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Post by paul on Nov 16, 2011 11:33:35 GMT 9.5
In various parts of Masonry there are references to:
- Grand Lodge Eternal
- House not made with hands eternal in the heavens
- Temple in the heavens
- Celestial lodge above
- Celestial mansion
How seriously do we take these references?
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Post by azaziel on Nov 16, 2011 18:17:44 GMT 9.5
I would think you would take it very seroiusly, may I ask have you visited them,
me, if reincaration is true, I very much would like to see them
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Post by paul on Nov 16, 2011 18:44:02 GMT 9.5
Sometimes a temple of the heavens (and perhaps one of The 7 Masons) visits an Earth temple.
When you get your eye adjusted you can see the extra pavement some distance above the physical pavement.
I was in such a situation a few months ago. Several other brethren could inwardly see it too when pointed out.
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Post by LorrB on Nov 17, 2011 7:43:16 GMT 9.5
I would dearly love to see the Energies anchored by the prinicipal officers.
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Post by paul on Nov 21, 2011 10:42:35 GMT 9.5
It seems that the temple in the heavens remains a Masonic allegory and will not be unveiled any time soon.
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Post by Henka on Nov 21, 2011 23:14:00 GMT 9.5
It seems that the temple in the heavens remains a Masonic allegory and will not be unveiled any time soon. It is not that difficult to understand, unless you believe there is an actual temple in the heavens, which you seem to believe, judging from what you have said on other threads. |
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Post by paul on Nov 22, 2011 5:34:14 GMT 9.5
Is there something special in the heavens that functions in ways that can be allegorised as a temple?
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Post by LorrB on Nov 22, 2011 7:41:20 GMT 9.5
Yes, energies which interplay in a determined fashion and affect each other. As the Sun and the Moon are seen to affect Earth and all which exist on or in it so does the Universe itself affect all within it. "The Sun, the moon and the stars, are messengers of His Will"  |
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Post by LorrB on Nov 22, 2011 7:44:31 GMT 9.5
The Royal Secret
THE Occult Science of the Ancient Magi was concealed under the shadows of the Ancient Mysteries: it was imperfectly revealed or rather disfigured by the Gnostics: it is guessed at under the obscurities that cover the pretended crimes of the Templars; and it is found enveloped in enigmas that seem impenetrable, in the Rites of the Highest Masonry.
Magism was the Science of Abraham and Orpheus, of Confucius and Zoroaster. It was the dogmas of this Science that were engraven on the tables of stone by Hanoch and Trismegistus. Moses purified and re-veiled them, for that is the meaning of the word reveal. He covered them with a new veil, when he made of the Holy Kabalah the exclusive heritage of the people of Israel, and the inviolable Secret of its priests.
The Mysteries of Thebes and Eleusis preserved among the nations some symbols of it, already altered, and the mysterious key whereof was lost among the instruments of an ever-growing superstition. Jerusalem, the murderess of her prophets, and so often prostituted to the false gods of the Syrians and Babylonians, had at length in its turn lost the Holy Word, when a Prophet announced to the Magi by the consecrated Star of Initiation, came to rend asunder the worn veil of the old Temple, in order to give the Church a new tissue of legends and symbols, that still and ever conceals from the Profane, and ever preserves to the Elect the same truths.
www.sacred-texts.com/mas/md/md33.htm
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Post by LorrB on Nov 22, 2011 7:48:52 GMT 9.5
Royal Solomon
Sol - Om - On
Solomon = Prince of Peace
If you visit the image above you will see it is peaceful. All opposites have been resolved, diversity is being resolved back to Unity, One.
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Post by LorrB on Nov 22, 2011 8:23:34 GMT 9.5
Should you think that the heavens, and their mansions, have nothing to do with Freemasonry you might like to read all about the royal secret.
Royal Secret
by Edward Clark
This is a very scarce and esoteric book on the symbolism and astrology of Freemasonry. Partial contents: The Ancient Mysteries Described; Astronomical and Astrological Facts; Masonic Astronomy, Astrology and Geometry; The Officers' Stations; The Masonic Journey; The Masonic Lodge; Masonic Words and Names; The Royal Arch; King Solomon's Temple; The Legend of Hiram an Allegory of the Death of the Sun; Emblems and Legends; Masonic Symbols and their esoteric Meanings; The Legend of the Lost Word; Antiquity of Freemasonry; Revelations; Kabbalistic Numbers; INRI the Christian Mysteries; AUM the Lost Word; What is Astrology; Astrological Systems for finding Proper Spouses; Child Welfare; Encyclopedic Addenda, plus much more!
www.amazon.com/Royal-Secret-I-Edward-Clark/dp/1564594947
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Post by paul on Nov 22, 2011 10:20:29 GMT 9.5
Here the heavens exist within the cape (canopy) of Mithras  Freemasonry draws much from Mithraism |
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Post by mgc on Nov 22, 2011 10:30:51 GMT 9.5
whats that thing hes looking into (or past).
why is he slaying the bull?
why is that dog licking the bulls blood?
whats the meaning of the 6 brighter "stars"?
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Post by paul on Nov 22, 2011 10:49:45 GMT 9.5
The initiate was literally washed in the blood of the bull. The bull was killed above a pit in which the candidate stood and the blood washed over him and cleansed him.
The stars are indeed clearly marked but I do not recognise them
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Post by mgc on Nov 22, 2011 11:42:45 GMT 9.5
this picture is incomplete.
several details have been left out.
there r quite a few references to astronomy.
apparently, hes looking towards the sun while slaying a divine bovine. the scorpion that has the bull by its balls and the dog on the right of the bull r also telling.
mithras could represent orion?
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Post by paul on Nov 22, 2011 12:16:06 GMT 9.5
Does Orion have a cloak filled with stars?
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Post by mgc on Nov 22, 2011 12:50:41 GMT 9.5
yup
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Post by LorrB on Nov 22, 2011 12:55:12 GMT 9.5
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Post by paul on Nov 22, 2011 13:42:16 GMT 9.5
So having established that the temple in the heavens actually means something, what is a Mason supposed to do with that knowledge?
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Post by mgc on Nov 22, 2011 16:06:10 GMT 9.5
how did we establish that and what does it mean?
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