Topic: Freemasons: Inside - Out!

Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation. Arising from obscure origins (theorised to be anywhere from the time of the building of King Solomon's Temple to the mid-1600s), it now exists in various forms all over the world, and claims millions of members. All of these various forms share moral and metaphysical ideals, which include in most cases a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being.

The fraternity is administratively organised into Grand Lodges (or sometimes Orients) that each govern their own jurisdiction, which consists of subordinate (or constituent) Lodges. Grand Lodges recognise each other through a process of landmarks and regularity. There are also appendant bodies, which are organisations related to the main branch of Freemasonry, but with their own independent administration.

Freemasonry uses the metaphors of operative stonemasons' tools and implements, against the allegorical backdrop of the building of King Solomon's Temple, to convey what is most generally defined as "a system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols."

Let's start with their normal signs... Read em carefully halafu fikiria, tukibahatika tuzichambue moja baada ya nyingine na kuangalia Tanzania iko status gani!

Secret Masonic Handshakes, Passwords, Grips and Signs Of Blue Lodge Masonry

ENTERED APPRENTICE DEGREE

(First Degree in the Blue Lodge)

DUEGARD OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE

The Duegard of an Entered Apprentice represents the position of the hand when taking the oath of an Entered Apprentice, "my left hand supporting the Bible and my right hand resting thereon."

SIGN OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE

The sign of the Entered Apprentice alludes to the penalty of the Entered Apprentice's obligation. The sign is made by drawing the right hand rapidly across the neck as shown on the left. The penalty that the sign alludes to is, "having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by its roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea at low water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, should I ever knowingly violate this my Entered Apprentice obligation."

Explanation of the Entered Apprentice sign: Draw the right hand rapidly across the neck as represented and drop the arm to the side. This action shows the penalty of having the throat cut and the tongue ripped out.

"BOAZ"
GRIP OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE
(HANDSHAKE)

The Grip of the Entered Apprentice is made by pressing the thumb against the top of the first knuckle-joint of the fellow Mason, the fellow Mason also presses his thumb against the first Mason's knuckle.

The name of this grip is "Boaz". When a candidate is imparted with this grip and its usage it is done in this manner."

First the Worshipful Master says to the candidate: "I now present my right hand in token of friendship and brotherly love, and will invest you with the grip and word. As you are uninstructed, he who has hitherto answered for you, will do so at this time."

The Worshipful Master of the lodge then has this exchange with the Senior Deacon, who is standing next to the candidate, who is still kneeling at the altar, after have assumed the obligation of this degree:

Note: In the following discourse WM stands for Worshipful Master, and SD stands for Senior Deacon. WM: Brother Senior Deacon. SD: Worshipful Master. WM: I hele. SD: I conceal. WM: What do you conceal? SD: All the secrets of a Mason in Masonry, to which this token alludes. (At this time, the candidate is shown the grip of an Entered Apprentice) WM: What is that? SD: A grip WM. Of what? SD: Of an Entered Apprentice. WM. Has it a name? SD: It has. WM: Will you give it to me? SD: I did not so receive it, neither will I so impart it. WM: How will you dispose of it? SD: Letter it or halve it. WM: Letter it and begin. SD: You begin. WM: Begin you. SD: A WM: B SD: O WM: Z WM: (Directing his words to the candidate): "Boaz, my Brother, is the name of this grip, and should always be given in the customary manner, by lettering or halving. When lettering, always commence with the letter, "A".

MASTER MASON DEGREE (Third Degree in the Blue Lodge) DUEGARD OF A MASTER MASON



The Duegard of the Master Mason alludes to the position of the hands when taking the oath of the Master Mason, "both hands resting on the Holy Bible, square, and compasses."

"TUBALCAIN"

PASS GRIP OF A MASTER MASON (HANDSHAKE) "MA-HA-BONE" REAL GRIP OF A MASTER MASON (HANDSHAKE)
The Mason firmly grasps the right hand of a fellow Mason. The thumbs of both hands are interlaced. The first Mason presses the tops of his fingers against the wrist of the fellow Mason where it unites with the hand. The fellow Mason at the same time presses his fingers against the corresponding part of the the first Mason's hand and the fingers of each are somewhat apart. This grip is also called the Strong Grip of the Master Mason or the Lion's Paw. Instruction for this grip is given at the "graveside", after the candidate has been "raised".

THE FIVE POINTS OF FELLOWSHIP

ntajiunga nao vp?

Pata constitution yao hapa:

Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Maine

By Mkengeufu

Mkuu nimekubali, unayafahamu majamboz yao! ama nawe ni mmoja wao?? tuhabarishe mkuu,we need to know the truth.

By the way, what's wrong about being a freemason?

I suspect to understand them better one needs to read at least this entire thread and not just a single bloody post. To know something is to spend credit hours on it and not a spoon feeding kind of thing. Unataka cha uvunguni lazima uiname au ubinue tanda atii!

Napata mashaka kuwa huenda hata Obama ni freemason. Kiini cha mashaka yangu ni jinsi ninavyowafahamu hawa freemasons, huwa wanaigiza kuwa wanafuata Theosophy ambayo inashirikisha dini zote zenye vitabu. Ukimkuta freemason wa cheo cha juu utakuta ni mfuasi wa dini zote, japo atakuwa na moja ya identity. Lakini ukweli ni kuwa hawafuati hizo dini, wanajificha tu ndani yake ili waweze kukubalika na sehemu kubwa ya ulimwengu. Utakuta mtu anafadhili uchapishaji wa Biblia, na hapohapo ana vimada. Anagawa misaada kwenye madrasa za Quran, na hapohapo ana viwanda vya pombe.

Obama anajionesha kufuata dini zote alizowahi kushiriki ingawa sasa ana identity ya kikristo. Na je freemasons wengine watakubali America itawaliwe na mtu ambaye si mwenzao? Nina mashaka na yeye yumo!

search engine yoyote inaweza kukufahamisha freemasonry ni nini. Kwa kifupi tu ina lodges nyingi na ilianzia uingereza. Hakuna lodge inayozaimishwa kufuata mfumo wa mwenzie, ila zile sheria mama 3 ambazo ni za mwanzo, anti freemasons wapo sana, hasa uongozi wa kikristu na kiislamu (kwa sababu tofauti) wengine ni usiri wao wengine ni kuwahusisha na uchawi.
Lakini kwa mwenye kupenda kujua ukweli (si yatokanayo au hisia na uvumi) nenda kwenye search engine yoyote soma uelimike.
(mi naona kama hii iko too biased, ni hatari kwa wasiojua ukweli.)

By nmkenda

search engine yoyote inaweza kukufahamisha freemasonry ni nini. Kwa kifupi tu ina lodges nyingi na ilianzia uingereza. Hakuna lodge inayozaimishwa kufuata mfumo wa mwenzie, ila zile sheria mama 3 ambazo ni za mwanzo, anti freemasons wapo sana, hasa uongozi wa kikristu na kiislamu (kwa sababu tofauti) wengine ni usiri wao wengine ni kuwahusisha na uchawi.
Lakini kwa mwenye kupenda kujua ukweli (si yatokanayo au hisia na uvumi) nenda kwenye search engine yoyote soma uelimike.
(mi naona kama hii iko too biased, ni hatari kwa wasiojua ukweli.)

Can someone conduct a scientific research on Free Masonry in Tanzania?

I think socialogists are in good position to do this

Tanzanianjema

Heraclitus once said "All is flux; nothing stays still" and Hellen Keller quoted as conluding that "the heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next." As far as "The Brotherhood" is concerned these two conclusions have proved true again and again and again!! Conspiracy theories, lies and truths are all imminent in the ageless mystery of this society. Just so that you know, so many 'members' are so much in the dark of its essence! The levels, interests, abilities and activities are in such a maze that all a seasoned observer can end up getting is a drop of evidence manifesting nothing or something so deep and they have no idea about! Will we ever come to a comfortable conclusion about what it is or what it is not? - I do not think so, this eventually is a personal and not general or universal conclusion!

Thanks very much for this thread. It has been very educative - thanks for all who gave their views and disclosed about the Freemasons. MOST STRANGE - is how can an organization - with nothing WRONG INSIDE - BE SO SECRETIVE? Kwa wale parents ambao hawapendi kuongea na watoto wao, family zao - they better start educating those surrounding them. again THANKS

By Maxence Melo

................ U. S. Presidents are Known as being
Freemasons or to be Closely Associated with Freemasons.

Hi MAXENCE,
Obama yeye anaangukia upande gani?

Obama anajionesha kufuata dini zote alizowahi kushiriki ingawa sasa ana identity ya kikristo. Na je freemasons wengine watakubali America itawaliwe na mtu ambaye si mwenzao? Nina mashaka na yeye yumo![/QUOTE]

Lisemwalo lipo, nimeshasikia kwa wadadisi kadhaa wakionesha uwezkano huo wa Obama kuwa ni mwanachama. Mmoja alisema marais wote wa Amerika ni sharti wawe wanachama. Sijui kama haya mambo ni kweli?

Lisemwalo lipo, nimeshasikia kwa wadadisi kadhaa wakionesha uwezkano huo wa Obama kuwa ni mwanachama. Mmoja alisema marais wote wa Amerika ni sharti wawe wanachama. Sijui kama haya mambo ni kweli?

Even the us dollar bill has some of th free mason signs i.e. the eye. Most powerful people and some even call themselves pastors are in this organisation.

By EXAUD J. MAKYAO

Hi MAXENCE,
Obama yeye anaangukia upande gani?

Mkuu Mexence Melo ulileta hii threads humu tunaomba majibu ya kina halafu utupe na watu ambao wako kwenye hiyo organization hapa Bongo hasa Viongozi

kuna clue nyingine hapa jamaa kuhusu 911 na freemason..kwenye microsoft word andika Q33NY kisha weka font wingding uone kinachotokea...

NB;hiyo Q33NY ni namba ya moja kati ya ndege zinazodaiwa kugonga moja kati ya zile twin towers.

By semjato

kuna clue nyingine hapa jamaa kuhusu 911 na freemason..kwenye microsoft word andika Q33NY kisha weka font wingding uone kinachotokea...

This' what happens:



Summary:
Email claims that entering Q33 NY in the Wingdings font reveals a combination of symbols that reflect the 2001 attack on the Twin Towers. It also claims that a verse in the Quran predicts US involvement in Iraq and that "eleven" is a number with special significance to 9/11(Full commentary below).

Status:
False

Example:(Submitted, December 2005)

Subject: FW: number11

Amazing! Do exercise at end

This is SO weird!!!!

THIS IS REALLY FREAKY!

1) New York City has 11 letters
2) Afghanistan has 11 letters.
3) Ramsin Yuseb (The terrorist who threatened to destroy
the Twin Towers in 1993) has 11 letters.
4) George W Bush has 11 letters.

This could be a mere coincidence, but this gets more interesting:

1) New York is the 11th state.
2) The first plane crashing against the Twin Towers was flight number 11.
3) Flight 11 was carrying 92 passengers. 9 + 2 = 11
4) Flight 77 which also hit Twin Towers, was carrying 65 passengers. 6+5=11
5) The tragedy was on September 11, or 9/11 as it is now known. 9+1+1=11
6) The date is equal to the US emergency services telephone number 911. 9+1+1=11.
Sheer coincidence..?!

Read on and make up your own mind:

1) The total number of victims inside all the hi-jacked planes was 254. 2+5+4=11.
2) September 11 is day number 254 of the calendar year. Again 2+5+4=11.
3) The Madrid bombing took place on 3/11/2004. 3+1+1+2+4 =11.
4) The tragedy of Madrid happened 911 days after the Twin Towers incident.

Now this is where things get totally eerie:

The most recognised symbol for the US, after the Stars & Stripes, is the Eagle. The following verse is taken from the Quran, the Islamic holy book:

''For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allahand lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced: for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah and there was peace."

That verse is number 9.11 of the Quran.

Still unconvinced about all of this..?!

Try this and see how you feel afterwards, it made my hair stand on end:

Open Microsoft Word and do the following:
1. Type in capitals Q33 NY. This is the flight number of the first plane to hit one of the Twin Towers.
2. Highlight the Q33 NY.
3. Change the font size to 48.
4. Change the actual font to WINGDINGS

What do you think now..?!

Commentary:
This absurd email forward combines three earlier hoaxes that have been circulating in one form or another for several years.

The message first draws attention to the high number of "elevens" that can be derived from names or elements pertaining to the September 2001 attacks on the United States. It then discusses a verse supposedly taken from the Quran that seems to predict The US involvement in Iraq. Finally, it claims that the flight number of one of the 9/11 planes shows a pictorial representation of the attack on the Twin Towers when converted to the "Wingdings" font in Microsoft Word. As discussed below, all three of these claims are unfounded.

The continued recurrence of the number eleven in relation to 9/11 may seem to have some weird relevance at first glance. However, it is easy to manipulate the details of an event so that an apparent numerical pattern emerges. There are many other 9/11 elements that have no relation to the number 11. For example, "World Trade Center", "Twin Towers", "Osama Bin Laden", "American Airlines," "United Airlines" and a great many other 9/11 related items do not add up to the number eleven. In fact, hundreds of items could be legitimately included on such a list, the majority of which have no "eleven" connection. In other words, the person who created this "elevens" list carefully chose only those 9/11 related items that fit the pattern and discarded all others.

Furthermore, the hoaxster is apparently quite willing to bend the truth to fit the story. Flight 77 was carrying 64 people not 65 as claimed in the email. The message also claims that Flight 77 hit the Twin Towers. However, Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, not the World Trade Center.

In addition, the email states that the "total number of victims inside all the hi-jacked planes was 254". However, this is untrue. Various reliable sources concur that the total number of people on the hijacked planes was 265 (see Data Table below). If you subtract the 19 hijackers, the total number of victims on the planes (passengers and crew) was 246 not 254. Neither 265 nor 246 add up to eleven.

Thus, claims of some supernatural association between the terrorist attacks and the number 11 are blatantly contrived and highly misleading.

The second part of the message claims that Chapter 9 Verse 11 (9.11) of the Islamic holy book the Quran contains a startling prophecy presumably related to the US invasion of Iraq. However, research indicates that the quoted verse does not appear in the Quran at all. Chapter 9 Verse 11 of the Quran is concerned with repentance and charity. Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translation Of The Holy Qur'an, records Verse 11 as:

But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, and practise regular charity,- they are your brethren in Faith: (thus) do We explain the Signs in detail, for those who understand.

Other translations may differ slightly in wording but carry essentially the same message. None make mention of the "wrath of the Eagle" or any other elements contained in the "verse" quoted in the message.

The Quran "verse" has also circulated as a separate message with the following description:

This is something to think about! Since America is typically represented by an eagle. Saddam should have read up on his Muslim passages...

The final part of this hoax email claims that changing "Q33 NY" to the Wingdings symbol font in Microsoft Word will reveal a hidden message directly related to the 9/11 attack on the twin towers. Q33 NY rendered in Wingdings is:

Certainly, this combination of symbols is likely to make even the most cynical readers do a double take when they first observe it. However, a minimal amount of research reveals that the Wingdings claim is based on an outrageous lie and therefore has no validity what so ever. None of the planes involved in the 9/11 attacks had the flight number "Q33 NY". The flight numbers of the planes that crashed into the Twin Towers were in fact "11" and "175". Clearly, someone has simply made up this supposed flight number in an attempt to make the spurious claim seem valid. In an absurd twist, the current version of the hoax actually contradicts itself. One part of the message states, "The first plane crashing against the Twin Towers was flight number 11." Later in the same message it states "Type in capitals Q33 NY. This is the flight number of the first plane to hit one of the Twin Towers."

Some have claimed that "Q33 NY" was actually the tail or registration number of one of the planes. However, this is also untrue. The actual tail number of Flight 11 was "N334AA". Nor did any of the other hijacked aircraft have the registration number "Q33 NY" (see Data Table below). Searches of the Federal Aviation Administration website afforded no results for "Q33 NY". In fact, most civil aircraft registrations in the United States start with the letter "N" and nationality and registration markings are commonly referred to as "N-Numbers".

Flight and tail numbers aside, the Star of David in the Wingdings "message" has little relevance to 9/11 since the attacks were not perpetrated by or directed at those of Jewish faith. This hoax actually builds on a foolish conspiracy theory involving Wingdings that goes back as far as 1992. Typing "NYC" ("New York City") in Wingdings reveals a skull and crossbones symbol, the Star of David, and a thumbs up symbol. This has been interpreted by some conspiracy-theorists as a deliberate anti-Semitic message. Microsoft has denied that this arrangement of symbols is anything more than an unfortunate coincidence.

In short, this email message is a load of baloney and it should not be forwarded. Hoaxes that perpetrate falsehoods about real terrorist attacks are especially heinous. One wonders at the mentality, and motives, of the imbeciles who create hoaxes of this nature. This hoax message dishonours the memory of those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. Please do not forward it.

By Invisible

This' what happens:

what's the hell.........?

mmmmmh kwakeli mi sielewi japo nilisha wahi sikia habari za Freemason. Mkulu naomba nieleweshe zaidi, umesema serikari zetu zimejiassociate na hawa jamaa. Swali langu ni hivi kuna manufaa gani serikari au mtu binafsi kujiassociate na freemason. Pili hii freemason lengo lao hasa ni nini.

By bm21

mmmmmh kwakeli mi sielewi japo nilisha wahi sikia habari za Freemason. Mkulu naomba nieleweshe zaidi, umesema serikari zetu zimejiassociate na hawa jamaa. Swali langu ni hivi kuna manufaa gani serikari au mtu binafsi kujiassociate na freemason. Pili hii freemason lengo lao hasa ni nini.

Go thru the books over Freemasonry:-

Books of Freemasonry (including occult teachings)

What is the bad and good thing about being ignorantly acquainted to the free masons, Maxence?