweni leCapricorn. Isikwere senziwe ngumgca osuka kwiCancer uye eLibra nangomgca osuka eLibra usiya eCapricorn, kwaye uMaster uhlala eMpuma, eCapricorn, kwaye ulawula indawo yakhe yokuhlala kwesi sikwere, ikona yayo iseLibra. Isikwere soMyili oMkhulu sisikwere ukusukela kwiCancer ukuya kwiLibra ukuya kwiCapricorn yeUniversal, ngaphezulu nangaphezulu kwehlabathi le-Cancer, iLeo, Virgo, neLibra. Ke imiqondiso yeZodiac, njengoko iimpawu Kumanqaku alishumi elinambini kwisangqa esiveziweyo ngokupheleleyo, thetha ulwimi oluchanekileyo olufikelela kuyo yonke into kwi-Universal. Olu lwimi lilo igama elimiyo iJometri. UbuNtu bobuGcisa buxelelwa ukuba le nto ibonakalisiwe yileta uG.

Ijiyometri sisiqingatha sesayensi, elinye icala lejometri. Ijiyometri ijongana nesixhobo esinye kuphela, esona sikwere, esisetyenziselwa ukuzoba imigca ethe tye, imigangatho ethe tyaba kunye ne-perpendiculars, kunye nokungqina iikona. Elinye icebo, ikhampasi, limele esinye isiqingatha, iGeometer, okanye i Intelligence, ngaphandle kwayo bekungekho iJometri. Ikhampasi itsala imigca egobileyo phakathi kwamanqaku amabini kwaye ichaze isangqa esingumgca oqhubekayo ngaphandle kwesiphelo, icandelo ngalinye elilinganayo ukusuka kwiziko. Ngaphakathi kwimida yesangqa, sonke isakhiwo sokwenene kufuneka sakhiwe kwisikwere.

Umntu oqeqeshelwa ukufundela udlule kwi-Fellow Craft. Ubuchule boBuntu bufumene ngaphezulu ukukhanya kwaye wafunda ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo zakhe; Uyayiqonda indlela yokuphinda akhe iikholamu ezimbini kwaye anyuke njani kwizinyuko ezinomoya ngamanqanaba amathathu, amahlanu kunye nesixhenxe. I iimpawu kwaye i umsebenzi Kweli nqanaba lihambelana ne ingqondo of imvakalelo-i-umnqweno ukuza phantsi kolawulo luka ingqondo of Ukuchaneka kwaye isizathu ye Ucinga ye Self Triune. Nge plumb kunye nenqanaba lakhe ukucinga Obu buchule buyihlengahlengisa imvakalelo-i-umnqweno. Ubangela zonke iimvakalelo kwaye iminqweno Ukwahlula ngaphakathi nangamagama angaphandle. Uyayenza yonke le yakhe ukucinga.

Inqanaba le-Master Mason limele i-Apprentice kunye ne-Fellow Craft ephakanyiselwe kwinqanaba le-Master. Njengoko umfundi UMenzi kunye noMsebenzi woBugcisa Ucinga, ngoko i-Master Mason yi Ndiyazi. Ukuya kwinqanaba ngalinye njengomntu ngamnye kufanekisela ukukhula koQeqeshiso okanye UMenzi ukugqithisela kwi-Fellow Craft okanye ngokuphathelene kwi Ucinga kwaye ukuphakanyiswa kwinqanaba le-Master Mason okanye ukufikelela kuyo ngokuphathelene kwi Ndiyazi.

Umgqatswa emva kokuba elungisiwe, efakwe amehlo kwaye eboshwe ngentambo esinqeni sakhe, engena kwigumbi lokuhlala. Ufunyenwe kumacala omabini ekhampasi, acinezele ibele lakhe. Uthatha amanyathelo amathathu ukuya esibingelelweni apho eguqe khona okwesithathu ixesha, ubeka izandla zakhe phezu kwebhayibhile, isikwere kunye nekhampasi, kwaye uthatha uxanduva lwe-Master Mason. Ucela ukuqhubeka ukukhanya Masonry. Uyizisiwe ukukhanya nguMphathi wendawo yokulala, kunye ne-hoodwink kunye nentambo yokucoca isusiwe. Yiyo loo nto ebona ukuba yomibini le khampasi ingaphezulu kwesikwere. Oku yi Isimboli ukuba kunye nomntu oye wafikelela kule nqanaba zozibini ezi zinto Ucinga zisebenza apha ngasentla imvakalelo-i-umnqweno kuba imvakalelo-i-umnqweno bazibeka phantsi kolwalathiso luka Ucinga. Ufumana ukudlula kunye nokubamba i-Master Mason kwaye enxibe iapron yakhe njenge-Mason eyi-Master, oko kukuthi, kunye neflip kunye nawo onke amakona ezantsi.

Izixhobo zokusebenza kwe-Master zizinto zonke zeMasonry zedigri ezintathu, ngakumbi trowel. Njengoko igeji kunye nemallet ilungisa amatye aqengqelekayo, njengoko umphakamo, umgangatho kunye nesikwere ziwabeke endaweni yazo, ngoko ke trowel isasaza isamente kwaye igqibezela umsebenzi we-Apprentice kunye ne-Fellow Craft.

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