Hier mal etwas über Schwarze und Weisse Freimaurerei.Leider nur in Englisch.Vielleichtweiß jemand eine gute übersetzungsmaschine weil die die ich gefunden hab,die haben soschlecht übersetzt,da hat man dann schon gar keine lust den text zu lesen...
BLACK MASONRY
Few need anything further than the splendid revelation of theindwelling Love of God which they receive in the Eighteenth Degree. But there are thosewho feel that there is yet more to learn of the nature of God, who eagerly wish tounderstand the meaning of evil and suffering, and its relation to the Divine plan; forthem Black Masonry exists - the teaching and progress comprised in the Degrees from thenineteenth to the thirtieth. This section of the Mysteries is especially concerned withthe working out of karma in its different aspects, studied as a law of retribution, andso from one point of view it is dark and terrible. This is the inner kernel lying behindthe vengeance-elements in the degree of Knight K.H. The darker aspects of karma arelargely connected with man’s ignorance of the nature of God, and with confusion withregard to many forms in which He reveals Himself, and thus the s … s of the 30° containthe heart of its philosophy. That Degree would not be fully and validly conferred unlessthese s … s were duly communicated, since they express its inner meaning and purpose.
In the ancient Egyptian instruction, corresponding to this group of Degrees, itwas taught that whatsoever a man sowed that also must he reap, and that if he sowed evilthe result would be suffering to himself. The karma of nations and races was alsostudied, and the inner working of the law upon the different planes was investigated bythe inner sight, and shown to the student. The whole of what we now call Black Masonryled up to an explanation of karma, as Divine justice, this having been preserved for usin shadow in what is now the 31°, that of the Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander, whosesymbol is a pair of scales. In Egypt this pair of scales was taken as an emblem of theperfect balance of Divine justice; the aspirant learnt that all the horror sometimesassociated with the working out of karma was indeed based on absolute justice, althoughit appeared as evil to the lesser vision of the profane.
Thus the first stage ofthe higher instruction, that of the Rose-Croix or Red Masonry, is devoted to theknowledge and assurance of good, while to the Second stage, that of the Knight K.H., isassigned the knowledge of apparent evil and its explanation. Next, in the first steps ofWhite Masonry, the crown of the whole glorious structure, the aspirant learns to see theunderlying justice of the great and eternal God, called in Egypt Amen-Ra, who standsbehind all alike, whether it seems to us evil or good. We are told that in older days,before the Kaliyuga, in which the apparent evil predominates over the good, the KnightK.H. wore regalia of yellow instead of black.
The 30° links the Knight K.H. tothe ruling rather than to the teaching branch of the Great Hierarchy. He should become aradiant centre of perennial energy, which is intended to give him strength to overcomeevil and to make him a real power on the side of good. Though the sash is black, theprevailing colour of the influence is an electric blue (that of the First Ray, quitedifferent from the blue of the symbolic or Blue Masonry of the early Degrees) edged withgold, including and yet not drowning the rose of the 18۫º. A higher level of thesame energy is transmitted to the Chair of the Sovereign Commander, who has the abilityto pass on the sacramental grace of the Degree to others.
WHITE MASONRY
The highest and last of the sacramental powers of the Ancient Mysteries whichhave been transmitted to us is that of the Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the 33°.The Brn. of this high Order should have passed on from a conception of the Divine justiceto the certainty of knowledge and the fullness of the Divine Glory in the Hidden Light.The 33° links the Sovereign Grand Inspector General with the Spiritual King of the WorldHimself - that Mightiest of Adepts who stands at the head of the Great White Lodge, inwhose strong hands lie the destinies of the earth - and awakens the powers of the TripleSpirit as far as they can yet be awakened. This highest of all Degrees is given to butfew, yet even among those few there can have been but a handful who had the leastconception of what they had received, or of the powers given into their hands. Most ofthose to whom it comes probably regard it as chiefly an administrative Degree, and haveno idea that it has a spiritual side at all. The actual conferring of the Degree is avery splendid experience when seen with the inner sight; for the Hierophant of theMysteries (the H.O.A.T.F.) stands above or beside the physical initiator, in thatextension of His consciousness which is called the Angel of the Presence. If therecipient of the Degree happens to be already an Initiate, the Star (called in Egypt theStar of Horus) which marks the approval of the One Initiator once more flames out abovehim in all its glory; while in any case the two great white Angels of the rite flash downin splendour from the heavenly places, showing themselves as low as the etheric level,that they may give their full blessing to the new Ruler in the Craft.
TheH.O.A.T.F. makes the actual links both with Himself and with the reservoir of power setapart for the work of the Masonic Brotherhood, and also through Himself with that MightyKing whose representative He is for this work, while the great white Angels of the Orderremain as the guardians of the Sovereign Grand Inspector General throughout life. Thisstage combines the wonderful love of Horus the Son with the ineffable life and strengthof Osiris the divine Father and Isis the eternal Mother of the world; and this union oflove with strength is its most prominent characteristic.
It confers upon thosewho open themselves to its influence power similar to and only a little way below that ofthe First great Initiation, and those who enter the 33° should assuredly qualifythemselves for that Step before very long. Indeed, in the great days of the Mysteriesthis stage was accessible only to Initiates, and one feels that it ought to be given onlyto such now just as it would seem appropriate that the marvellous gift of the episcopateshould be conferred only upon members of the Great White Brotherhood. The power of theDegree when in operation shows itself in an aura of dazzling white and gold, enfoldingwithin it the rose and the blue of Rose-Croix and K.H.; and yet it is also stronglypermeated with that peculiar shade of electric blue which is the especial sign of thepresence of the King. The Sovereign Grand Inspector General is the “Bishop” of Masonry,and if the life of the Degree is really lived he should be an ever-radiating centre ofpower, a veritable sun of light and life and glory wherever he goes.
Such wasthe highest and holiest of the sacramental powers conferred in the Mysteries of ancientEgypt, such the highest Degree known to us in Freemasonry today, bestowed in its fullnessupon very few. The opportunity to draw down its sublime glory is offered to all whoreceive the Degree; how far it is taken and what use is made of the power is in the handsof the Bros. alone, for to use it, as it should be used, needs high spiritual developmentand a life of constant humility, watchfulness and service. If he calls upon it for theservice of others, it will flow through him mightily and sweetly for the helping of theworld. If he neglects the power, it will remain dormant and the links unused - and Thosebehind will turn Their glance away from him to others more responsive. The influence ofthe 33° is a veritable ocean of bliss and splendour, strength and sweetness, for it isthe power of the King Himself, the Lord who reigns on earth as Viceregent of the Logosfrom eternity unto eternity.
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