MASONRY NEMISIMBO DZAKE

Harold W. Percival

PREFACE

Zviratidzo uye tsika dzeFreemasonry, hurongwa hwechiMasonry, hwakakosha mukunzwisisa kukuru pachedu, zvakasikwa, uye nekumashure; zvisinei, ivo kazhinji vanogona kuratidzika kusakundikana, pamwe kunyange kune mamwe Masons. Mason and Symbols rinovhenekera zvinoreva, hunhu uye chokwadi cheaya mafomu ejometri. Kana tangoona kukosha kweizvo zviratidzo izvi tinowanawo mukana wekunzwisisa chinangwa chedu chikuru muhupenyu. Chinangwa ichocho ndechekuti munhu wega wega, mune humwe hupenyu, agadzirise muviri wake usina kukwana, nekudaro achivaka muviri une hutano hwakakwana, husina bonde, husingafi. Izvi zvinorehwa muMasonry se "yechipiri tembere" iyo ichava yakakura kupfuura yekutanga.

Mr. Percival inopa pakadzama kuona kweumwe wevakasimba vevashandi veMasonry, kuvakwa kwetembere yaMambo Soromoni. Izvi hazvifanirwe kunzwisiswa senge chivakwa chakagadzirwa nedope kana simbi, asi "tembere haina kugadzirwa nemaoko." Sekureva kwemunyori, Freemasonry inodzidzisa munhu kuti mukwikwidzi azopedzisira avazve nomuviri wekufa mutembere yemweya isina kufa "isingaperi mumatenga."

Kuvakazve muviri wedu unofa ndiko kuguma kwemunhu, nzira yedu yekupedzisira, kunyangwe ingaita senge inonetsa. Asi nekuziva kweizvo zvatiri chaizvo uye nekuuya kwatakaita munzvimbo ino yepasi, tinokudziridza hunhu hwehupenyu hwedu hwezuva nezuva kudzidza “zvekuita nezvisingaite” mumamiriro ese atinosangana nawo. Izvi zvakakosha nekuti kupindura kwedu kune izvo zviitiko zvehupenyu kunosarudza nzira yedu mukuziva mumatanho akakwirira, ayo anokosha pakuvandudza maitiro pachezvawo.

Kana paine munhu angade kuferefeta nyaya iyi, Kufunga Nekupedzisira inogona kushanda sebhuku rinotungamira. Rakatanga kubudiswa muna 1946 uye parizvino mukudhinda kwaro gumi nemana, rinowanikwawo kuverenga pawebsite yedu. Mukati meiri bhuku rakazara uye rakakura munhu anogona kuwana ruzivo nezve hwakazara hwedenga nevanhu, kusanganisira yekare yakanganikwa kare yemunhu aripo.

Munyori pakutanga aida kuti Mason and Symbols kuisirwa chitsauko mukati Kufunga Nekupedzisira. Akazofunga kudzima chitsauko icho kubva mubhuku rezvinyorwa uye obudise pachena. Nekuti mamwe mazwi anoenda mukati Kufunga Nekupedzisira zvinogona kubatsira muverengi, izvozvi zvashandurwa mu "Tsanangudzo”Chikamu chebhuku rino. Kuti ive nyore kutaurwa, zviratidzo zvinomirirwa nemunyori mu "Ngano kune Zviratidzo”Zvave zvichisanganisirwa.

Kuwanda uye kudzika kwezvinhu zvinoratidzwa mukati Kufunga Nekupedzisira inofanirwa kuraramisa kuda kwemunhu chero upi zvake kuziva kwatakabva chaiko uye chinangwa muhupenyu. Neichi chirevo, Mason and Symbols haingowedzere kuve unonzwisisika, asi hupenyu hwomunhu hunogona kuve hwakatarwa munzira itsva.

The Word Foundation
November, 2014