I-MASONRY NE-ITS SYMBOLS

UHarold W. Percival

ICANDELO 7

Isishwankathelo seemfundiso zoMlo. Zijikeleza “ukuKhanya.” Iisimboli, iintshukumo kunye namagama esiko. Izithethe kunye nokusebenza kwabo. Iifom ezisisigxina zeMasonry kunye neemfundiso ezijijekileyo. Iindinyana zeSibhalo. Iimpawu zejometri. Ixabiso labo. Ukupheliswa komzimba kuthembele kwiimpawu ezithile zejometri, apho zilungelelaniswe kwinkqubo yokusebenza kweMasonic, ziyagcinwa.

Iimfundiso zeMasonry zimbalwa kwaye zichanekile. BangabaPhezukonke Intelligence, ye ukukhanya yemo yasekuqaleni Self Triune, womzimba wokuqala xa UMenzi ngaphandle isono nomzimba uhlala ngaphakathi ukukhanya, ye ukufa womzimba, obizwa ngokuba yintshabalalo yetempile, ye msebenzi ukwakha itempile, yoqeqesho luka UMenzi of imvakalelo-i-umnqweno, njengomgqatswa, ukuba waziwe emzimbeni kunye nokuba wazi ngokuphathelene ne Ucinga kwaye i Ndiyazi, olu qeqesho lubonakaliswe ngokudlulela kwinqanaba lokuNgena kwabaFundi, ubuQili boMsebenzi kunye ne-Master Mason, oko kukuthi, la macandelo mathathu Self TriuneAmandla okwabelana ngesondo, abizwa ngokuba nguHiram Abiff, ekwakhiwa ngawo itempile okanye umzimba wenziwe wangabinakho, ukukhanya ukuzalisa itempile. Iziko leemfundiso zeM Multane ezungeze ukukhanya, uLwazi ukukhanya le UMenzi babenayo, i ukukhanya ibilahlekile kwaye ukukhanya kufuneka iphinde yenzeke. "Kaninzi ukukhanya”Nguwo umthandazo wenene we-Meld. Ukufumana ukukhanya Ngaba eli ibinzana elisetyenziswe kuMasonakalo wokuba nolwazi kumaqondo aphezulu. Iimasoni zithatha uxanduva lwazo ubuhle nobungcwele ukuze ufumane okungakumbi ukukhanya, ukuze babe ngabantwana baka ukukhanya.

The iimpawu, isenzo sokomfuziselo kunye namagama esiko akusoloko kubonakalisa ezi mfundiso. Ngelaxesha ixesha nangokuthi kudume ukwenziwa iMasonry, ezinye zezi mfundiso zichanekile ngenxa yokujijeka, ukufaka into endaweni yomdibaniso kunye nokongeza iimpawu kwaye umsebenzi. Iimpawu ezahlukeneyo zokwenza umsebenzi zisoloko zisebenza, zingahlali ngaphakathi kwemida okanye ecaleni kwemigca yeempawu zomhlaba oyiMasonic. Nangona kunjalo, ezisisiseko iifomu hlala, kwaye ubonise isiphoso. I UMenzi, Ucinga, yaye Ndiyazi iinxalenye zifanekiselwa nguJunior Warden, uMgcini oMkhulu, kunye neNquli eKhonzayo, nguJubela, Jubelo, noJubelum, ngu-Entrent Apprentice, i-Fellow Craft, kunye ne-Master Mason, nguHiram Abiff, Hiram, uKing waseTire, kunye neNkosi uSolomon. , ngeNtsika zoBuhle, Ukomelela, kunye ubulumko. Apho la macandelo mathathu afunyanisiweyo kwaye kukho okushiyekileyo, kuyacaca ukuba amasiko kamva ayesebenza ngaphandle ukuqonda le ngokuphathelene kula macandelo mathathu Self Triune. Ke ilanga nenyanga zimele umzimba kunye imvakalelo, kodwa akukho nto kwi umnqweno kulo mfanekiso ngaphandle kokuba ziinkwenkwezi, kwaye endaweni yazo isiko le-eNgenisiweyo loQeqeshiso loLwazi lukhankanya inkosi yeLodge. umnqweno kufanele ukuba yi-Master ye-Lodge kuloo nqanaba. UBhohazi umela uAhabhi Ucinga noJakin Ndiyazi, kodwa akukho nto kwisithuba sokumela i-balancer, i- UMenzi, eyenza i-arch ingezantsi, ehambelana neRoyal Arch ngasentla. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kokujija, amakhonkco alahlekileyo kunye nokusetyenziswa kwegama elifanayo ukubonisa izifundo ezahlukeneyo, ngokubanzi iifomu Ukupheliswa kuhlala njengezikhokelo, apho ukukhula kwezithethe, ii-odolo kunye nesimboli kuncitshisiweyo ixesha ukuba ixesha.

Phakathi kwesigxina iifomu Masonry ziingongoma ezikwisangqa, a Isikwere esikwele okanye uhlobo lwendawo yokulala, kuneneUnxantathu oxantyiweyo okanye isikwere, unxantathu wokulingana okuyi Isimboli ngOsenyangweni IntelligenceIkhampasi njenge Isimboli ye ukukhanya ukuza ezantsi, oonxantathu abadityanisiweyo, iikholamu ezimbini, iiLight ezintathu ezinkulu, i-arch, ilitye elingumnqamlezo elineminqamlezo emibini, i-lambskin emhlophe okanye i-apron, intambo-yodonga, iidigri ezine kunye noMakhi Omkhulu. Ngamaxesha anjalo uxinzelelo olukhulu lubekwa kwezinye zezi iimpawu, ngamanye amaxesha iimpawu Njengebhodi yokulwa, iG okanye indawo ekwisangqa, iliso elibonayo lonke njengelungelo loPhezulu IntelligenceUmthombo wako konke ukuKhanya, kunye neNkanyezi egqumayo, uphawu lomfundisi womjikelo kaMesiya, zenziwa zingaxabisekanga ngokwe ukuqonda kunye nokuthandelwa kweenkcubeko. Ngaphandle kwesilumkiso ngokuchaseneyo naluphi na utshintsho okanye ukususwa kweempawu zakudala zomhlaba, iMasoni yahlukile kwisiko. Ke uninzi lweemfundiso zijijisiwe. Umzekelo, umlilo ongumfuziselo kaYehova uphawulwa kukukhanya, okumela oPhezulu Intelligence; inqaku le-khadinali, uMantla, apho ukuKhanya kuvela khona, inyamalala kwisiko kwaye iNyakatho imnyama; uLizwi udidekile neGama; inkcazo yokuba kutheni amagosa amathathu esenza njengama-ruffian amathathu anyamalale. Uninzi loku kuncipha kungenxa ye nyaniso Iindinyana zeSibhalo eziyinxalenye yesiko, ziguqulelwa ngokombono wenkolo wamaxesha, kwaye ngombala, ukugqwetha okanye ukufihla iimfundiso ze-Masonic iimpawu gcina.

Imasoni kudala ixesha zobumnyama. Ziya kuxolelwa ekulahlekelweni ngu ukukhanya kwi ixesha bobumnyama obuqhelekileyo. Kweli xesha langoku, nangona kunjalo, ukuba bahamba ngokukhangela ukukhanya, ukuba ukukhanya yinto yokukhangela kwabo, banokuyifumana ngokukhangela kuyo iimpawu. Bayakufumana okuninzi ukukhanya ukuba bayazama ukubamba uConscious ukukhanya in ukucinga qhubeka kwi meaning zazo iimpawu.

Ijometri Isimboli Vakalisa umbono kwaye ngumzekelo wo ukucinga. Yipatheni yoqobo emva kokuba ezinye izinto zimodareyithwe, zona zimiselwe zona, zimiselwe kwangaphambili kwaye zinikezelwe yesazisi, ezinxibelelana ziphendulela kuzo. Zonke izinto zinako ukukhutshwa kwaye zibekwe phantsi kweeprototypes ezimbalwa apho zivela khona kwaye zimiselwe kwangaphambili. Ke ngoko, izinto ezibonakalayo zinokushwankathelwa phantsi kwezinto ezinokuthatyathwa ezingumfuziselo. imiqondiso bonisa ubunye kwiyantlukwano.

Izinto ezininzi zinokusetyenziswa njenge iimpawu, kodwa ijiyometri iimpawu Zezona ziphakamileyo, kuba zilunge kakhulu ukuhambisa umbono ovezwe kubo. I sizathu yiyo ingqondo-yomzimba, imvakalelo-ingqondo, yaye umnqweno-ingqondo umsebenzi inamanqaku, imigca, ii-engile kunye neejika, ezojometri iifomu zezona zilula, ngokuthe ngqo kwaye zikhululekile kwizitenxo kunye neengxaki, kwaye, ke imisebenzi kwabathathu ingqondo usekhaya ngejometri iimpawu ufumane kubo ngaphandle kombala, ifom, ubandlululo, umahluko kunye nokugubungela, umxholo kuluvo okanye cinga apho iimpawu dlulisa. Iimpawu kunye nemigca azibonakali kwindiza ebonakalayo. Matter kwindiza ebonakalayo iifomu. Ezi iifomu banoluvo, oko kukuthi, bayaphela. Imigca ziimpawu, ngenxa imisebenzi ye imvakalelo-ingqondo kwaye awunabukho bokwenyama, obonakalayo. Zikhona kwi ubomi indiza yomhlaba Iingcebiso kunye nemigca yile kungakhathaliseki kwi ubomi indiza, oko kukuthi, ukuba kungakhathaliseki kuleplanethi inokubonwa okanye ithathwe, inokuba ngumntu ophakathi ukuqonda njengamanqaku, imigca, ii-angles kunye neejika. Nolu hlobo kungakhathalisekiOko kukuthi, amanqaku, imigca, ii-engile kunye neejika, i ingqondo-yomzimba unako umsebenzi. Ukuze ufumane meaning yayo nayiphi na into engeyiyo eyokwenyama ingqondo-yomzimba ucinga ngamanqaku kunye nemigca.

Ijometri Isimboli alunombala, kodwa yonke into esehlabathini ebonakalayo ayinombala kwaye ke ayibonisi nyani inyani, yona ingenawo umbala. Kuyinyani imo ngaphandle kombala. Ijometri iimpawu yinyani iifomu. Babonisa eyona uphawu lwezinto abazimelayo. I sizathu abantu abanakusebenzisa ijometri iimpawu kukuba bajongile abanombala iifomu of indalo kwaye kufuneka ukhule uqhela kwijometri iimpawu ngaphambi kokuba bazisebenzise kwaye babone kuzo. Baqala bacebise kwaye emva koko baveze uluvo abalubonakalisayo. Xa umntu ecinga ngabom ngejometri iimpawu Unokuyifumana inyaniso iimpawu qaphela

Zonke ijiyometri iimpawu banemvelaphi yabo ngamanqaku, imigca, ii-angles kunye neejika ezifumana ixabiso lazo iimpawu ukusuka kwizikhundla abambe ngazo isangqa. I-Zodiac lolona phawu lubalaseleyo lwesangqa kunye namanqaku alishumi elinambini kumjikelo onika ixabiso kwijometri iimpawu. Ixabiso iimpawu ke bamnikwe ngokokuma kwabo ngokusingisele kumanqaku alishumi elinababini. Ukuphela kwexesha kunayo iimpawu isuka kwi Zodiac.

Inkosi sizathu Ukuqala kubakho, kwaye kuye kwagcinwa xa amanye amalungu emfihlo etshabalalisiwe, kukuba ungene themba ezithile iimpawu kwaye ezi zinto zidityanisiwe kwaye zibalulekile kwinkqubo yeMasonic umsebenzi. Ezi iimpawu zijometri. Ukuba Masonic iimpawu Zizixhobo, ii-umfuziselo okanye izakhiwo, zibalulekile ngenxa yemigca yejometri eziyimifanekiso.

I-Masons ifunde oku kungasentla ivumile, kwaye ngoku ipapashwa ngethemba lokuba bonke abafundi baya kubona ukusebenza kwayo “kwiNdlela eNkulu” echazwe kwi UkuCinga nokuPhelela, kwaye eyandulelayo le umsebenzi kwimibhalo ebhaliweyo. Kubhekiswa kubo bonke abantuUmbhali, nangona engenguye olilungu leMult Fraternity, unqwenela ukukhumbuza bonke abaMasons, ngayo nayiphi na iLodge okanye iRite, leyo baphathiswe yona. cwangciso ukwakhiwa kwakhona kwetempile yabo yesibini eya kuba nkulu kuneyona tempile yokuqala bayichithileyo ekuqalekeni ixesha.

Ulwazi lolwakhiwo lomzimba ongafiyo luye lwayilondolozwa ngokufihlakeleyo yonke iminyaka yobudala yiMeld Fraternity. Imisebenzi yombhali yile Injongo yokubonisa yonke ukubangumntu, nokuba kungaluluphi na ubuhlanga, inkolelo, okanye umbala, ngubani kanene iminqweno ukuba abuyele, ayise indlu kaYise kwakhona Indawo yokuhlala isigxina ingaqala enkulu umsebenzi Ngaphandle kokutyunyuzwa bubunzima behlabathi cinga. Oko kukuthi, ngaphandle kokushiya umsebenzi wakhe osebenzayo kunye nokuthatha umhlala-phantsi kwihlabathi ukuze likwenze ngasese.

Kuyenzeka, kodwa akunakwenzeka, ukuba abantu banokwakha iitempile zabo okwangoku ubomi. Nangona kunjalo, nabani na unokuzilungiselela kwaye abe ngumfundi ongenayo kwaye athathe izidanga ezininzi njengoko kunokwenzeka ngoku ubomi kwaye uqhubeke umsebenzi elilandelayo ubomi emhlabeni.

Eli nqaku likhumbuza zonke iiMasons ukuba zinjalo zabo umsebenzi. Bayeke abo, abaya kubona.

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