I-MASONRY NAMAGOMBOLO AKHO

UHarold W. Percival

ISIGABA 4

Ukuphila, ukufa nokuvuswa kukaHiram Abiff. Isifundo esikhulu soMasonry. Lokho uHiramu akufanekisela. Amathantathu amabili. Imiklamo ebhodini le-trestle. Isango laseNingizimu. Abasebenzi. UHiramu uvinjelwe ekuphumeni. Ubulewe esangweni laseMpumalanga. Umzimba ongafi. UJubela, uJubelo, uJubelum. Okushiwo lezi zimpawu ezintathu. Lezi zihluku ezintathu. Umdlalo weMasonic. Abasebenzi abayishumi nanhlanu. Abakhulu Abayishumi Nambili. Ama-pair of triangles akha izinkanyezi eziyisithupha ezikhomba. UHiramu njengamandla okwenza umjikelezo. Ukutholakala kwama-ruffians amathathu. Amathuna amathathu kaHiramu. Ukuphakanyiswa kweNkosi uSolomoni. Isikhumbuzo endaweni yokungcwaba. Ukukhuliswa komfundi. Amakholomu amathathu. Inkinga engamashumi amane nesikhombisa ka-Euclid.

Ingxenye esele yokuqalwa idrama yama-masonic, emelela ukuphila, ukufa futhi uvuko kaHiram Abiff, ozothatha ingxenye yalowo okhetha ukhetho. UHiramu wayengumakhi omkhulu weThempeli leNkosi uSolomoni futhi wabulawa izisebenzi ngenxa yokwenqaba kwakhe ukudlulisela iZwi kuzo, kwathi ngemuva kokungcwatshwa kwamabili kwavuswa yiNkosi uSolomoni wabe esengcwaba owesithathu isikhathi. Le ndaba ifihla isifundo esikhulu se-Masonry.

UHiramu ungowesine isimiso, amandla wokuzala, amandla ocansi, hhayi isitho, hhayi uketshezi, kodwa amandla, angabonakali futhi angaqondakali kakhulu. La mandla alele kuConscious Ukukhanya we Intelligence okuyinto ethwalwa isifiso futhi i-extract evela emine Izakhi, elungiselelwe izinqubo ezine zomzimba. Lawa mandla, enalokho anokuthile kwamandla ayisikhombisa we Intelligence, okuthile kwezingxenye ezintathu ze I-Triune Self, nokuthile kwabane Izakhi, itholakala kuphela emzimbeni womuntu. Amandla la ahlanganiswa njalo ngenyanga yengqondo yangaphakathi, bese kuba yigciwane lenyanga, bese kuthi ngaleyo ndlela kwehle ngohlelo lwezinzwa olunesihawu phambi komzimba bese kubuthana Ukukhanya we Intelligence njengoba kuqhubeka. I-germ yenyanga kumuntu iqoqo lamandla onke, kodwa ingxenye eyodwa yamandla ihlolwa ekuthuthukisweni kwayo okungenzeka. Indoda, efanekiselwa ngokolimi lelo gama le-masonic iGeometry elimi ngalo, ngunxantathu uCancer, Scorpio noPisces, inengxenye yamandla kuphela, kanjalo nowesifazane, ofanelwe unxantathu wabesifazane iTaurus, Virgo neCapricorn. Enye ingxenye kolunye iyacwilisa noma icindezelwe. Isigamu esisebenzayo siyakhula ezithweni zomzimba ukuze siziveze futhi silahlekile ngazo. Lokhu kulahleka kuxutshwa imicabango inkanuko, udlame, amahloni, ihlazo, isifo, uthando nokuzondwa, okuyi-cable-tow yokuzalwa kabusha. Uma u-Hiram engalahlekile, kodwa esindisiwe, isigamu sakhe esihloliwe sizokhula emzimbeni futhi kuzokwakha izingxenye ezintsha, izitho ezintsha, iziteshi ezintsha. UHiramu ngumakhi.

UHiramu, uMenzi-uMakhi, uMninimkhulu Omkhulu, udonsa imiklamo yakhe ebhodini-okusho ukuthi imigqa ifomu lokuphefumula okusesistimu yezinzwa enozwela — futhi kudlula usuku ngalunye, okungukuthi, ngakunye ukuphila, ngesango laseNingizimu, iLibra, lamagceke angaphandle eThempeli. Lokho ukusho ukuthi, igciwane lanyanga zonke liyalahleka. Kungumkhuba wakhe ojwayelekile ukungena kwi-Sanctum Sanctorum engapheli, okungukuthi, inhliziyo namaphaphu, kulayini weCancer oya eCapricorn. Lapho ngicabanga udweba imigqa yamacebo akhe ebhodini lokulwa, lapho izikebhe ziphishekela imisebenzi yazo, okungukuthi, lapho abasebenzi ama-elemental ezinhlelweni ezine zomzimba zakha ngokuya ngemigqa, isimo somzimba kanye nezimo lapho umzimba ukhona.

Ngosuku olulodwa, okungukuthi, munye ukuphila, lapho uHiram, elandela inkambiso yakhe ejwayelekile yokuzama ukushiya isidumbu esangweni laseNingizimu, esangweni locansi, uyavinjwa futhi uvinjelwe ukuphuma. Uyaphenduka, ufuna ukuphuma ayophuma ngesango laseNtshonalanga, iCancer, abuye avinjelwe. Ngemuva kwalokho ufuna isango lase-East, iCapricorn, abulawe lapho. Lokhu kusho ukuthi amandla ocansi abefuna ukushiya ukuvulwa kocansi nalapho lokho kuvinjelwe, ngokuvula amabele, okungukuthi. imizwelo, futhi lapho lokho kuvaliwe, ngendawo endaweni yomgogodla, omelela ubuchopho noma ingqondo, futhi lapho lokho kuphuma, futhi kuvinjelwe, kwafa kula mazwi okufa. Njengoba esefile ekufeni nokukhohlakala kwaphakanyiswa ukwakha umzimba ongenakonakala futhi ongafi.

Abasolwa abathathu uJubela, Jubelo noJubelum, abasona abasebenza ngokungemthetho, kepha yiJunior Warden, Senior Warden neTravel Master, lawo maphoyisa amathathu endawo yokuhlala, eMasonry, futhi amele izingxenye ezintathu zalaba bantu. I-Triune Self, Jubela ekubeni Umenzi, UJubelo the Umcabango, noJubeli Uyazi. Ngayinye inengxenye yeZwi. Uma izingxenye zabo zihlanganisiwe bazoba yi-AUM noma i-AOM noma ezintathu kwezingxenye ezine zeZwi. Kepha akukho okuhlanganayo okwenziwayo, okungukuthi, izingxenye ezintathu azenzi umsebenzi ngokubambisana.

UHiramu uneZwi, yena uyiZwi, ngoba unalo Ukukhanya, okungukuthi, i Intelligence amandla kanye I-Triune Self amandla namandla amane Izakhi, futhi ubahlanganisile. Lapho ehlaselwa yi-ruffian yokuqala futhi ecela iZwi, Ngakho-ke uHiram uthi: "Linda kuze kube yilapho ithempeli liqediwe," okungukuthi aze akhe umzimba ongafi. Uthi ngokunikeza izimfihlo zeZwi: “Angikwazi; futhi ngeke banikezwe, ngaphandle kobuso bukaSolomoni, inkosi yakwa-Israyeli (the Uyazi), noHiramu, inkosi yaseTire ( Umcabango), nami uqobo ” Umenzi (i Ukukhanya ocansini no umuzwa-and-isifiso). Lokhu kusho ukuthi iZwi alinakunikezwa amandla ocansi njengoba amandla ocansi akha kuphela umzimba ongafi, iThempeli. Lapho uHiram njengamandla ahlanganisiwe we Ukukhanya, lo Umenzi futhi ubulili, useqedile ukwakhiwa komzimba akwazi ukwenza ingxenye yakhe njengoHiram, the Umenzi of umuzwa-and-isifiso. Bese kuthi kanye ne Umcabango, Inkosi yaseTire, kanye ne Uyazi, USolomoni, uyiZwi futhi ungena eThempelini eliqediwe.

UHiram izinto eziningi. Ungamandla angaqondakali okudala afihlekile emandleni e ubulili, ngakho-ke ungumakhi, uMakhi Omkhulu; uyiZwi elahlekile, ngokuba Umenzi okuyinto elahlekile, ngoba igxilisiwe enyameni nasegazini futhi azizazi in umuntu; futhi ungamandla ahlanganisiwe we Ukukhanya futhi we I-Triune Self futhi we nature amandla e ubulili lapho esezithole emanxiwa ethempeli futhi azi yena njengo- I-Triune Self.

UJubela, Jubelo noJubelum bangama-ruffians kuze kube manje njengoba bengenzi iqiniso imisebenzi emahhovisi abo. Kuthiwa kuthiwa yi-ruffians ngoba benza njenge Umenzi ingxenye yayo Umcabango futhi Uyazi izici, lapho kungukuthi "Mina" wamanga Abathathu kuphela Umenzi ingxenye izingxenye ezintathu zayo I-Triune Self. UJubela ushaya uHiram ngensimbi, ithuluzi le-Apprentice, ngaphesheya komphimbo, ngokwesiko. Lokhu kungumbala wengxenye yezocansi. UJubelo ushaya uHiram ngesikwele, ithuluzi leFellow Craft, ngaphesheya kwesifuba, uJubelum umjikijele nge-set-maul, i-gavel of a Master. Igeji ngumugqa, isikwere singaphezulu, kanye nemolule ikhiyubhu.

UHiramu uphume manje esangweni laseNingizimu, isiko lakhe emizimbeni yokubaleka kwe abantu. Idrama lemasonic libhekisa ku isikhathi lapho kutholakala ukuthi amandla ocansi aphethe ukhiye wayo yonke imfihlo nakuwo wonke amandla. Ukuhlubula ukhiye kusuka kulawa mandla umuntu akuvimbelayo ukuthi kungaphumi. Ukuvinjwa kweMere akutholi imfihlo, kepha amandla, lapho elawulwa, ayakhuphuka, edlula ebulilini imisebenzi emizimbeni emine yenyama. Lapho-ke umuntu uvimba uHiram ukuthi angahambi imicabango, esikhungweni semizwa. Kepha uHiramu akayikhiphi imfihlo, ngoba umuntu ongumuntu wenza okuvinjelwe ezinhlosweni zobugovu ukuze athole amandla, futhi hhayi ukwakha kabusha iThempeli, futhi ngoba umuntu ongumuntu ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo akakwazi ukubamba amandla. UHiramu udlulela eMpumalanga futhi uhlangana noJubelum yena, kodwa oyisici seqiniso Uyazi, emidlalweni yedrama kukhona "Mina" wamanga, isici sokuziqhenya se Umenzi. Kuye uHiramu akakwazi ukunikeza iZwi. Kodwa-ke, umuntu, nakuba enesisusa sobugovu, uye wafika kakhulu kangangokuba akukho ukukhiqiza okungokwenyama. Lokhu kuboniswa ukubulawa kukaHiramu.

Inhloso yokwamukela imfihlo kaHiramu yayingabasebenzi abayishumi nanhlanu. Abayisishiyagalolunye baphinde baphinde abathathu, uJubela, Jubelo noJubelum, benza isakhiwo. Labo abayishumi nambili lapha amaphuzu ayishumi nambili e-Zodiac emzimbeni, lezi ezintathu ziyizici ezimbili Umenzi, Kanye umqondo womzimba. Abayishumi nambili bamelele izinombolo, okungukuthi, izidalwa eziyishumi nambili zokugcina nemiyalo yabantu.

Konke ku-Universal okuveziwe kusendaweni ethile emele i-Great Twelve. Umzimba womuntu uyisitho sabo. The a umuntu kuthuthukiswa, kokunye okuzoba nakho kuye izikhungo zokuphila ezimele futhi ziphendule kwi-Great Twelve. Inkosi uSolomoni ithumela izisebenzi eziyishumi nambili emzimbeni ukuze ziyofuna ama-ruffian. Uthumela abathathu eMpumalanga, abathathu eNyakatho, abathathu baseNingizimu, nabathathu eNtshonalanga. Uthumela iTaurus, iVirgo neCapricorn ukuthi izosebenza eMpumalanga, eLeo, eSagittary naseAries eNyakatho, e-Aquarius, eGemini naseLibra eningizimu, naseScorpio, ePisces naseCancer eNtshonalanga. Kulezi zinxantathu, lezo zeLeo, Aries, neSagittary, nezeGemini, iLibra ne-Aquarius zikonke, unxantathu wokuqala usebenza ngowesibili. Unxantathu weTaurus, Virgo neCapricorn usebenza ngokusebenzisa lowo Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, futhi womabili angabantu. Izimbotshana ngazinye amafomu inkanyezi enamamaki ayisithupha. Kukhona i-hexad yendawo yonke, i-macrocosm, ne-hexad yomuntu, i-microcosm. I-hexad yendawo yonke, eyenziwe ngunxantathu ongenazo ucansi, i-Aries, uLeo, iSagittary kanye no-androgynous triad, uGemini, uLibra no-Aquarius, uNkulunkulu noma oPhezukonke Intelligence, Futhi nature. I-hexad yesintu yakhiwa iCancer, Scorpio nePisces, ikhomba eNtshonalanga, okuyindoda noma owesilisa ngokunqoba abathathu, kanye neTaurus, Virgo neCapricorn, ekhomba i-East, okungowesifazane, owesithathu.

Izimpawu ze-macrocosmic kanye ne-microcosmic zimelelwa emzimbeni womuntu yizitho eziyishumi nambili nezikhungo, ngayinye inezinto zayo ezikhethekile uhlamvu. Ngakho-ke, umzimba womuntu ungokwemvelo ephelele. Izimpawu eziyisithupha zendawo yonke ziyizikhungo lapho izibonakaliso eziyisithupha zomuntu zingasebenza khona uma izimpawu zabantu zihlangana kunoma yisiphi kulezi eziyisithupha. Isibonelo, uma owesilisa nowesifazane bethathu behlangana ezindaweni zabo zeScorpio neVirgo eLibra, bazala ngesango lendawo yonke yezocansi nature nqoba. Kepha uma owesilisa nowesifazane benqoba ezindaweni zabo zaseScorpio naseCapricorn bahlangana eSagittary, isango elingenacala ngocansi lomnxantathu ojwayelekile, bakha wacabanga. Noma amandla ayishumi nambili amelwe emzimbeni womuntu, awakwazi ukwenza ngokukhululeka nangokuphelele, kepha avinjelwe, ekhubazekile, engashonile, engenamandla, ngaphandle kwamandla amelwe yiVirgo, iScorpio, neLibra, okungukuthi, owesimame emzimbeni wowesifazane , owesilisa emzimbeni wesilisa, nobulili kuyo yomibili imizimba.

UHiramu yilawo amandla okwenza izingxenye zezikhungo eziyishumi nambili, eziqinisa futhi zinike amandla, zakha izikhungo eziyishumi nambili, zibenza ziphile futhi zivumelane nazo ukuze zihlotshaniswe nabaKhulu Abayishumi nambili, ukuze Umenzi emzimbeni angenza ngeTjhumi nambili.

INkosi uSolomoni yathumela izisebenzi eziyishumi nambili ukuyofuna lezi zincwadi ezintathu kusho ukuthi ngemuva kokuba uHiramu ebulewe, ngaphakathi okusho yenganekwane, Uyazi ingxenye exhumene nomzimba iyala amandla ayishumi nambili asemzimbeni ukuthola ama-ruffian amathathu abalethe ukufa kaHiramu, ngubani “mina” wamanga ezicini zalo ezintathu. Abasolwa abathathu batholakala eduze kwesidumbu sababuleweyo, okuwukuthi, ukucindezela okungokomzimba kwamandla ocansi, futhi bayabulawa. Bajeziswa ngokuthi bake bazama ukuthola amandla kuHiram ngaphambi kokufanelekela ukuwathola.

UHiramu wangcwatshwa kathathu. Okokuqala ama-ruffian amngcwaba emgqonyeni weThempeli, okungukuthi, amandla ocansi aguqulwa aba ukudla kokudla komzimba ukuwakha. Ebusuku babuya ukuzonika isidumbu ngokungcwatshwa okuhle. Bayithwala beya eNtshonalanga, emaphethelweni egquma eNtshonalanga yeNtaba iMoriya, okungukuthi, amandla ocansi angcwatshwa kuwo noma aphenduka amandla obuhlakani. Lapho, kwatholakala iqembu lezisebenzi. Ngemuva kokuba ikhuliswe yiNkosi uSolomoni uqobo ngobambo obunamandla noma ngebhubezi lebhubesi — okuyigilog elikhonjwe nge ukuphila njengalowo kaJesu, ibhubesi loMbuso wenkolo kaJuda okuthiwa wabizwa ngeNgonyama ye-heraldic of the Tribe-wangcwatshwa eduze kweSanctum Sanctorum yeThempeli leNkosi uSolomoni, okungukuthi, amandla ocansi aphenduka umgogodla.

Ukukhuliswa kukaSolomoni kubalulekile. Umzimba awukwazanga ukuphakanyiswa ukufakwa kwe-App Entered, noma ngeFellow Craft, yilokho Umenzi ayikwazanga, noma i-psychic noma isici sayo somqondo siphakamise noma sidlulise ofayo emzimbeni ongafi. Bekudinga i Uyazi, nansi inkosi uSolomoni uqobo, ukukhulisa uHiramu. Inkosi uSolomoni yasizwa nguHiramu, inkosi yaseTire, i Umcabango, nokwabazalwane, okungukuthi, amandla asemzimbeni.

Isiko lokuMona ukuthi kwenziwa isikhumbuzo ukuze kukhunjulwe uHiram, endaweni yakhe yokungcwaba. Itshe lesikhumbuzo limelela intombi elilela ikholamu ephukile. Ngaphambi kwakhe bekuyincwadi evulekile, ngemuva kwakhe kwakumi yena Isikhathi. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokubhujiswa kwethempeli lakuqala, lapho ikholamu likaBowazi, elalimelele ikholomu yabesifazane ethempelini lomuntu laphulwa. I-vestige noma itshe lesikhumbuzo yi-sternum, okuyikho konke okusele. Intombi nto ngowesifazane okhalela ikholamu yakhe ephukile. Isikhathi is ukufa, njengoba kudlula izenzakalo; futhi incwadi evulekile yiyona ifomu lokuphefumula futhi esibuyeni, ephethe irekhodi lalokho okwenzekile. Umfazi wesifazane naye ungumfelokazi, njengekholomu ephukile, ngubani owayengunina kaHiramu, ekhala ngenxa yamandla wesilisa, alahlekelwa ngenkathi ikholomu ephukile. UHiramu uyindodana yomfelokazi; akavikelekile futhi kuye kwadingeka agijimise eduze kwe-labyrinth ye-canal ye-feedary kusukela ikholomu yaphulwa.

Ukucekelwa phansi kwethempeli kwenzeka kuzo zonke ukuphila. UHiramu akavunyelwe ukuwakha kabusha. Ngalo mqondo ubulawa kukho konke ukuphila. Ngayinye ukuphila uvusiwe futhi uzama ukwakha ithempeli kuqala ngokwakhiwa kabusha kwekholomu, okuphukile. Isikhumbuzo sowesifazane onekholamu yakhe ephukile siyisikhumbuzo sokuthi iMason kumele iphinde isungule ikholamu ephukile ngaphakathi kwayo njengesidingo sokwakha kabusha ithempeli layo, futhi ingayakha kabusha ikholomu kuphela ngokugcina uHiram emzimbeni ukuyakha kabusha . UHiram un ngaphakathi kuye okwangempela plan womzimba ongafi othi lapho usakhiwa kabusha, ube mkhulu kunethempeli lokuqala.

Umuntu ozobamba iqhaza ozothatha ingxenye kaHiram ekugcineni uphakanyiswa yiNkosi uSolomoni, iMnumzane weLodge, ngokubanjwa yi-Master Mason, nasemaphuzwini amahlanu wobudlelwano, noma amaphuzu amahlanu omzimba. Abazalwane bayasiza ekuphakamiseleni umuntu ozimele isikhundla. I-hoodwink ishunqisiwe emehlweni akhe. Ngemuva kokuthi esethole umlando ongokomlando wezehlakalo adlule kuzo njengoHiram, uMaster uchaza ezahlukahlukene izimpawu. Usebenzisa zona njengezifundo ezikhuthazayo nemithetho yokuziphatha. Amakholomu amathathu amakhulu noma izinsika ezinkulu, eziqokiwe Ukuhlakanipha, Amandla, nobuhle, zimelela izingxenye ezintathu zomzimba. Zibuye zimelele izingxenye ze I-Triune Self. Kulesi sisekelo insika ye Ukuhlakanipha nguSolomoni, umgogodla noma uJachin ikholomu; insika yamandla nguHiramu, inkosi yaseTire, ikholomu enozwela noma uBowazi; futhi insika yoBuhle nguHiram Abiff, umakhi webhuloho noma owakha ibhuloho, phakathi kwalokhu okubili.

Inkinga engamashumi amane nesikhombisa ka-Euclid ingaphezu kokusikisela kokuziphatha. Kusho ukuthi lapho owesilisa (isifiso) nesifazane (umuzwa) emzimbeni owodwa wenyama umsebenzi ngokubambisana bakha umzimba omusha olingana nesamba sabo. Umzimba omusha, isikwele se-hypotenuse, uyakhiwa kabusha kwethempeli.

Ngemuva kokuba lowo ozobhapathizwa ekhulunywe ngezinga le-Master Mason, umelela Umenzi, Umcabango, Futhi Uyazi, ngamunye athuthukiswe kumthamo wawo futhi wahlanganiswa ukuze abe zintathu, i I-Triune Self. Lokhu ku-tratu ku-Masonry kumelwe njenge kwesokudlaUnxantathu onxantathu endlini yokulala.