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"Life comes by placing God in his place of authority."
Which is something all Masons are reminded of in the Degrees.
Originally posted by SuperiorEd
How do we then explain the Bohemian Grove and all the false belief among our leaders?
There is the outer court and there is the inner court. One is not the other. We can know them by their fruit. I am not a Mason, but I can readily see the incorrect implications of truth being drawn by actions.
We can read it from the words of Christ. He was not a fan of the experts and the lawmakers. The money changers were not on his favored list either.
We can pretend that this world is not made by the Masons all we want. The truth of the matter, however, is pretty easy to see.
There you go again. You admit to not being a Mason but somehow have information that the members do not. Please explain in detail, for all of us that do not hold the superior knowledge that you do, what the differences in the 'inner' and 'outer court' are.
Originally posted by SuperiorEd
The lesser mysteries and the greater mysteries are two different things. The adepts of the mystery schools held the keys to the symbols. The myth behind the symbol was for the neophytes. The priest knew the meaning behind the process, but the neophyte did not. The inner court of knowledge was held by the priest. According to Hebrew tradition, the written Torah was for the neophyte and the adept knew the unwritten Torah.
Originally posted by Droidinvoid
reply to post by SuperiorEd
Look at the closed eye of the dog, it is an arrow pointing to the open eye, the eye is looking towards the arched eyebrow , ~~~ the shape of the eyebrow / signifies. ???? Also three pairs of eyes in the comic strip , yet only one has a pupil , and the Iridescent object in the photograph. I applaud your tenacious resolve , you will crack it , I will not crack it for you, though ha ha . Keep on.
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edit on 12-2-2012 by Droidinvoid because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by SuperiorEd
The lesser mysteries and the greater mysteries are two different things. The adepts of the mystery schools held the keys to the symbols. The myth behind the symbol was for the neophytes. The priest knew the meaning behind the process, but the neophyte did not. The inner court of knowledge was held by the priest. According to Hebrew tradition, the written Torah was for the neophyte and the adept knew the unwritten Torah.
And what is the relevance of this to Masonry?
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Σείριος Seirios ("glowing" or "scorcher"). The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris (α CMa). What the naked eye perceives as a single star is actually a binary star system, consisting of a white main sequence star of spectral type A1V, termed Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA2, called Sirius B. The distance separating Sirius A from its companion varies between 8.1 and 31.5 AU.[16]
Sirius appears bright because of both its intrinsic luminosity and its proximity to Earth. At a distance of 2.6 parsecs (8.6 ly), the Sirius system is one of Earth's near neighbors; for Northern-hemisphere observers between 30 degrees and 73 degrees of latitude (including almost all of Europe and North America), it is the closest star (after the Sun) that can be seen with a naked eye. Sirius A is about twice as massive as the Sun and has an absolute visual magnitude of 1.42. It is 25 times more luminous than the Sun[6] but has a significantly lower luminosity than other bright stars such as Canopus or Rigel. The system is between 200 and 300 million years old.[6] It was originally composed of two bright bluish stars. The more massive of these, Sirius B, consumed its resources and became a red giant before shedding its outer layers and collapsing into its current state as a white dwarf around 120 million years ago.[6]
Sirius is also known colloquially as the "Dog Star", reflecting its prominence in its constellation, Canis Major (Greater Dog).[11] The heliacal rising of Sirius marked the flooding of the Nile in Ancient Egypt and the "dog days" of summer for the ancient Greeks, while to the Polynesians it marked winter and was an important star for navigation around the Pacific Ocean.
His right eye will be punctured, and his left eye would be raised to his forehead and will be sparkling like a star.
Only the believers will be able to read the word ‘Kufr’ [disbelief], inscribed in bold letters, on his forehead. There will be big mountains of smoke at both front and backsides of his caravan. People will anticipate food within those mountains, during the severe famine.All rivers, falling in his way, will become dry and he will call upon people in aloud voice, "O my friends come to me! I am your lord who has made your limbs and given you sustenance.[6]
Originally posted by SuperiorEd
You are currently participating the the process of moving up the degrees from neophyte to adept.
The meaning of these symbols has long been lost, or so they say, and the job of the Mason is to rediscover them along the way.
Originally posted by network dude
Originally posted by SuperiorEd
"Daddy" is the Father. Depending on how you view the master architect, you will either see Him as Lucifer or God or YHVH. The Mason definitely sees a Trinity.
Oh well, I guess that rubber tree plant is safe where it is.
High hopes dashed again.
Originally posted by FriedBabelBroccoli
The old man's bow-tie is black and white in the shape of triangles
Originally posted by User8911
This thread is very interesting!
I see Thoth, I see the connection with Sirius, every eyes are closed except the right eye of the dog, darkened right ears, the sun on the chest of the father but I do not really see the Hebrew 6...
Yes it could be that he became a lodge master but it does sound a bit shallow...
I think the right eye is the positive one and the left negative, light and dark. Like Boaz and Jachin.
So it could be to see positive, of see the sun. The sun, Horus, Ba-al, Lucifer.
I would like to point out that I find "but didn't make a dime" in the phrase intriguing. The word "Dime", doesn't it come or sound like something else that could be in correlation?
Oh and that picture from the movie scene a couple posts back has some masonic themes.
Originally posted by Biliverdin
My last comment on this thread...because there is some very good stuff on here...but it has descended elsewhere...just a quote...
Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more - more unseen forms become manifest to him.
- Rumi
All the best y'all
PS II
Have you heard of the Djinn? I read 'The Vengeful Djinn Unveiling the Hidden Agenda of Genies' and it has some interesting theories about about their use by Solomon (integral in Masonic Craft)