KA MAKAHIKI A ME KĒNĀ KAUMĀNA
Harold W. Percival
PAUKU 1
O ke Kuluwahine o na Haumana. Kāohi. Ke lawelawe. Makau. Nā kapuahi. Nā naʻauao ma hope o Masonry. ʻO ke kumu a me nā hoʻolālā. Nā Masonry a me nā hoʻomana. ʻO nā mea nui a me nā aʻo pōkole o ka wā. ʻO nā kumu nui o nā kekelē ʻekolu. ʻOiai. ʻO nā ʻoiaʻiʻo nui i kālai ʻia i nā ʻano kīnā ʻole. ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻona. Passive a me ka noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo. Nā kuʻi ma ka puka hanu. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i nā makemake a me nā hana noʻonoʻo. ʻO nā ʻāpana ʻāina kahiko. Pono nā haku e ʻike i ke koʻikoʻi o kā lākou Kauoha.
ʻO ka Lāpule o Freemason ka nui o nā kino o ke ao nei i waho o ka pae no ka hoʻomākaukau i nā poʻe koho kūpono i loko. ola. ^ E Ha yM. ʻO lākou nā kāne i lawe ʻia mai nā laina a me nā lāhui no lākou ano a manao he Luna Mason i hoʻokahi manawa hele. Na Masonry no Ke ola kanaka, ka naʻau noʻonoʻo i kēlā me kēia kino kanaka, ʻaʻole no kekahi lāhui kūikawā, hoʻomana haipule a i ʻole clique.
Ke ola nei ka Kauka ma lalo o kekahi inoa a i ʻole he compact, kahi hui maikaʻi me ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka kūkulu ʻana o ka pyramid kahiko. Ua hala ma mua o nā haipule i ʻike ʻia i kēia lā. ʻO ia ka mea kupaianaha i waena o nā hui i ka honua. ʻO kēia hoʻonohonoho a me ka ʻōnaehana o kāna aʻo ʻana, me nā mea hana, nā palapala ʻāina, nā ʻamala a me hōʻailona, I like i ka like me ka nui. Hoʻi hou i ka makahiki i lilo i kāne a wahine paha nā kino. He hōʻailona mau ka luakini i kahi kino i kūkulu hou ʻia. ʻO kekahi o nā heiau masonic nui, ka mea i lawe ʻia e kēia wahi e Solomona, he mau kaʻo, nā ovals, nā ʻāpana a me nā ʻalihi o nā pōhaku. I kekahi manawa ua pili nā pōhaku ma luna pono e nā kīʻaha, ma hope aku i ʻelua mau ʻāpana pōhaku i kāʻei ʻia i kēlā me kēia i ka triangular ano, a laila hoʻokani ʻia e nā semicircular arches. I kekahi manawa uhi ʻia nā paia e nā pā; ua wehe ʻia kēia mau hale pule ma luna, a me ka pahu o lani ʻo ia ka hale ʻana. Pēlā i kūkulu ʻia ai nā hale hōʻailona no ka hoʻomana ʻana i ka Haku, a hiki i ka manawa hope loa i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Masonic moʻomeheu.
Nāʻike ʻike i ka honua ma hope o Masonry, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ka ʻike o nā hale hoʻokipa ma kēia o kēia ao. O ka uhane e holo ana ma o ka ʻōnaehana o nā aʻoaʻo masonic e hoʻopili i kēia Nāʻike ʻike me kēlā me kēia Mason, mai ka mea nui a ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā lākou.
ka manao o ka Masonry e hana i ka ke kanaka ia e hana hou ai ia, ma ke kino o ke ano a make ana i keia a ia nei, a ke kino kino maikaʻi i hana ʻole ia make. ka kuka ʻO ke kūkulu i kēia kino make ʻole, i kapa ʻia e ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Mīkini hou, mai kahi waiwai i ke kino kino, i kapa ʻia ʻo nā wahi ʻino o ka luakini o Solomona. O ka kuka ʻO ke kūkulu i ka hale hana ʻole i hana ʻia e nā lima, he mau loa ma ka lani, ʻo ia ka inoa crypto no ka hana ola kino make. ʻ saylelo aku nā Masona i ka hale o ka luakini o Solomona ʻaʻole i lohe ʻia i ke kani ʻana o ka koi, kahi mea ʻole, a me nā mea hao; aole e loheia kekahi leo, ma ke kukulu hou ana o ka luakini. ʻO ka pule Masonic ka: "A mai ka luku ʻana i ka hewa i loko o mākou ka luakini mua o ka maʻemaʻe a me ka hala ʻole, i kou lani ka lokomaikai E alakaʻi a kōkua iā mākou i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i kahi lua o ka hana hou ʻana, a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nani o kēia hale ma mua o ka nani o ka wā kahiko.
ʻAʻohe mea maikaʻi aʻe a ʻaʻohe ʻē aʻe e aʻo ʻia aʻe i loaʻa nā kānaka, i ko Masonry. O ka hōʻailona hoʻohana ʻia i ka Craft he mau mea hana nui nā mason a me nā mea hana o kahi kuahi. O ka hōʻailona ua like ka like o ka manawa mai ka manawa kahiko; ʻoiai ua loli ko lākou ʻano a me ka wehewehe ʻana, a ʻoiai nā loli a me nā haʻawina e pili ana iā lākou ua loli me ka hoʻomana cyclic lanakila o ka wā. Hana ʻia nā ʻōlelo aʻo o nā hoʻomana āpau i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā aʻo masonic. I kēiaʻano o Masonry komohana hou, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka mea i kapa ʻia e nā Masons a me Masonry Kahuna, hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Masonry i loko 'ano apau loa o ka hoomana Hebera, me na hoʻohui e mai i ke Kauoha Hou. ʻAʻole ia nā ʻōlelo aʻo he Hebera. Akā ua hoʻohana ʻo Masonry i nā ʻāpana o nā moʻomeheu Hebera e aahu a hōʻike i kona mau aʻoaʻo ponoʻī, no ka mea, ua ʻike a ʻike ʻia nā ʻ Hebrewlelo Hebera i mau ʻāpana o ka Baibala. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia i nā aʻo masonic ma ke kaila a me ka lole o Helene paha ma mua, inā ua kamaʻāina ka poʻe. He ʻulaʻula a mahalo nui nā moʻomeheu Hebera. Eia kekahi, ʻo ke kino kino e hele ai ke kūkulu hou ʻana o ka inoa i kapa ʻia ʻo Jah-veh a iā Jah-hovah. ʻOiai nā hiʻohiʻona mau i nā manawa like ʻole e hoʻohālike ai i ka Karistiano, ma o ka hoʻolilo ʻana iā Kristo i Luna Nui, a me ka Manaʻo Nui o ke Kānāwai i ke ʻano he Kristiano. ke Akua. ^ E Ha yM. Akā ʻaʻole he Karistiano ʻē a Masonry ma mua o ka Iudaio. Ma ke ʻano o nā unahi e like me ka wā a me ka wahi a me ka hoʻomana e nānā ʻia e nā kahe maʻamau o Masons i pololei a he ʻoiaʻiʻo nō hoʻi.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine ʻia nā mea hōʻailona e nā mea hoʻonani, hoʻohui, hoʻololi a me ka pau ʻole. ʻO kekahi manawa ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā Kauoha holoʻokoʻa i kēia mau ala a hoʻohui i kahi hoʻomana haipule, ʻano kaua, a i ʻole he ʻano kaiāulu. Ua nalo hou lākou, aʻo ka hōʻailona a ke mau nei nā aʻoaʻo a lākou i ʻae ia.
ka nā māʻula na Masonry i hōʻike ʻia i loko o nā kolamu ʻekolu o nā makahiki mua, nā mea i komo i loko o ka Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, a me Master Mason, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kēlā mau kekee i ka Holy Royal Arch. O ka nā māʻula aia he mea nui, he mea paha i loko o ka hana i Ioka, ʻo ka ʻ Scottlelo Skotishia, a i ʻole nā hana hemolele ʻē aʻe. ʻO kekahi mau kuʻina he mau tikelona kahi wale nō, pilikino, pili a me ka kono. Nui nā rites ʻaoʻao, nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao, nā pae ʻaoʻao, nā mea haipule i lawe i mau e like me, akā nā māʻula o Masonry he kakaikahi a ola i nā makahiki a me ko lākou mau ʻano.
ʻO Masonry ke ʻokiʻoki a i ʻole ke pili kino mai ke ʻano mai nā ʻokoʻa like ʻole nā ʻĀina like ʻole manawa i manawa. ^ E Ha yM. ʻO Rosicrucianism i ka Middle Ages a me nā mea ʻē aʻe o ka lā hope aʻe, ʻo nā mea i hana ʻia e nā lālā o ka Masonic Order, e hoʻokō i ka pono o nā manawa me ka ʻole e hoʻopilikia iā Masonry iā ia iho.
I nā nui o nā 'ano apau loa o ka masonic hana i like ʻole a he mea koʻikoʻi a hānai ʻia hoʻi i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ka pono i hōʻike ʻia i loko o kekahi hōʻailona e kekahi ma n? hana, no ka nā kānaka pono 'ano apau loa i loko e ʻike ai i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ua kapa lākou i nā pona ʻo nā ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻoiaʻiʻo 'ano apau loa he mau ʻaoʻao o ke kino ola, kahi hana kūpono a hoʻokuʻi loa i kēlā mau ʻoiaʻiʻo i manaʻo nui ʻia i ka poʻe ʻike a ʻike ʻana i ka noi a hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou makemake.
Hiki iā ia ke hoʻonohonoho, a hoʻonohonoho ʻo Masonry, ka ʻike pili i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli e pili ana i ka ʻike pilikino a me kāna pili i maoli i kahi ala ʻōnaehana, ʻoiai ma ka maʻalahi 'ano apau loa. ^ E Ha yM. Ma ka hoʻokau mau ʻana o kēia mau mea 'ano apau loa lakou noi ola ʻike ākea. ʻO nā hua ʻōlelo i pili me kēia 'ano apau loa lilo i ʻōlelo pilikino inā ka 'ano apau loa be hōʻailona, nā mea pono, nā mea hana, nā lino, nā mea hōʻailona, nā kiʻekiʻe, nā wāwae, nā hōʻailona, ka ʻāʻī, nā huaʻōlelo, nā hanana, nā kuhi, nā laina, nā kihi, nā lehelehe, a i ʻole nā moʻolelo maʻalahi. He ʻōlelo maʻamau ka ʻōlelo maʻamau, a he ʻōlelo ʻōlelo hū ʻole e hāʻawi ʻia e ka hānau ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻōlelo a kekahi ʻāina, akā ma ke ʻano maʻamau a me ka lawelawe ʻana, ʻo ia kekahi o nā pilina ikaika e paʻa pū ai nā kāne. E hele pū i kēia 'ano apau loa ua kau hou ʻia e ka ʻike a kani kani maluna o ka ka hopena a he kumu noʻonoʻo manaʻo ma nā laina kahakaha. Ma hope mai ka hana noʻonoʻo nā hopena ma nā laina like, a me ka hiki ʻana mai Light ma o ka mea i ikeia ai ka oiaio mau i ka mea i i ke ano. Mahope iho make na laina, i hana ia ma ka ka hopena e ka masonic manao a me ka masonic mau manao, ke hana i ka mea nui i ka hana ʻana naue like. ^ E Ha yM. A ka mea aʻe ola ma ka honua kahi Mason e hele mai ma lalo o nā mana masonic, ʻoiai e hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma lalo o ka ʻōlelo a ka uhane o he lāhui a he hoʻomana paha.
ka 'ano apau loa o ka masonic hana hana ia e hana hou i ke aʻo ʻana o nā manaʻo a makemake a ʻekolu manaʻo. ka makemake e aʻo ʻia e manao i ka mea e hoʻonani ai i nā palena a me lākou manaʻo ae aʻo ʻia nō lākou e manao e like me ka 'ano apau loa. ^ E Ha yM. He liʻiliʻi wale nō nā kumuhana i hōʻike ʻia i nā masonic nui 'ano apau loa. ^ E Ha yM. Kuhi hou kēia mau kumuhana a hoʻoikaika iā lākou iho i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi Mason. O ka 'ano apau loa ma hope o kekahi manawa e lilo i mea hōʻike i nā kumuhana e kū ai lākou a komo i ka hana noʻonoʻo. Loaʻa ka hoʻopaʻi mai ka hana maʻamau o ka hana noʻonoʻo ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi kūloko ola i 'ano apau loa e hana i hōʻailona e hōʻailona ai.
ka 'ano apau loa Mālama i nā aʻo huna a ma ia ʻano like ʻole o ka waiwai nui. O ka 'ano apau loa ʻo nā ʻāpana kahiko o ke Kauoha, i hāʻawi ʻia i ka mālama ʻana i nā Makuā a lākou e mālama ai a mālama ʻole i nā lawehala.
Eia kekahi o nā kumu ka mea a ka masonic e lawelawe ai. ʻOiai ka mea a Makons e ʻike ai a lohe ai a ʻōlelo aku ai a loaʻa kēlā iā esoteric hohonu 'o ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻopili i kēlā, akā leʻaleʻa i ka pāʻani, nā ʻōlelo a me nā hiʻohiʻona. Lele nā mea maʻamau, inā e ʻike i ke koʻikoʻi o kā lākou Kauoha a me kāna nā kumu. ^ E Ha yM. Ke ʻike lākou i loko na olelo o kā lākou hana a hoʻomaka e ola e like me kā lākou mau aʻo ʻana, e lilo lākou i kāne maikaʻi aku, loaʻa ka hohonu a hohonu hoomaopopo of ola, a hana i ka Order of Freemasons kahi mana ola no ka maikaʻi ma ka honua.
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