Arquivos do Mês de Maio 2009
O Que a Maçonaria tem de Conexão com o Shriner?
Postado Sexta-feira, 29 Maio, 2009 as 12:09 PM pelo Ir:. Angelo Andres Maurin Cortes
What is Masonry and what is the connection to the Shrine?
In order to become a Shriner, a man must first be a Mason. The fraternity of Freemasonry is the oldest, largest and most widely known fraternity in the world. It dates back hundreds of years to the time when stonemasons and other craftsmen gathered in shelter houses or lodges. Over the years, formal Masonic lodges emerged, with members bound together not by trade, but by their own desire to be fraternal brothers.
The basic unit of Masonry is the Blue Lodge, where members earn the first three Masonic Degrees known as the Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. There is no higher degree than that of Master Mason (the Third Degree).
After he becomes a Master Mason, he can belong to many other organizations which have their roots in Masonry and which have Blue Lodge Masonry as a prerequisite. Only when a man has achieved the status of Master Mason can he petition to become a Noble of Shriners International.
ther affiliated Masonic organizations include the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry (Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A., Northern Jurisdiction, U.S.A and Canada) and the York Rite.
O que a Maçonaria tem de conexão com o Shriner?
Para se tornar um Shriner, um homem deve ser um primeiro Maçom. A Fraternidade Maçonica é a mais antiga, maior e mais conhecida fraternidade do mundo.
Sua origem remonta a centenas de anos o tempo quando pedreiros e outros artesãos reuniram-se em abrigos, casas ou lojas. Ao longo dos anos, surgiram formalmente as lojas, juntamente com os membros não vinculados pelo comércio, mas por seu próprio desejo de ser fraterno irmãos.
A unidade básica da Maçonaria é a Loja Simbolica (Blue Lodge), onde os membros ganham seus três primeiros graus Maçonicos (Masonic Degrees), conhecido como o Aprendiz (Entered Apprentice), Companheiro (Fellow Craft) e Mestre Maçom (Master Mason). Não há maior grau e sublime do que a de Mestre Maçom (o terceiro grau).
Depois que ele se torna um Mestre Maçom, ele pode pertencer a muitas outras organizações que têm suas raízes na Maçonaria, e que pertençam a uma Loja Maçonica Simbolica (Blue Lodge) como pré-requisito. Somente quando um homem tem alcançado o status de Mestre Maçom é que ele pode solicitar uma petição para o Shriners Noble International.
Outras organizações filiadas a maçonaria inclui o Rito Antigo e Aceito da Maçonaria (Competência do Sul, E.U.A., Norte da Jurisdição, E.U.A. e Canadá) e do rito York.
Qual é a relação entre Shriners e Hospitais dos Shriners?
Em uma única relação interdependente, o Shriners e Hospitais Shriners são distintos, mas inseparáveis.
Shriners Internacional apoia Shriners Hospitals de muitas maneiras: Santuário Templos e clubes frequentemente para ajudar a organizar e pagar transporte para as crianças e os pais para os hospitais, e milhares de Shriners gastar muitas horas do seu tempo de condução famílias para os hospitais e divertida os pacientes.
Além disso, os hospitais Shriners ajuda a apoiar financeiramente, com cada um Shriner pagando 5 dólares anuais hospital avaliação. Templos e os clubes também realizar muitos recurso, algumas das quais beneficiam Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Quais são os benefícios de se tornar um Shriner?
- Membro de uma conhecida fraternidade reconhecida pela sua organização social e atividades filantrópicas.
- Oportunidade de desenvolver amizades duradouras com outras pessoas de todas as esferas da vida.
- Uma grande variedade de atividades sociais disponíveis para toda a família e muitos grupos de interesse especial para atender os interesses individuais
- O privilégio de ser parte do "Worlds Greatest Filantropia," Shriners oferece muitas oportunidades para encontrar realização pessoal e satisfação através do apoio Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Uma vez alcançado o Sublime Grau de Mestre Maçom, podeis escolher varias opções de organizações Maçonicas:
- The York Rite of Freemasonry (The American York Rite Consists of Four Distinct and Separate Sovereign Masonic Bodies: (1)The Symbolic (Blue) Lodges, which are goverened by the Grand Lodges, (2) The Chapters of Royal Arch Masons, which are subordinate to Grand Chapters, (3) The Councils of Royal and Select Masters, which are under the control of Grand Councils, (4) The Commanderies of Knights Templar, which are governed by the Grand Commanderies under the authority of The Grand Encampment, Knights Templar of the United States of America.)
- Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
- Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm (Grotto)
- Tall Cedars of Lebanon
- Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Ref: http://egyptshrine.org/Become_Mason.html
Livros, Monitores...
Postado Segunda-feira, 18 Maio, 2009 as 10:02 AM pelo Ir:. Angelo Andres Maurin Cortes
A seguir uma lista de livros interessantes assim como os monitores do
Cap. Morgan, Duncan´s e da Grande Loja de Texas.
Ancient Craft Masonry - Freemasonry
Ancient Craft Masonry refers to the first three degrees of Freemasonry. It is the world's oldest and largest fraternal organization. It is known by many names: Freemasonry, Masonry, the Blue Lodge, Symbolic Masonry or simply as "the Craft." Ancient Craft Masonry is comprised of three degrees: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason.
Freemasonry is often described as a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. The aim of the Craft is to make good men better with a special form of instruction from ancient rituals. Most of the symbols used in these rituals derive from the working tools of operative masons from the middle ages and teach the speculative masons moral lessons. The brotherhood of masonry is joined together by the ideals of a moral and metaphysical nature.
There is also an esoteric side of Ancient Craft Masonry. Many of the symbols presented to initiates of the Craft Lodges are not operative masonry tools. These other symbols have an exoteric meaning as presented in the ritual but many of these symbols have a hidden meaning. It is up to the initiate to search out the esoteric symbolism of the Craft. Appendant rites such as the Scottish Rite or the York Rite claim to help Master Masons search for a deeper understanding of the first three degrees of Masonry, Some of the symbolism in Craft Masonry originates in the ancient mystery traditions of the world. Hermetic Philosophy, Kaballah, and Alchemy, for example, share many of the same symbols as Freemasonry.
The
Dionysian Artificers
by Hippolyto
Joseph da Costa [1820]
An
essay by one of the pioneers of Freemasonry on an important ancient
mystery religion.
Illustrations
of Masonry
by William
Morgan [1827]
An
early 19th century account of Freemasonry which inspired a great deal of
controversy.
Duncan's
Masonic Ritual and Monitor
by Malcolm
C. Duncan [1866]
A
comprehensive guide to York rite Freemasonry,
including details of ceremonies, grips and passwords, extensively
illustrated.
General
Ahiman Rezon
by Daniel
Sickels [1868]
One
of the most sought-after Masonic collections,
with descriptions of ceremonies, hymns, building dedications, funerals,
and more.
Morals
and Dogma
by Albert
Pike [1871]
Albert
Pikes' magnum opus; a advanced textbook of the esoteric basis of
Freemasonry.
Devil
Worship in France
by A.E.
Waite [1882]
Waite
debunks the notorious Taxil hoax which falsely accused Freemasons of
worshipping the Devil.
The
Symbolism of Freemasonry
by Albert
G. Mackey [1882]
Shibboleth:
A Templar Monitor
by George
Cooper Connor [1894]
A
Masonic organization modeled after the Templars of old
The
Builders
by Joseph
Fort Newton [1914]
One
of the most readable introductions to Masonic history and philosophy,
including (for once) a factual account of how Freemasonry emerged in the
18th century.
The
Meaning of Masonry
by W.
L. Wilmshurst [1922]
A
look inside the symbolism of Masonry.
The
Official Monitor of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
State of Texas
[1922]
Details
of important Masonic rituals, including
initiations for the first three degrees, installation of a lodge, and a
Masonic burial service.
The Entered Apprentice Degree Ritual - Nevada
The Fellow Craft Degree Ritual
The Masonic rituals provided here are as practiced under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Nevada, circa 1986.
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William Morgan
Postado Quarta-feira, 13 Maio, 2009 as 11:11 AM pelo Ir:. Angelo Andres Maurin Cortes
Uma vez alcançada à independência pelos americanos, as lojas desfrutaram
durante algum tempo certo auge. Mas nas primeiras décadas do século XIX,
a hostilidade que havia encontrado a Maçonaria em alguns países europeus
foi bombardeada pela opinião publica americana. Em 1826 apareceu a obra
titulada “Ilustrações da Maçonaria”, escrita por um renegado Maçom
William Morgan. O autor mostrava publicamente os segredos Maçônicos
(similar situação com Samuel Prichard), que havia guardado zelosamente a
grande família maçônica.
No meio do escândalo, as lojas rapidamente responderam aos meio aos meios de comunicação para declarar que Morgan era um impostor.
Advertência contra Morgan publicado no jornal de Canandaigua (New York) em 1826.
Morgan desapareceu misteriosamente e o povo pensou que havia sido eliminado por seus IIR. Meses mais tarde o jornal publicou a noticia da aparição de um cadáver na berada do lago de Ontário, que em um principio fio reconhecido como o de Morgan, o tribunal decidiu que pertencia a um tal de Monroe, afogado semanas atrás no rio Niágara. Seja como foi, as pessoas reagiram com violência. Assaltaram as lojas e seus membros se viram obrigados a se dispersar. A Maçonaria Americana que tinha alcançado o estandarte ou padrões de Liberdade frente aos Ingleses foi acusada de conspirar contra a liberdade do povo americano.
O furor anti-maçônico não conheceu limites, os maçons tiveram que mudar de slogans, a um que implicava no reconhecimento da revelação dos seus secretos.
Enquanto isso, começaram a circular os mais disparados rumores sobre o paradeiro de Morgan. Uns o faziam que estivesse na Espanha, lutando nas Guerras Carlistas; outros no Esmirna, vendendo figos em fim, se ouviu falar de um pirata chamado Guilien Ganmore - anagrama de William Morgan – que antes de ser enforcado na Habana em 1838, confessou a um sacerdote que ele era o famoso Morgan.
Tão boas e pitorescas noticias não bastaram para saciar a sede de vingança provocada pela abdução de Morgan, que pronto se estendeu para política.
Em 1828 celebrou-se em New York um Congresso Anti-maçônico com o propósito de eliminar do governo aos Maçons. O ex-presidente John Q. Adams anunciou que a Maçonaria, como fonte de erro e de culpa, seria eliminada para sempre. As autoridades eclesiásticas seguiram os adictos do Vaticano e proibiram aos católicos que se acercaram a um loja baixo qualquer pretexto. Durante muitos anos a Fraternidade entrou aparentemente em um estado de latência.
Sem embargo, foi nesta época de ostracismo quando foram resurgindo algumas ordens para - maçônicas como a influente ordem independente “Os Estranhos Camaradas (Odd Fellows)”, ou criando-se outras novas, como a “Antiga Ordem dos Druidas e Antiga Ordem de Hiberneses, importadas da Inglaterra e Irlanda, respectivamente. Se fundaram fraternidades universitárias, conhecidas como de letras gregas e sociedade beneficentes, todas elas de caráter secreta ou discretas.
Nos nossos dias, podemos dizer que três quartas partes dos Maçons que habitam no planeta são Norte Americanos. Um em cada nove homens do país (USA) é Maçom, representando a todas as esferas da sociedade – empresários, comerciantes, militares, policias sacerdotes, advogados, médicos, atores, políticos, catedráticos, mecânicos – Um cinqüenta por cento dos presidentes nos Estados Unidos foram iniciados.
A seguir link com o famoso livro publicado por William Morgan ILLUSTRATIONS OF M A S O N R Y - BY - ONE OF THE FRATERNITY
Ref: http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/morgan_affair.html
Alguns Presentes Fraternais Gratuitos...
Postado Quarta-feira, 13 Maio, 2009 as 9:47 AM pelo Ir:. Angelo Andres Maurin Cortes
Caros IIR. e Comp, visitem FREEMASON COLLECTION
Musicas, Textos e Rituais gratuitos para baixar...
A Few Fraternal Gifts... Music, songs, movies, masonic rituals and texts, illustrations, here are some free gifts.
Instructor's Manual
Postado Segunda-feira, 11 Maio, 2009 as 9:53 PM pelo Ir:. Angelo Andres Maurin Cortes
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The Three Great Lights of Masonry - Ancient Craft
Postado Segunda-feira, 11 Maio, 2009 as 9:32 PM pelo Ir:. HUELEN LODGE A.F. & A.M.Santiago, Chile
Presented by Carlos Morales
The Three Great Lights of Masonry are the Holy Bible, Square and Compasses. The Volume of the Sacred Law (no matter what religion) is an indispensable part of a Lodge. The open Bible signifies that we should regulate our conduct according to its because its teachings because it is the rule and guide of our faith and is a symbol of man's acknowledgment of his relation to Deity. The Square is a symbol of morality, truthfulness and honesty. To "act on the square" is to act honestly. The Compasses signifies the propitious use of action and is a symbol of restraint, skill and knowledge. We might also properly regard the Compasses as excluding beyond its circle that which is harmful or unworthy. The Square and Compasses are recognized by the general as the symbol of Freemasonry.
The symbolism of the square and compasses is seen in many ancient carvings and artwork. A stonecutter's square has been seen to represent the earth, while the compasses has related to the arc of heaven. Thus their union has represented the union of heaven and earth. The Volume of Sacred Law can also represent God's communication to man through scripture and inspired writings. The triple symbol can also be seen as representing God's expression through the creation of heaven and earth.
Three Great Lights are also consistent with the three-tier system of Blue Lodge Masonry. One way of interpreting the triple symbolism is seeing human nature as divided into three parts -body, mind and soul- with a Degree for each part. In the same way, the Three Great Lights are the guiding principles of the three natures: the Square to the body, the Compasses to the mind, and the Volume of Sacred Law for the soul.
Upon the Altar of every Masonic Lodge, supporting the Square and Compasses, lies the Holy Bible. The old, familiar Book, is our Volume of Sacred Law and the Great Light in Masonry. The Bible opens when the Lodge opens; it closes when the Lodge closes. No Lodge can transact its own business, much less initiate candidates into its mysteries, unless the Book of Holy Law lies open upon its Altar. Thus the Book of the Will of God Rules the Lodge in its labors, making its work a worship.
The Bible is mentioned in some of the old manuscripts of the Craft long before the revival of Masonry in 1717, as the book upon which the covenant, or oath, of a Mason was taken; but it is not referred to as a Great Light. For example, in the Harleian script, dated about 1600, the obligation of an initiate closes with the words: "So Help Me God, and the Holy Contents of this Book”. In the old ritual, of which a copy from the Royal Library in Berlin is given by Krause, there is no mention of the Bible as one of the Lights. It was in England, due largely to the influence of Preston and his fellow workmen, that the Bible came to its place of honor in the Lodge. At any rate, in the rituals of about 1760 it is described as one of three Great Lights.
No Mason needs to be told what a great place the Bible has in the Masonry of our day. It is central, sovereign, supreme, a master light of all our seeing. From the Altar it pours forth upon the East, the West, and the South its white light of spiritual vision, moral law, and immortal hope. Almost every name found in our ceremonies is a Biblical name, and students have traced about seventy-five references to the Bible in the Ritual of the Craft. But more important than direct references is the fact that the spirit of the Bible, its faith, its attitude toward life, pervades Masonry, like a rhythm or a fragrance. As soon as an initiate enters the Lodge, he hears the words of the Bible recited as an accompaniment to his advance toward the light. Upon the Bible every Mason takes solemn vows of loyalty, of chastity, and charity, pledging himself to the practice of the Brotherly Life. Then he moves forward from one degree to another, the imagery of the Bible becomes familiar and eloquent and its music sings its way into his heart.
There has been more dispute about the Bible than about any other book, making for schism, dividing men into sects. But Masonry avoids both intolerance and sectarianism. It is essentially religious, but it is not dogmatic. The fact that the Bible lies open upon Altar means that man must have some Divine Revelation-must seek for a light higher than human to guide and govern him. But it lays down no hard and fast dogma on the subject of revelation. It attempts no detailed interpretation of the Bible. The great Book lies open upon its Altar, and is open for all to read, open for each to interpret for himself. The tie by which our Craft is united is strong, but it allows the utmost liberty of faith and thought. It unites men, not upon a creed bristling with debated issues but upon the broad, simple truth which underlies all creeds and over-arches all sects- faith in God, the wise Master Builder, for whom and with whom man must work.
Herein our gentle Craft is truly wise, and its wisdom was never more needed than today, when the Churches are divided and torn by angry debate. However religious teachers differ in their doctrines, in the Lodge they meet with mutual respect and good will. At the Altar of Masonry they learn not only toleration, but appreciation. In its air of kindly fellowship, man to man, they discover that the things they have in common are greater than the things that divide. It is the glory of Masonry to teach Unity in essentials, Liberty in details, Charity in all things; and by this sign its spirit must at last prevail. It is the beautiful secret of Masonry that all just men, all devout men, all righteous men are everywhere of one religion, and it seeks to remove the hoodwinks of prejudice and intolerance so that they may recognize each other and work together in the doing of good.
Like everything else in Masonry, the Bible, so rich in symbolism, is itself a symbol- that is, a part taken for the whole. It is a symbol of the Book of truth, the Scroll of Faith, the Record of the Will of God as man has learned it in the midst of the years- the perpetual revelation of Himself which God has made, and is making, to mankind in every age and land. Thus, by the very honor which Masonry pays to the Bible, it teaches us to revere every Book of Faith in which men find help for today and hope for the morrow. For that reason, in a Lodge consisting entirely of Jews, the Old Testament alone may be placed upon the Altar, and in a Lodge in the land of Mohammed the Koran may be used. Whether it be the Gospels of the Christian, the Book of the Law of the Hebrew, the Koran of the Muslim, or the Vedas of the Hindu; it everywhere Masonically conveys the same idea- symbolizing the Will of God revealed to man, taking such faith and vision as he has found into a great fellowship of the seekers and finders of the truth.
The Square is unmarked and with legs of equal length, a simple try-square used for testing the accuracy of angles, and the precision with which stones are cut. Since the try-square was used to prove that angles were right, it naturally became an emblem of accuracy, integrity and rightness. As stones are cut to fit into a building, so our acts and thoughts are built together into a structure of Character, badly or firmly, and must tested be by a moral standard of which the simple try-square is a symbol.
So, among Speculative Masons, the tiny try-square has always been a symbol of Morality, of the basic rightness which must be the test of every act and the foundation of character and society. From the beginning of the revival in 1717 this was made plain in the teaching of Masonry, by the fact that the Holy Bible was placed upon the Altar, along with die Square and Compasses. In one of the earliest catechisms of the Craft, dated 1725, the question is asked: "How many make a Lodge?” The answer is specific and unmistakable: "God and the Square, with five or seven right and perfect Masons." God and the Square, Religion and Morality, must be present in every Lodge as its ruling Lights, or it fails of being a just and truly Constituted Lodge. In all lands, in all rites where Masonry is true to itself the Square is a symbol of righteousness, and is applied in the light of faith in God.
The Square Rules the Mason as well as the Lodge in which he labors. As soon as he enters a Lodge, the candidate walks the square steps around the Square pavement of a rectangular Lodge. All during the ceremony his attitude keeps him in mind of the same symbol, as if to fashion his life after its form. When he is brought to light, he beholds the Square upon the Altar, and at the same time sees that it is worn by the Master of the Lodge as the emblem of his office. In the North-East Corner he is shown the perfect Ashlar, and told that it is the type of a finished Mason, who must be Square-man in thought and conduct, in word and act. With every art of emphasis the Ritual writes this lesson in our hearts, and if we forget this first truth the Lost Word will remain forever
For Masonry is not simply a Ritual; it is a way of living. It offers us a plan, a method, a faith by which we may build our days and years into a character so strong and true that nothing, not even death, can destroy it. Each of us has in his own heart a little try-square called conscience, by which to test each thought and deed and word, whether it be true or false. By as much a man honestly applies that test in his own heart, and in his relations with his fellows, by so much will his life be happy, stable, and true. It is the first obligation of a Mason to be on the Square, in all his duties and dealings with his fellowmen, and if he fails there he cannot win anywhere.
In our study of the Square we saw that it is nearly always linked with the Compasses, and these old emblems, joined with the Holy Bible, are the Great Lights of the Craft. If the Lodge is an "Oblong Square” and built upon the Square (as the earth was thought to be in olden time), over it arches the Sky, which is a circle. Thus Earth and Heaven are brought together in the Lodge- the earth where man goes forth to his labor, and the heaven to which he aspires. In other words, the light of Revelation and the Law of Nature are like the two points of the Compasses within which our life is set under a canopy of Sun and Stars. Of the heavenly side of Masonry the Compasses are the Symbol, and they are perhaps the most spiritual of our working tools.
As the Light of the Holy Bible reveals our relation and duty to God, and the Square instructs us in our duties to our Brother and neighbor, so the Compasses teach us the obligation which we owe ourselves. What that obligation is needs to be made plain; it is the primary, imperative, everyday duty of circumscribing his passions, and keeping his desires within due bonds.
In short, it is the old triad, without which character loses its symmetry, and life may easily end in chaos and confusion. It has been put in many ways, but never better than in the three great words: self-knowledge, self-reverence, self-control; and we cannot lose any of the three and keep the other two. To know ourselves, our strength, our weakness, our limitations, is the first principle of wisdom, and a security against many a pitfall and blunder. Lacking such knowledge, or disregarding it, a man goes too far, loses control of himself, and by that very fact loses, in some measure, the self-respect which is the stone of a character. If he loses respect for himself, he does not long keep his respect for others, and goes down the road to destruction.
The laws of nature throw about us their restraining bands, and there is no place where their wit does not run. The laws of the land make us aware that our liberty is limited by the equal rights and liberties of others.
How to use the Compasses is one of the finest of all arts, asking for the highest skill of a Master Mason. If he is properly instructed, he will rest one point in the innermost center of his being, and with the other draw a circle beyond which he will not go, until he is and able to go farther. Against the littleness of his knowledge he will set the depth of his desire to know, against the brevity of his earthly life the reach of his spiritual hope. Within a wise limit he will live and labor and grow, and when he reaches the outer rim of the circle he will draw another, and attain to a full-orbed life, balanced, beautiful, and finely poised. It is the Compasses that help us to keep our balance, in obedience to the Greek maxim: “Think as a mortal” -that is, remember the limits of human thought.
Santiago, Chile, November 2003
About the author:
Carlos Morales was born in Santiago on November 22, 1937. He signed the bylaws of Huelen Lodge in 1987, and became WM in 1994, occupying the chair for two years. He is also a regular member of Franklin Lodge (under Grand Lodge of Chile). Currently he is Huelen’s Junior Deacon. Bro. Carlos Morales obtained his MD diploma at the University of Chile in 1961 and specialized in neurological otolaryngology; he has made successfully post graduate programs in Chile and in the UK, and is presently Professor of his specialty at University of Chile.
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