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Originally posted by Doodle19815
Dear Mama, please don't let one Mason lead you for all of the Masons. Also, did he tell you he was a 14 degree Mason because that is quite strange.
Originally posted by MamaJ
Manly P. Hall is deceased however he gave a lecture a week for 60 years. He wrote hundreds of books which one that I know of speaks for the freemasons and is called The Secret Teachings to Freemasonry.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by MamaJ
Manly P. Hall is deceased however he gave a lecture a week for 60 years. He wrote hundreds of books which one that I know of speaks for the freemasons and is called The Secret Teachings to Freemasonry.
Actually the book was called The Lost Keys Of Freemasonry and was published in 1923, more than 30 years prior to him joining the Masons.
Manly P. Hall was born 1901 in Peterborough, Ontario to William S. Hall, a dentist, and Louise Palmer Hall, a chiropractor. In 1919 Hall moved from Canada to Los Angeles, California. In that year he was ordained to the Church of the People and published his first of over 150 works, The Lost Keys Of Freemasonry. Later in 1928, at the age of 27 years, he published An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy: Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of all Ages, which is more commonly referred to as The Secret Teachings of All Ages.[1][2]
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by Doodle19815
Dear Mama, please don't let one Mason lead you for all of the Masons. Also, did he tell you he was a 14 degree Mason because that is quite strange.
It would indeed be very strange as the only way for this to happen is by not completing the Scottish Rite Degrees and stopping at the 14th which is the second of 5 degrees that all Scottish Rite Masons need to attend. The others being the 4th, 18th, 30th and 32nd.
You typically get these all in one day (or a weekend) by watching a series of plays and enactments so it would make it rather unusual for someone to not see them all in the allocated time. This would also leave them in the position of not being a full member of the Scottish Rite and unable to attend functions or meetings.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by MamaJ
He was telling me that any man can be approved/accepted as long as they believe in a higher power...
That is incorrect, you must believe in a Supreme Being. Languages being what they are some people use the word God, others Dios or Deux and still others, Allah.
They LOVE Solomon.
The character of Solomon in Masonic legend is used purely as a vehicle for the construction of the Temple which certain lessons regarding Geometry and Architecture are taught in the Second Degree. He then appears in the Third Degree as the person who reveals the substitute for the Secret Word of Master Mason to the candidate.
Also, Mr. Freemason assure me that NO ONE who believes in ALLAH would ever get accepted in.
This is also incorrect, there are several Muslims in my lodge and many more in my district.
I am all for secret societies but they do teach their brothers another way of viewing the Bible...
Masonry does not proscribe a method of participation in one's religion of choice, this is purely left to the individual.
Originally posted by ResearchEverything777
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Originally posted by ResearchEverything777
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. Psalm 14:1
Originally posted by ResearchEverything777
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Originally posted by ResearchEverything777
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Originally posted by MamaJ
I have no idea what it all means but he told me he was 14 degree. Showed me his Bible too...
Originally posted by MamaJ
Are they (lodge) all owned by different people?
Is it political at all?
I believe you when you say there are muslims brothers of yours, however....
Why would a Muslim be into the Bible? That really made sense when Doodle said that. Why would someone who loved Allah be a member anyway? It is more of a biblical teaching whereas Jesus is the Savior.
It would be nice if there was a brotherhood for all nations of men to come together and teach their culture. Men can embrace differences and be the role model.
His way is not through the ways of Solomon. I get the positive side, but..... In the end... the material took hold of him.
Is it possible the same has gotten a hold of the Freemasons?
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by MamaJ
I have no idea what it all means but he told me he was 14 degree. Showed me his Bible too...
As I explained it would be highly unusual for him to remain at the 14th Degree of the Scottish Rite, you typically get all of them in one day or weekend and are not a full member of the Scottish Rite unless you have received all of them.
As for his Bible, you get that after your 3rd Degree and this has nothing to do with the Scottish Rite or the 14th Degree. The Scottish Rite hands out 'passports' which you get stamped in the appropriate place as you view each of the 4th-32nd Degrees that you did not witness when you intially joined.
reply to post by AugustusMasonicus
Lodges are typically owned by the members that attend or they operate through a endowments from private individuals estates left to the Lodge. However, each Lodge, no matter how they are funded and operate must remain in good standing with each state's Grand Lodge or face having their Charter revoked.
Politics are not discussed in lodge.
The portions of the Bible used in Masonry are typically from the Old Testament so it really would not conflict with a Muslim's beliefs as part of the Koran is similar to the Old Testament.
As Masonry is not based on the teachings of Solomon (only his Biblical legend of building the Temple is included) I do not see how it can be infered that his 'ways' are somehow influencing Masonry.
Solomon taxed his people heavily, and what he couldn't pay for in taxes, he paid for in land and people. He gave twenty towns to foreign powers, and he paid Pheonicia in slave labor: every three months, 30,000 Hebrews had to perform slave labor for the King of Tyre. This, it would seem, is what Samuel meant when he said the people would pay dearly for having a king. While the author of II Samuel, the biblical account of Solomon's reign, portrays Solomon as a good king it's clear from the account that the Hebrews living under him did not think so. Groaning under the oppression of Solomon, the Hebrews became passionately discontent, so that upon Solomon's death (around 926 to 922 BC) the ten northern tribes revolted. Unwilling to be ruled by Solomon's son, Rehoboam, these tribes successfully seceded and established their own kingdom. The great empire of David and Solomon was gone never to be seen again; in its place were two mighty kingdoms which lost all the territory of David's once proud empire within one hundred years of Solomon's passing.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
Originally posted by MamaJ
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" The Hermes world is a state of consciousness projected out to the outer world until the inner becomes a reflection" ( dual again) !!!
I think Jesus underwent apotheosis and was therefore well acqainted with these ancient teachings. Ultimately he employed some amalgam of the Jewish mystical tree of life and the ancient Hindu chakra system, along with the "holy science" to become completely self realized as the son of man and the son of God. However, his calling, his sent nature seems to have been imbedded right into the fabric of his own life's journey as if predistined according to a prophetic pattern, so that his eventual arrival would be inevitable. Jesus understood that all knowledge was living knowledge so while he need not have had prior incarnations he integrated those incarnations, and so therefore it's impossible to differentiate between the two, whether he was their reincarnation or fulfillment and full embodiment.
Originally posted by arpgme
reply to post by ResearchEverything777
How sad that you are living your life by materialism ( a BOOK), thinking that believing in a book and having faith is somehow going to just make all things better.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
From John - 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'
Jesus is God incarnate. God didn't evolve and God didn't have past lives.
God is God. Always has been. Always will be.
Originally posted by MamaJ
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by MamaJ
According to SpiritScience on Youtube, and the Ra Material, that is exactly what happened. The Egyptians only repaired the pyramids.
Yeah, its all over the net.
Could these psychics/ prophets be right?
Did Jesus evolve from the fallen angel to Jesus? Lol
This stuff just fascinates me, thanks for stopping by!!
I'm investigative by nature and so being skeptical until it all adds up is something I feel I must do.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
reply to post by MamaJ
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar ... and sometimes the truth is very simple.
John ... 'in the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God'.
VERY SIMPLE. This is JESUS he is talking about. He said Jesus has always been GOD.
It's not complicated. It's a very simple statement and very clear.
Originally posted by MamaJ
Originally posted by FlyersFan
reply to post by MamaJ
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar ... and sometimes the truth is very simple.
John ... 'in the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God'.
VERY SIMPLE. This is JESUS he is talking about. He said Jesus has always been GOD.
It's not complicated. It's a very simple statement and very clear.
Its easy to understand so why complicate it.... exactly what I am saying. The reason why its made complicated is because man has confused the Word and not looking at it through the spirit realm... we are spirits...no? Yes!
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His story is a reflection of us. We reflect God. Like a mirror.....
Originally posted by Hermit777
Originally posted by MamaJ
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by MamaJ
According to SpiritScience on Youtube, and the Ra Material, that is exactly what happened. The Egyptians only repaired the pyramids.
Yeah, its all over the net.
Could these psychics/ prophets be right?
Did Jesus evolve from the fallen angel to Jesus? Lol
This stuff just fascinates me, thanks for stopping by!!
I'm investigative by nature and so being skeptical until it all adds up is something I feel I must do.
Dear Jenn Love your posts by the way
1. Jesus was Born Joshua Yeheshua
2. Joshua says to John the Beloved in Revelation "I am the Bright Morning Star"
3. Masons were around long before the Egyptians, and yes repaired the Pyramids to a point because they knew how.
4. There are bad Masons yes as in any group, but there are far more Crazies pretending to be Masons or saying that they know things.
5. Masons believe in the light, all Masons MUST believe in a higher power, and swear upon their Holy Book any Holy Book that is Light (e.g. Bible, Torah, Qur'an, etc.)
6. Masons believe in Evolving like Joshua and helping others to Evolve.