Fwd: Masonry/Mormonism 4
MRS CAROL J VAN DRIE (UTMB76A@prodigy.com)
Tue, 26 Sep 1995 12:10:56 EDT
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> Date: Saturday, 02-Sep-95 07:35 AM
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> From: Carol J. Van Drie \ PRODIGY: (UTMB76A)
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> Subject: Masonry/Mormonism 4
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> MASONRY/MORMONIS CONT. PART 4 >>
> 17. Both Mormons and Masons change clothing before
> going through their rituals.
> MORMONS - `The candidate, being directed to these
> washing and dressing rooms and having divested himself of
> all his clothing, awaits his time in the bath...The
> candidate then retires to the dressing room, where he puts
> on a shirt and a pair of white pants and white stockings.'
> MASONS - `The candidate during the time is divested of
> all his apparel (shirt excepted) and furnished with a pair
> of drawers kept in the lodge for the use of candidates.
> The candidate is then blindfolded, his left foot bare, his
> right in a slipper, his left breast and arm naked, and a
> rope called a Cable-tow round his neck...'
> 18. Both Mormons and Masons use an apron.
> MORMONS - `Adam (Turning to the audience)-'In your bundles
> brethren and sisters, you will each find an apron,
> you will now put it on.'
> MASONS - `The Master returns to his seat while the
> Wardens are examining the candidate, and gets a lambskin or
> white apron, presents it to the candidate, and observes,
> `Brother, I now present you with a lambskin or white apron.
> It is an emblem of innocence, and the badge of a Mason...'
> [in 19, there is a description by Mormons of the
> annointing of oil that is very similar to the Mason temple
> annointing of oil. 20 compares a new name given to the
> candidate that is much like the Mason part of the
> ceremony. In 21, in the Mormon Temple Ceremony, the
> candidate cannot pass through the veil until he has given
> certain signs and words, this is also similar to the
> Mason Royal Arch Degree which is the Mason's veil.]
> 22. In the Mormon temple ceremony a man represents Adam.
The
> Masons also have a man who personates Adam in
> the degree of `Knight of the Sun.'
> MORMONS - `Elohim-...`This man who is now being
> operated upon is Michael...When he awakes he...will be
> known as Adam!'
> MASONS - `Thrice Pussant Grand Master, representing
> Father Adam [remember - Brigham Young, a later Mormon
> "prophet" taught that Adam was God the Father], is
> satationed in the east.'
> 23. In the Mormon temple ceremony a man represents God. In
the
> Mason's Royal Arch Degree a man `personates
> the Diety.'
> MORMONS - `When all is quiet, a man dressed in white
> flannels, representing Elohim, comes from behind the
> curtain...'
> MASONS - `One of the members now personates the Diety,
> behind the bush, and calls out Moses! Moses!'
> 24. Both the Morons and the Masons consider the square
> and the compass to be extremely important. The marks of
> the square and the compass appear on the Mormon temple
> garments and on the veil.
> MORMONS - `We now have the veil explained to us. We
> are told that it represents the veil of the temple. The
> marks are the same as those on the garments-the compass on
> the left and the square on the right side.'
> MASONS - `the three great lights in Masonry are the Holy
Bible,
> Square and Compass...the Square, to square our actions, and the
Compass
> to keep us in due bounds with all
> mankind...'
> Even Mormon writer, E. Cecil McGavin, is willing to
> admit that the `square and the compass' appear on Mormon
> temple clothing: `It is universally known that Mormon
> temple clothing contain certain marks of the priesthood,
> including the SQUARE AND THE COMPASS.' (Mormonism and
> Masonry, page 72)
> 25. In the Masonic ritual the point of the compass is
> pressed against the left breast of the candidate. The
> Mormon temple garment has the mark of the compass on the
> left breast.
> Cont. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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