Masons, Construction and Power
Since ancient times humanity has witnessed the existence of men peculiar knowledge holders whose heritage is unique in its class . All forms of culture and civilization have created their secret societies, sometimes magical or mystical nature, other political tint, agents of domination, clan leaders, appealed oracles, sages whose views are regarded as infallible as the Pope himself ex lecture.
The story of the so-called societies secret built by these men make up an unknown segment of reality, the builders of a destination on the underlying parallel timelines, which often act as a catalyst for unexplained events. Have existed throughout the Orb and its members, unexpected and unsuspected, walk among us without us being able to perceive his presence. Much has been written about these groups is extremely difficult to establish what aspect which reflects reality and fantasy.
This huge mass of literary information we can infer some issues that the reader should know. The first is the large percentage of people predisposed to accept no only the existence of fraternities but to give real power over society. The second, equally important, is the inclination of human beings feel about secrecy and conspiracy. It is assumed that any such organization has a secret that gives power and, consequently, conspires to keep and increase it. Furthermore: You could say that when a member of a secret society said in public that it has no secret reverse effect occurs because the public will regain its suspicion that, indeed, there is that secret and that anyone who denies it just trying to hide it.
Within wide range of secret societies there is a subcategory that is distinguished from the rest by its own weight. They are mystical and initiatory character. These are referred to generically as initiatory orders, as the common feature is the incorporation through a ritual known precisely Initiation. But it is a specific ritual form should be clarified.
In the West there are different stages in the rite as involving the transformation factor. The incorporation of the religious community of our family, being received into the society of adults, or community, whatever its characteristic were necessarily involved a ritual that marks a before and after. The type of secret society that has tried to define specific characteristics based on which they were copied many of the later models, including the most famous and widespread of all initiatory societies: the Masons.
initiation, as conceived in these orders, is a dividing line that marks two very different dimensions of knowledge but, essentially, two different dimensions of responsibility. Everything in life involves a profound change in this dimension of responsibility requires a ritual. Well, our culture rests on the deep psychological roots of these rituals. And they all respond to ancient sources and become the best tools for the transformation of the individual.
is not surprising that the Masons, as builders, have been historically associated with power.
temples and palaces are symbols of divine and earthly power. The builders are the interpreters of power. The buildings reflect the power of those who live or to honor God in whom they have built. Therefore construction and power go hand in hand. Church needs a mighty grand temples. A powerful state needs its own architecture to express that power: Cathedrals, Obelisks, Pyramids, Capitols, are symbols of a higher power. (Think of the Obelisk in Washington, the new Pyramid of the Louvre Museum, Notre Dame, St. Peter's Basilica, at Al Aksa, Santa Sofia, Petra etc.
However, all these buildings have a bias feature sacred: From the site to the materials, from its orientation to its geometry, from its proportions to the game of tension of his nerves made of stone, the whole is crossed by a concept of sacred knowledge that responds a Pythagorean axiom: The Geometry of Divine. This sacred dimension of architecture has a correlation with respect to the constructor. It is expected that this-as capable of shaping a sacred monument, has, himself, the dimension of the inner temple. That is why the Masons circulates between an old story told a pilgrim's encounter with three hewn stone masons. Three asked the same thing what are you doing? The first answer: I earn my salary, the second answer is hewn a stone, the third looks at the stranger and says firmly: I am building a Temple! Only the latter, the teacher is aware of his power, because he knows the entire plan.
are common in medieval iconography, images of God holding in their hands the tools of art-usually a time-to drawings that trace the creation of the world. The architecture was considered, therefore, as a continuation of God's power ground. Who erected a temple developed an official connected with the Creator.
For Joseph Campbell, the power that formerly represented the cathedral as tallest building in the city, then became the seat of government (the United States Capitol of America). Currently the tallest buildings are the Headquarters, the headquarters of large corporations! Always, construction and power are functionally allies.
However this does not mean that Freemasonry can be used, and in fact has been used "as a secret society for purposes unrelated to the initiation, as groups of men allegedly started at different times, there were realized that the way in which it was organized, Masonry was the ideal structure to pursue, successfully, any kind of conspiracy. This lodge was created to ensure trade union rights, plotting revolutions, try the control of States, attacking the established churches, particularly the Church Rome-emancipated colonies or make fabulous scam as Licio Gelli perpetrated by the notorious lodge Propaganda Due. This is why the differences we have, clearly, to Masonry as Iniciático School for those others that assume organizations as a model of action similar to Masonic structures.
