Subject: RE: Friday Reading No. 7
Darn and I
thought we are special!!!! Wiccans according to their website is a non-Christian religion
started in the 60’s based from ancient pagan practice. They conduct their ceremony in “nude” and attracted
heated attentions from the locals when the US Army did not banned the practice
by their soldiers. Hmmmm,
nude soldiers chanting “so mote it be” with a dagger in the middle of the
night, in the forest with moon light and not to say the least, bugs and mosquitoes
biting their naked butts!! Sounds
interesting, I wonder if they have somebody whose duty is to watch for cowans and eavesdroppers.
Thanks for the info.
Rudy
“Ollie” Olano
Welcome
Lodge No. 255 (I
forgot this one last time and was promptly reminded by our Bro Secretary)
Western
Luzon Bodies A&ASR (suspended for NPD)
Troop
No. 5, Olongapo City Council, Boy Scouts of the
Class
of ’72, OCNHS/Jackson High (kicked out after 4 years)
College
YMCA,
USN
(volunteered to be released from active duty after 21 yrs)
currently sitting on my tail bone at home and taking a two week use it or
lose it leave from the Fed. … LOL
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Subject: RE: Friday Reading No. 7
Actually, wiccans, or
people who practice the ancient art of witchcraft use the phrase "so mote
it be" when closing their "covens" or the witche's
sabbath. This is
also true with Druids, whose faith or practice goes even further back in
time. This phrase is not exclusive to Masonic Lodges,
other groups all over the
Vincent Valeriano
Moneta Lodge #405
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Subject: RE: Friday Reading No. 7
The article was interesting and I only wish this unknown author
revealed his name. Since it was written
in 1927 I might speculate that he had already received his golden pin award.
It was a nice piece about the
phrase that I think,
we Masons used exclusively, "So Mote It Be." The explanation of transformation of an old
Anglo-Saxon word from MOTAN to MOTE offers an answer to a question of what
"mote" does really means. Its
one of those phrases and words that seems different but the meaning remains the
same such as from old French word "frere
mason" meaning "brother mason" which when translated/adapted to
English becomes "freemason" as explained in Born in Blood and also mentioned in Morals and Dogma.
Another thing that drew me to
the article was the substitution of the word "Amen" to "So Mote
It Be." If we step back a bit, we
will find "So Mote It Be" as modern term relative to the word
"Amen." Amen is a name of one
of the ancient Egyptian gods whose name means hidden, cloaked from view. This god is supposed to be responsible for
creation and often depicted as a man with head of the frog, a lion ready to
paunch, etc. One known Egyptian king
called himself Amen-hotep or Son of Amen who wanted
to change his kingdom religion from worshiping Amon-
the Sun. Incidentally, his father is
called Amon-hotep.
This sacrilegious attempt, made Amenhotep so
unpopular that after he died, the preceding king ordered his name to be erased
from every record/history of the land.
Anyway, I do not hold a degree in Egyptology
and you could further research that issue somewhere else, the point I am making
is that by not uttering the word "Amen" does not mean we/Masons
are not subscribing to the
Christian tradition/ beliefs. It's the
opposite, we are not invoking an Egyptian god at the end of the prayer instead
we use a phrase which some thought, it's un-Christian. We end our prayer by agreeing to the
"Will of the Eternal." "So Mote It Be." It
is not blind submission, nor dumb resignation, but a wise reconciliation to the
Will of the Eternal. We
pray in hope that our wish is the in harmony to His Will. No amount of prayer will change His plan for
just because it in our or human individual advantage. The basic design has already been drawn on
the TrestleBoard. The Great Architect of
the Universe could enter the temple at high twelve when the craftsmen were
called from labor to refreshment, to see any improvement could be made, in
strength or ornaments... It is His Will
to change things for better, we only hope and communicate to Him by prayer that
our own human desire in falls along with His plan.
So Mote It Be.
F/
Rudy/Ollie Olano
Knights Templar