ancient FReeMASONry :ancient FReeMASONry


Slide 2:VENERABLE MASTER Dr. SERGE RAYNAUD DE LA FERRIERE 33° BASED ON THE WORK OF


FReeMASONry :FReeMASONry This is a call to all the Initiates of our Ancient Institution to Re-evaluate the significance of their WORK. It is not enough to be a member of a Body that meets for ceremonial rituals or social work. TRUE INITIATES are needed!.


Slide 4:TRUE INITIATES ... Capable of practicing the craft that will Re-build the Great Temple!


REBUILD The foundations of Your temple :REBUILD The foundations of Your temple SOURCE: Black Book Of Freemasonry


the venerable masterSerge raynaud de la ferriere said that: :the venerable masterSerge raynaud de la ferriere said that: A True Mason is...


A MASON is: :A MASON is: An individual who believes in something Greater.


Slide 8:One who searches, studies and does not limit his beliefs to a narrow conception without philosophical principals.


Slide 9:One who is more useful to humanity without any consideration of social status or beliefs.


Slide 10:One who investigates the spiritual development with the goal to become aware of the Real Lights


Slide 11:To be anti- dogmatic does not imply anti-religious... To be a Mason doesn’t mean to be atheist.


Where do we go from here? :Where do we go from here?


A true mason should: :A true mason should: Exercises beneficence, Study Universal Moral Values, Do analysis of science Practice of all Virtues.


Slide 14:AND....


should LIVE UP TO the mission of the institution... freemasory is an institution that in its nature is :should LIVE UP TO the mission of the institution... freemasory is an institution that in its nature is


Slide 16:Philantropic, Philosophical and Progressive


THE RENEWAL OF OUR INSTITUTION :THE RENEWAL OF OUR INSTITUTION ABOUT


Slide 18:“Supposing we have not forgot completely the esoteric meaning of each symbol...


Slide 19:...AND...


Slide 20: ...that in most frequent cases we see our selves today obligated to comply with the explanations of a disconcerting triviality.


Slide 21:If we stop in a part of the definition of freemasonry that says: "Members who take care of the work by practicing all the virtues” Venerable Master Mason Dr. Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere


Slide 22:“It is pitiful to note that our brother have little preparation and pass in life as vulgar "quidams", being that the smaller Apprentice should be distinguished for his erudition, besides his luminous spirit and by his way of acting in his circle” (V:.M:. Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere)


Slide 23:“we have to amaze us upon seeing H:. M:. to drink, to smoke, and to be left to drag for all the passions,


Slide 24:and not fully understanding themselves, how many banquets are transformed into true sessions of gluttony and drunkenness! ...”


Slide 25:. ...the meaning of these Masonic banquets should be celebrated with the highest mysticism...”


Slide 26:“The rough stone should not be a pebble abandoned to the entrance of the Temple, neither a symbol to which barely a light allusion is granted; is necessary to WORK IT.”


Slide 27:“It corresponds to the Master Mason to teach the Apprentice, beginning with the most elementary symbols, establishing the Tradition Initiation


Slide 28:...”content with perpetuating that type of theatrical stage shown in our lodges;” A Mason should not be:


Slide 29:Indeed more Workshops are needed, true places of learning, recommencing with fervour and sincerity


THE THREE POINTS:. :THE THREE POINTS:. ... We should know that they allude to the open compass: the head and the tips of the compass, the first one representing the sun, spiritual source, illuminator and provider of life,


Slide 31:...and the second representing the two polarities that exist in the universe


Slide 32:The three points can also aspire to the following qualities: expansion – concentration – stability.


Slide 33:These concepts were taken from the work of Venerable Master Mason Dr. Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere, 33° TO BE CONTINUE...