I-MASONRY NE-ITS SYMBOLS

UHarold W. Percival

ICANDELO 4

Ubomi, ukufa kunye nokuvuka kukaHiram Abiff. Isifundo esikhulu seMasonry. Yintoni efanekiselwa nguHiram. Oonxantathu bobabini. Uyilo kwibhodi yokulwa. Isango laseZantsi. Abasebenzi. UHiram uthintelwe ekuphumeni. Ubulewe esangweni leMpuma. Umzimba ongafiyo. Jubela, Jubelo, Jubelum. Iintsingiselo zolu phawu zintathu. Ukuhlaselwa kathathu. Umdlalo weqonga. Abasebenzi abalishumi elinesihlanu. Ishumi elineSibini eliKhulu. Izibini ezingunxantathu zenza iinkwenkwezi ezinamacala amathandathu. Hiram njengamandla enza umjikelo. Ukufunyanwa kwee-ruffian ezintathu. Imingcwabo emithathu kaHiram. Ukuphakanyiswa nguKumkani uSolomon. Ilitye lesikhumbuzo kwindawo yokungcwatywa. Ukuphakanyiswa komgqatswa. Iikholamu ezintathu. Ingxaki engamashumi amane anesixhenxe ye-Euclid.

Inxalenye eseleyo yokuqaliswa yidrama ye-masonry, emele ubomi , ukufa kunye nokuvuka kukaHiram Abiff, onxaxheba yakhe ithathwa ngumviwa. UHiram wayengumakhi oyintloko weTempile kaKumkani uSolomon waza wabulawa ngabasebenzi ngenxa yokwala kwakhe ukudlulisela iLizwi kubo, kwaye emva kokungcwatywa kabini kwaphakanyiswa nguKumkani uSolomon waza wangcwatywa okwesithathu . Eli bali lifihla isifundo esikhulu se-Masonry.

I-Hiram iseminaleni mgaqo, amandla okuvelisa, amandla ezesondo, hayi ilungu lomzimba, hayi ulwelo, kodwa amandla, angabonakaliyo kwaye ayimimangaliso. La mandla alele kwiConscious ukukhanya ye Intelligence eqhutywa ngu umnqweno kwaye sisicatshulwa kwisine Izinto, elungiselelwe ziinkqubo ezine zomzimba. La mandla, sinako ke, anawo amandla okwenza izinto ezisixhenxe Intelligence, into yala macandelo mathathu Self Triune, kunye nento yesine Izinto, ifumaneka kuphela emzimbeni womntu. La mandla adityaniswa inyanga nenyanga ngengqondo yangaphakathi, ke iba yintsholongwane yokuthwasa kwenyanga, ize ke loo nto ihle ngendlela yemfesane phambi komzimba kwaye iqokelele ukukhanya ye Intelligence njengoko iqhubeka. Intsholongwane yenyanga emntwini sisiseko samandla onke, kodwa isiqingatha samandla sijongwa njengokukhula kwayo okunokwenzeka. Indoda, efanekiselwe ngokolwimi elimiyo igama le-masonic Geometry, ngunxantathu weCancer, Scorpio kunye nePisces, inesiqingatha kuphela samandla, kwaye kanjalo nenkosikazi, ifanekiselwa ngunxantathu wabasetyhini iTaurus, Virgo kunye neCapricorn. Elinye icala kwisiqingatha ngasinye alizuzi okanye alicinezelwanga. Isiqingatha esisebenzayo siyakhula kumalungu omzimba ukuzibonakalisa kwaye silahlekile ngenxa yazo. Ngale lahleko kuhlanganiswa iingcinga iinkanuko, ubundlobongela, ihlazo, ihlazo, isifo, uthando kunye nentiyo, eziyintsontelo yokuzalwa kwakhona. Ukuba uHiram akalahleki, kodwa usindisiwe, isiqingatha salowo uhloliweyo uya kuphuhliswa emzimbeni kwaye kuya kwakhiwa amalungu amatsha, amalungu amatsha, amajelo amatsha. UHiram ngumakhi.

UHiram, uMyili-oyiNtloko, iNkosi eNkulu, uzoba uyilo lwakhe kwibhodi yokutshayela—oko kukuthi, imigca kwifom yokuphefumla ekwinkqubo yemithambo-luvo enovelwano— aze aphume yonke imihla, oko kukuthi, ubomi bonke , ngesango laseMzantsi, iLibra, leenkundla zangaphandle zeTempile. Oko kukuthi, intsholongwane yenyanga iyalahleka. Lisiko lakhe eliqhelekileyo ukungena kwiSanctum Sanctorum engagqitywanga, oko kukuthi, intliziyo nemiphunga, kumgca weCancer ukuya kwiCapricorn. Apho ukucinga kutsala imigca yoyilo lwakhe kwibhodi yokutshayela, apho ubugcisa bulandela khona imisebenzi yabo, oko kukuthi, apho abasebenzi okanye izinto ezisisiseko kwiinkqubo ezine zomzimba zakha ngokwemigca, imeko yomzimba kunye neemeko apho umzimba ukhoyo.

Ngolunye usuku, oko kukuthi, kubomi obunye , xa uHiram, elandela imizamo yakhe eqhelekileyo yokushiya isidumbu esangweni laseMzantsi, isango lesondo, uthintelwa kwaye uthintelwe ukuba angaphumi. Uyajika, ufuna ukuphuma esangweni laseNtshona, uCancer, kwaye uthintelwa kwakhona. Emva koko ufuna isango laseMpuma, uCapricorn, kwaye apho ubulawa khona. Oku kuthetha ukuba amandla esondo afuna ukuphuma ngokuvulwa kwesondo kwaye xa oko kuvaliwe, ngokuvulwa emabeleni, oko kukuthi, ziimvakalelo , kwaye xa oko kuvaliwe, yindawo emqolo, emele ingqondo okanye ingqondo, kwaye xa loo mphumo, nayo, ivaliwe, yafa kwezi mpawu zokufa. Emva kokuba ifile kangaka ekufeni nasekuboleni yakhuliswa ukuze yakhe umzimba ongenakonakala nongafiyo.

Ama-ruffian amathathu uJubela, uJubelo kunye noJubelum, akangoma-ruffian, kodwa yiJunior Warden, iSenior Warden kunye neWorshipful Master, amagosa amathathu e-lodge, kwiMasonry, kwaye amele iindawo ezintathu zeTriune Self , iJubela inguMenzi , uJubelo uMcingi , kunye noJubelum oQiqayo . Ngamnye unenxalenye yeLizwi. Ukuba iindawo zawo zidityanisiwe beziza kuba yi-AUM okanye i-AOM okanye ezintathu kwiindawo ezine zeLizwi. Kodwa akukho ntlanganisela yenziweyo, oko kukuthi, ezi ndawo zintathu azisebenzi ngokulinganayo.

UHiram uneLizwi, uLizwi, kuba unalo ukukhanyaOko kukuthi, Intelligence amandla kunye Self Triune amagunya namandla amane Izinto, kwaye ubadibanise. Xa wahlaselwa yi-ruffian yokuqala kwaye wabuza uLizwi, uHiram, ke, uthi: "Linda ide igqitywe iTempile," Oko kukuthi, de abe wakhe umzimba ongafiyo. Utsho ngokunikezela iimfihlo zegama: “Andikwazi; kwaye abanakunikwa, ngaphandle kobukho bukaSolomon, uKumkani wakwaSirayeli (The Ndiyazi), noHiram, uKumkani waseTire (The Ucinga), kunye nam ” UMenzi (I ukukhanya kwisondo kunye imvakalelo-i-umnqweno). Oku kuthetha ukuba uLizwi akanakungeniswa kumandla esini kuba amandla ezesondo awakha umzimba ongafiyo, iTempile. Xa uHiram njengamandla ahlanganisiweyo e ukukhanya, i UMenzi kwaye i isini, ukugqibile ukwakha umzimba angakwazi ukwenza eyakhe indawo njengoHiram, the UMenzi of imvakalelo-i-umnqweno. Emva koko kunye Ucinga, Kumkani waseTire, kunye Ndiyazi, USolomon, ulilizwi kwaye ungena kwiTempile egqityiweyo.

UHiram zizinto ezininzi. Ungamandla angaqondakaliyo okudala afihlwe kumandla e isini, ngenxa yoko ke ungumakhi, uMakhi oyiNgcono; uliLizwi elilahlekileyo, ekubeni engu UMenzi ebilahlekile, ngenxa yokubantywiliselwa enyameni nasegazini kwaye awazi ngokwayo kuyo ukubangumntu; kwaye ungamandla ahlanganisiweyo we ukukhanya kunye Self Triune kunye indalo amandla e isini xa ithe yazifumana ichithakele etempileni, izazi ukuba injalo Self Triune.

UJubela, uJubelo kunye noJubelum bangama-ruffian kangangokuba abawenzi imisebenzi yokwenyani yezikhundla zabo. Kuthiwa bangama-ruffian kuba basebenza njengenxalenye yeDoer kwiinkalo zayo zeThinker kunye neKnower , ngelixa ingu-"I" yobuxoki. La mathathu yinxalenye yeDoer kwiinkalo ezintathu zeTriune Self yayo . UJubela ubetha uHiram ngegeyiji, isixhobo se-Apprentice, emqaleni, ngokwesiko. Le yimfama yenxalenye yesini. UJubelo ubetha uHiram ngesikwere, isixhobo seFellow Craft, esifubeni, kwaye uJubelum uwisa nge-set-maul, i-gavel yeNkosi. Igeyiji ngumgca, isikwere ngumphezulu, kwaye i-maul yityhubhu.

UHiram uphume kude kakhulu ngesango laseMzantsi, isiko lakhe kwimizimba yokubaleka kwabantu . Idrama ye-masonic ibhekisa kwixesha apho kufunyaniswa ukuba amandla esini aphethe isitshixo sazo zonke iimfihlo nakuwo onke amandla. Ukuhlutha isitshixo kula mandla umntu uyasithintela ukuba singaphumi. Ukuzibamba nje akufumani mfihlo, kodwa amandla, xa elawulwa, ayaphakama, adlule kwisini asebenza kwimizimba emine yenyama. Emva koko umntu uthintela uHiram ukuba ahambe ngeengcinga , kwiziko leemvakalelo. Kodwa uHiram akayivumeli imfihlo, kuba umntu uqhelisela ukuzibamba kwiinjongo zobugovu ukuze afumane amandla, kwaye angayakhi kwakhona iTempile, kwaye kuba umntu akanako ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo ukubamba amandla. UHiram udlulela eMpuma kwaye apho udibana noJubelum, nangona kwicala lokwenyani enguMzi , kwidrama ungu-"Mna" wobuxoki, uphawu lokuzingca loMenzi . Kuye uHiram akanakuyinika iLizwi. Sekunjalo, umntu, nangona evela kwiinjongo zobugovu, uqhubele phambili kangangokuba akusekho kuzala ngokwasemzimbeni. Oku kufuziselwa kukubulawa kukaHiram.

Kwiqhinga lokufumana imfihlo kaHiram kwakukho abasebenzi abalishumi elinesihlanu. Abalishumi elinesibini barhoxa kwaye abathathu abaseleyo, uJubela, uJubelo kunye noJubelum, baphumeza eli bali. Abalishumi elinesibini apha ngamanqaku alishumi elinesibini kwiZodiac emzimbeni, amathathu ngamacandelo amabini eDoer , kunye nengqondo yomzimba . Abalishumi elinesibini bamele amanani , oko kukuthi, izidalwa ezilishumi elinesibini eziphambili kunye nemiyalelo yezidalwa.

Yonke into kwiNdalo ebonakalisiweyo imele iShumi elinesibini eliKhulu ngandlel’ ithile. Umzimba womntu sisitho sawo. Okukhona umntu ekhula, kokukhona uya kuba neendawo eziphilayo ezimele kwaye ziphendula kwiShumi elinesibini eliKhulu. UKumkani uSolomon uthumela abasebenzi abalishumi elinesibini emzimbeni befuna ama-ruffian. Uthumela abathathu baseMpuma, abathathu baseMantla, abathathu baseMazantsi, nabathathu baseNtshona. Uthumela iTaurus, iVirgo kunye neCapricorn ukuba badlale eMpuma, iLeo, iSagittary kunye neAries eMntla, iAquarius, iGemini kunye neLibra eMzantsi, kunye neScorpio, iiPisces kunye noMhlaza eNtshona. Kwezi triads, ezo zikaLeo, iiAries, kunye neSagittary, kunye nezeGemini, iLibra kunye neAquarius zizonke, unxantathu wokuqala usebenza kweyesibini. Unxantathu weTaurus, iVirgo kunye neCapricorn usebenza ngeCancer, iScorpio kunye nePisces, kwaye zombini zingabantu. Isibini ngasinye setriads senza inkwenkwezi enamacala amathandathu. Kukho i-hexad yendalo yonke, i-macrocosm, kunye ne-hexad yomntu, i-microcosm. I-hexad yendalo yonke, eyenziwe yi-triad engenasondo, ii-Aries, iiLeo, iiSagittary kunye ne-triad ye-androgynous, iGemini, iiLibra kunye ne-Aquarius, nguThixo okanye ubuNgqondi obuPhakamileyo , kunye nendalo . I-hexad yomntu yenziwe yi-Cancer, iScorpio kunye nePisces triad, ekhomba eNtshona, eyindoda okanye i-triad yamadoda, kunye neTaurus, iVirgo kunye neCapricorn, ekhomba eMpuma, engumfazi, i-triad yabasetyhini.

Iimpawu ze-macrocosmic kunye ne-microcosmic zimelwe emzimbeni womntu ngamalungu alishumi elinesibini kunye namaziko, nganye inomlinganiswa wayo okhethekileyo . Ngoko ke umzimba womntu unokuba yindalo yonke epheleleyo. Iimpawu ezintandathu zendalo yonke ziindawo apho iimpawu ezintandathu zabantu zinokusebenza khona ukuba iimpawu zabantu zidibana kwenye yezo zintandathu. Umzekelo, ukuba ii-triads zamadoda nabafazi zidibana kwiindawo zazo zeScorpio kunye neVirgo eLibra, zizala ngesango le-universal sex of the nature triad. Kodwa ukuba ii-triads zamadoda nabafazi kwiindawo zazo zeScorpio kunye neCapricorn zidibana eSagittary, isango elingenasondo le-universal triad, zenza ingcinga . Nangona amandla alishumi elinesibini emelwe emzimbeni womntu, awakwazi ukwenza ngokukhululekileyo nangokupheleleyo, kodwa athintelwe, akhubazekile, afile kancinci, awanamandla, ngaphandle kwamandla amelwe yiVirgo, iScorpio, kunye neLibra, oko kukuthi, ibhinqa emzimbeni wabasetyhini, inkunzi emzimbeni wamadoda, kunye nesini kwimizimba yomibini.

UHiram ngamandla enza imijikelo yeziko ezilishumi elinambini, aqinisa kwaye anike amandla, akhe iziko ezilishumi elinambini, azenze ziphile kwaye zilungele ukuze zikwazi ukunxulumana neShumi elinambini eliKhulu, kwaye ukuze uMenzi emzimbeni akwazi ukusebenza neShumi elinambini eliKhulu.

Ukuthumela kukaKumkani uSolomon abasebenzi abalishumi elinambini ukuba baye kukhangela ama-ruffian amathathu kuthetha ukuba emva kokuba uHiram ebulewe, ngokwentsingiselo yentsomi , inxalenye ethi Knower enxibelelana nomzimba iyala amandla alishumi elinambini emzimbeni ukuba afumane ama-ruffian amathathu abangele ukufa kukaHiram, angama-"I" obuxoki kwiinkalo zawo ezintathu. Ama-ruffian amathathu afunyanwa kufutshane nomzimba wababuleweyo, oko kukuthi, ukucinezelwa kwamandla esini ngokwasemzimbeni, aze abulawe. Bayagwetywa ngokuzama ukufumana amandla kuHiram ngaphambi kokuba bafanelekele ukuwafumana.

UHiram wangcwatywa kathathu. Okokuqala amasela amngcwaba emfucumfucwini yeTempile, oko kukuthi, amandla esini aguqulwa abe kukutya komzimba ukuze awakhe. Ebusuku babuya ukuze banike isidumbu umngcwabo ofanelekileyo. Basithwala basise eNtshona, basise elunxwemeni lwentaba eNtshona yeNtaba iMoriya, oko kukuthi, amandla esini angcwatywa okanye aguqulwa abe ngamandla engqondo. Apho safunyanwa liqela labasebenzi. Emva kokuba siphakanyisiwe nguKumkani uSolomon ngokwakhe ngokubamba okunamandla okanye unyawo lwengonyama—oku kubamba okunxulunyaniswa nobomi obufana nobukaYesu, ingonyama yesizwe sakwaYuda ebizwa ngokuba yingonyama edumileyo yesizwe—yangcwatywa kufutshane neSanctum Sanctorum yeTempile kaKumkani uSolomon, oko kukuthi, amandla esini aguqulwa abe ngumqolo.

Ukuphakanyiswa nguSolomon kubalulekile. Umzimba wawungenakuphakanyiswa ngokubanjwa nguMfundi Ongenileyo, okanye nguMsebenzi woBugcisa, oko kukuthi uMenzi wayengenakukwazi , nokuba ngengqondo okanye ngengqondo yakhe ukuphakamisa okanye ukuguqula umntu ofayo abe ngumzimba ongafiyo. Kwakufuneka uKnower , apha uKumkani uSolomon ngokwakhe, ukuba akhulise uHiram. UKumkani uSolomon wayencediswa nguHiram, uKumkani waseTire, uMcingi , kunye nabazalwana, oko kukuthi, amandla asemzimbeni.

Isiko leMasonry kukuba kwamiswa isikhumbuzo sokukhumbula uHiram, kwindawo awayengcwatyelwe kuyo. Esi sikhumbuzo simele intombi elilela intsika eyaphukileyo. Phambi kwakhe kwakukho incwadi evulekileyo, emva kwakhe kwakumi ixesha . Sisikhumbuzo sokutshatyalaliswa kwetempile yokuqala, apho intsika kaBhohazi, eyayimele intsika yabasetyhini etempileni yomntu yaphulwa khona. Intsalela okanye isikhumbuzo yi-sternum, ekuphela kwayo okuseleyo. Intombi ngumfazi olilela intsika yakhe eyaphukileyo. Ixesha kukufa , njengokuqhubeka kweziganeko; kwaye incwadi evulekileyo yifom yomphefumlo kunye ne - aia , ephethe ingxelo yoko kwenzekileyo. Umfanekiso webhinqa ukwangumhlolokazi, njengentsika eyaphukileyo, owayengumama kaHiram, elilela amandla obudoda, awalahlekelwa yiyo xa intsika yaphulwa. UHiram ngunyana womhlolokazi; akakhuselekanga kwaye kwafuneka azulazule ecaleni komjelo womjelo wokutya ukusukela oko intsika yaphulwa.

Ukutshatyalaliswa kwetempile kwenzeka kuyo yonke into . UHiram akavumelekanga ukuyakha kwakhona. Ngale ndlela ubulawa kuyo yonke into . Kuyo yonke into uyavuswa aze azame ukwakha kwakhona itempile eqala ngokusekwa kwakhona kwekholamu, eyaphukileyo. Isikhumbuzo somfazi onekholamu yakhe eyaphukileyo sisikhumbuzo sokuba uMason kufuneka aphinde amise ikholamu eyaphukileyo kuye njengento efunekayo yokwakha kwakhona itempile yakhe, kwaye angayimisa kwakhona ikholamu kuphela ngokugcina uHiram emzimbeni ukuze ayakhe kwakhona. UHiram unesicwangciso sokuqala somzimba ongafiyo, xa wakhiwe kwakhona, oya kuba mkhulu kunetempile yokuqala.

Umviwa oye wenziwa ukuba athathe indawo kaHiram ekugqibeleni uphakanyiswa nguKumkani uSolomon, iNkosi yeLodge, ngokubamba ngokwenene kweNkosi uMason, nakwiindawo ezintlanu zobudlelwane, okanye iindawo ezintlanu zomzimba. Abazalwana bayancedisa ekuphakamiseni umviwa kwindawo yokuma. I-hoodwink iyanyamalala emehlweni akhe. Emva kokuba efumene ingxelo yembali yeziganeko awadlula kuzo njengoHiram, iNkosi ichaza iimpawu ezahlukeneyo . Izisebenzisa njengezihloko zeziluleko nemithetho yokuziphatha.

Iikholamu ezintathu ezinkulu okanye iintsika, ezibizwa ngokuba yiBulumko , Amandla, kunye noBuhle, zimele amalungu amathathu omzimba. Zikwamele amalungu eTriune Self . Kule nxu lumano intsika yoBulumko nguSolomon, ikholamu yomqolo okanye uJachin; intsika yamandla nguHiram, uKumkani waseTire, ikholamu yenceba okanye uBhohazi; kwaye intsika yoBuhle nguHiram Abiff, umakhi webhulorho okanye ibhulorho, phakathi kwezi zimbini.

Ingxaki yamashumi amane anesixhenxe ka-Euclid ingaphezulu nje kwesikhuthazo sokuziphatha. Ithetha ukuba xa indoda ( umnqweno ) kunye nebhinqa ( imvakalelo ) emzimbeni omnye besebenzisana bakha umzimba omtsha olingana nenani labo. Umzimba omtsha, isikwere se-hypotenuse, yitempile eyakhiwe ngokutsha.

Emva kokuba umviwa ephakanyiswe kwinqanaba leMaster Mason, umele uMenzi , uMcingi , kunye noKnower , ngamnye waphuhliswa ngokwesikhundla sakhe kwaye walungelelaniswa ukuze babe nguthixo omnye, iTriune Self . Lo thixo omnye ukwiMasonry umelwe njengonxantathu ojike ngasekunene kwilodge.

Ilungelo lokushicilela 1980 ngu The Word Foundation, Inc.