I-MASONRY NE-ITS SYMBOLS

UHarold W. Percival

ICANDELO 5

Intsingiselo yendawo yokuhlala njengegumbi kunye njengabantakwabo. Amagosa, izitishi kunye nemisebenzi yabo. Iidigri ezintathu njengesiseko seMasonry. Umsebenzi. Indawo yokulala kaMason.

Indlu yokulala njengegumbi okanye iholo sisikwere esimxinwa , esisiqingatha sesikwere esigqibeleleyo, kwaye singaphakathi okanye ngaphandle kwesiqingatha esisezantsi sesangqa. Indlu yokulala nganye idibana kwigumbi elinye, ifakelwe iimpahla ezifanayo, kodwa indlu yokulala esebenza kwi-Apprentice degree ibizwa ngokuba yi-Ground Floor, indlu yokulala esebenza kwi-Fellow Craft degree ibizwa ngokuba yi-Middle Chamber, kwaye indlu yokulala esebenza kwi-Master degree ibizwa ngokuba yi-Sanctum Sanctorum, konke oku kwiTempile kaKumkani uSolomon. Le ndawo yokulala ngale ndlela ifanekisela, kunye noluntu lwanamhlanje , inxalenye yomzimba ukusuka emabeleni nasemva okuchasene namabele ukuya kwisini. Xa itempile yakhiwa kwakhona, i-Ground Floor iya kuba yinxalenye ye-pelvic, i-Middle Chamber ibe yinxalenye yesisu, kwaye i-Sanctum Sanctorum ibe yinxalenye yesifuba.

Indlu yokulala, njengabazalwana abaninzi abayibhalayo, imele amaziko athile okusebenza kunye nemisebenzi yawo emzimbeni woMason. Ezi ziboniswa ngamagosa abekwe eNtshona, eMzantsi naseMpuma. La ngawa mathathu apho kungekho ndawo yokulala ngaphandle kwawo. Amabele, amele ikholam kaBoaz, apho i-sternum ikhona khona, yindawo yoMgcini-zitulo oPhezulu eNtshona. Iindawo ze-coccygeal gland kunye ne-anus, eziziphelo zeetyhubhu ezimbini, yindawo yoMgcini-zitulo oMncinci eMzantsi. Indawo esemgogodleni ochasene nentliziyo yindawo yoMgcini-zitulo eMpuma.

IDikoni Enkulu ephambi nasekunene kweNkosi , kunye neDikoni Enkulu ekunene naphambi kweNkosi Enkulu benza isihlanu, kunye noNobhala ekhohlo kunye noMgcini-mali ekunene kweNkosi , benza isixhenxe. La ngamagosa asixhenxe endlu yokuhlala. Ukongeza kukho abaphathi ababini, omnye kwicala ngalinye leNkosi Enkulu eMazantsi, kunye noTyler, umlindi emnyango.

Umsebenzi woMgcini-ndlu Omkhulu kukuqinisa nokuxhasa uMphathi kunye nokumnceda ekuqhubeni umsebenzi wendlu yokuhlala.

UJunior Warden msebenzingokwesiko, kukujonga nokurekhoda ixesha, ukubiza ubugcisa obuvela emsebenzini ukuya ekuhlaziyweni, ukuba nelungelo lokuwugcina, ukubenza bangabinamsebenzi okanye bagqithise kwaye bababize ukuba baphinde basebenze. Isikhululo sakhe sikho kodwa akukho lungu okanye waya ngaphandle kukaBhoazi ukuya kuYakini. Bakhe msebenzi kukujonga ixeshaOko kukuthi ilanga ixesha, iNkosi imele ilanga, nenyanga ixesha, uMgcini oMkhulu wenyanga. Oku kunxulumene namandla esondo, inyanga kunye UMenzi amandla, ilanga, oko kukuthi, msebenzi kwelo ziko kukujonga i- ixesha namaxesha enyanga kunye nelanga. Kuya kufuneka abize ubugcisa, oko kukuthi, ooMasoni abasebenza kwinxalenye yetempile ebizwa ngokuba yindawo yokuhlala, kunye isiseko abasebenza ngaphandle abasebenza ngaphandle, kwiindawo zembutho, kwamanye amalungu omzimba. Iimpawu ezine kunye izinto zokuqala kwiinkqubo zonke ziya kwiziko lezesondo ukufumana ukonwaba. Indawo embindini weJunior Warden kufuneka ilungelelanise imikhosi kaBhoazi noJakin kwaye kunye nale mikhosi ihlaziyayo abasebenza etempileni.

“Njengoko ilanga liphuma eMpuma ukuze livule kwaye lilawule imini, ngokunjalo iNkosi eMpuma iphakama ukuze ivule kwaye ilawule indawo yayo yokuhlala, imise ubugcisa ukuba busebenze kwaye ibanike imiyalelo efanelekileyo,” itsho njalo isithethe. INkosi lilanga, elimelwe yintsholongwane yelanga, emzimbeni, njengoko iNtloko yoMgcini iyinyanga. INkosi ihambisa ukukhanya kwayo isuka esihlalweni sayo eMpuma, oko kukuthi, umthambo womqolo wentliziyo, iye kwiNtloko yoMgcini emabeleni, apho imiyalelo yayo ikhutshwa khona.

Amagosa aseleyo elodge, athathwa njengamaziko emzimbeni, angabancedisi bala magosa mathathu aphambili, akufutshane nawo kwaye aphumeza imiyalelo yawo. UNobhala kunye noMgcini-mali babhala kwaye bagcine kwiingxelo zentengiselwano zelodge, ezidluliselwa ukusuka kwilodge ukuya kwenye, oko kukuthi ukusuka ebomini ukuya ebomini.

Indawo yokuhlala njenge inani Abazalwana abawenzayo bayayimela le nto ifakelweyo UMenzi izahlulo okanye abafowunelwa be Self Triune nezinto zabo. Umgcini weJunior ngu UMenzi kwaye abaphathi bakhe bobabini basebenza kwaye basecaleni umnqweno-i-imvakalelo. Igosa eliyiNtloko elimele abantu Ucinga kwaye uJunior Deacon lelinye icala elisebenzayo, elibizwa sizathu. INkosi yi Ndiyazi kwaye uMdikoni oMkhulu ngu Andi. Inokuthi iqatshelwe into yokuba uMgcini oMkhulu kunye noMphathi ngamnye unoncedisayo

Iidigri zokuNgena kwabaFundi, i-Fellow Craft kunye ne-Master Mason, ziziseko ze-Masonry, okwisakhiwo somzimba ongafiyo. Umfundi obengenile ngu UMenzi, I Mfo Craft i Ucinga, kunye ne-Master Mason Ndiyazi ekunxibelelaneni nomzimba. Baqhuba umsebenzi kwendawo yokulala kwisiqu somzimba kwaye bencediswa ngamanye amagosa. I umsebenzi Indawo yokulala igcinwe phambi kwamehlo e-Masons ngokuvulwa kwendawo yokulala, i-odolo yeshishini, ukuqalisa, ukudlula nokuphakamisa abagqatswa kunye nokuvalwa kwendawo yokuhlala. Yonke into yenziwa ngokuqaqanjelwa nokuba nesidima. Inene umsebenzi kukuqalisa, ukudlulisa kunye nokuphakamisa UMenzi-umzimba wokuziva ngokuphathelene kunye nayo Ucinga kwaye Ndiyazi iinxalenye.

Wonke uMason kufuneka avule i-lodge yakhe, oko kukuthi, aqale kusasa umsebenzi wosuku ngesidima sokuvulwa kwe-lodge yakhe ye-mason. Kufuneka aqonde izikhululo kunye nemisebenzi yamalungu kunye namaziko azo emzimbeni aze abayalele ukuba baqinisekise ukuba abasebenzi, oko kukuthi, izinto ezisisiseko ezisebenza emzimbeni, zisebenza ngokufanelekileyo. Kufuneka aqonde ukuba ungumntu oza kuqaliswa zizilingo zaloo mini, kwaye kufuneka adlule kuzo ngokuzithoba, ukuqina, ubulumko kunye nobulungisa , ukuze aphakanyiswe kwaye afumane ukukhanya okungakumbi.

Ilungelo lokushicilela 1980 ngu The Word Foundation, Inc.