Freemason di Malaysia?

xy_daen · Post time 16-9-2009 06:10 PM

Post Last Edit by xy_daen at 20-4-2010 08:27

WASHINGTON – The lodge room of the Naval Masonic Hall is a colorful and somewhat inscrutable sight for the nonmember, with its blue walls, Egyptian symbols, checkered floor in the center and high ceiling painted with gold stars.

Countless secrets supposedly have been shared in this and thousands of similar rooms of the Masons around the world. Facts of life have been debated, honors bestowed, rituals enacted. You would need to belong to a lodge to learn what really goes on.
Or you could simply ask.

"The emphasis on secrecy is something that disturbs people," says Joseph Crociata, a burly, deep-voiced man who is a trial attorney by profession but otherwise a Junior Grand Warden at the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia.

"But it's not a problem getting Masons to talk about Masonry. Sometimes, it's a problem getting them to stop."
Despite all the books and Web sites dedicated to Freemasons, the Masonic Order has been defined by mystery, alluring enough to claim Mozart and George Washington as members, dark enough to be feared by the Vatican, Islamic officials, Nazis and Communists. In the United States, candidates in the 19th-century ran for office on anti-Mason platforms and John Quincy Adams declared that "Masonry ought forever to be abolished."
And now arrives Dan Brown.

Six years after Brown intrigued millions of readers, and infuriated scholars and religious officials, with "The Da Vinci Code," he has set his new novel, "The Lost Symbol," in Washington and probed the fraternal order that well suits his passion for secrets, signs and puzzles.

In "The Lost Symbol," symbolist Robert Langdon is on a mission to find a Masonic pyramid containing a code that unlocks an ancient secret to "unfathomable power." It's a story of hidden history in the nation's capital, with Masons the greatest puzzle of all.

Brown's research for "The Da Vinci Code" was highly criticized by some Catholics for suggesting that Jesus and Mary Magdalene conceived a child and for portraying Opus Dei — the conservative religious order — as a murderous, power-hungry sect.
The Mason response could well be milder. Brown goes out of his way in "The Lost Symbol" to present the lodge as essentially benign and misunderstood. Masons are praised for their religious tolerance and their elaborate rituals are seen as no more unusual than those of formal religions. The plot centers in part on an "unfair" anti-Masonic video that "conspiracy theorists would feed on ... like sharks," Langdon says.

"I have enormous respect for the Masons," Brown told The Associated Press during a recent interview. "In the most fundamental terms, with different cultures killing each other over whose version of God is correct, here is a worldwide organization that essentially says, `We don't care what you call God, or what you think about God, only that you believe in a god and let's all stand together as brothers and look in the same direction.'

"I think there will be an enormous number of people who will be interested in the Masons after this book (comes out)," Brown said.
Crociata and other Washington Masons expressed amusement, concern, resignation and excitement about Brown's novel. Crociata anticipates a "page-turner," like "The Da Vinci Code," and assumes, for the sake of a "good read," that Brown will make the Masons seem more interesting than they actually are.

Fellow Mason Kirk McNulty can't wait to read the novel: "Dan Brown is a writer of fiction; he's not writing an article for the Encyclopedia Britannica. Whatever he says is OK. But it would be better if he says something nice about Freemasonry."
Mason Michael Seay says some members are "not pleased about all the hoopla," but sees the attention as a chance to "get our story across." Lodge member Darryl Carter says he expects some "artistic license" and senses from conversations with other Masons that they expect to benefit from the attention.

"We welcome Dan Brown doing his work because Masonry has not had the kind of popularity that it once did and that a work by somebody of Dan Brown's caliber could really attract people to Masonry," Carter says. The Freemasons date back to the Middle Ages, to associations of workmen who built cathedrals in Britain, though some also believe in a connection to ancient times with the mines where King Solomon took material for his Temple. Freemasonry has endured, and transformed. The British began to accept members who were not stonemasons and by the 1700s, lodges were being called "speculative," philosophical societies rather than worker guilds.

The Masons, Crociata and others emphasize, are not a political or religious organization. No theology beyond the belief in a divine being is required and no causes are advocated beyond millions of dollars in annual contributions to children's hospitals, cancer wards and other charities. "This is the world's oldest fraternity and it has an old and distinguished history," Crociata says. "There's much beauty to be found in its ritual.

On the other hand, it's a fraternity, not a religion. It's a place to get together with guys that you know, that you trust, that you are willing to trust. A place where you can speak from the heart, if you want." No official gathering is taking place at the hall on this recent afternoon, so it's all right for a reporter to have a look around. The Naval Masonic room has features common to other lodges, such as the Mason emblem, a set square and compass and letter "G" (for both God and Geometry), and some decorative images, such as the Egyptian-styled eyes and snakes painted throughout. Brown's book moves quickly among such Washington landmarks as the Library of Congress and the Washington Monument and draws upon the Masons' very public presence in Washington, dating back more than 200 years. George Washington used a Masonic gavel and trowel in 1793 as he lay the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.

The same trowel would be included 55 years later when President James K. Polk, a Mason, presided over the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington Monument, and again in 1907 when President Theodore Roosevelt, also a Mason, laid a cornerstone for a Masonic temple. According to "Freemasons for Dummies" author Christopher Hodapp (his book is so well regarded at the Naval lodge in Washington that it's kept in a glass cabinet outside the meeting room), membership peaked in the United States just after World War II, when there were close to 5 million Masons. The number dropped in the 1960s, when the Masons seemed hopelessly antiquated to a rebellious generation, and dropped again in the late 1980s as older members died.

Hodapp, himself a Mason based in Indianapolis, says there are now around 1.5 million in the U.S. and 3 million worldwide. "But it's picking up again, in part because of people like Brown and (novelist) Brad Meltzer ('Book of Lies,' 'Book of Fate'). Younger men are seeing popular references to it. We're also seeing people from single-parent households who don't have that kind of brotherhood feeling you get in the lodge," Hodapp says. Meetings at the Naval Masonic room are presided over by a Master who sits in a high-backed chair on the East side of the room, in honor of where the sun rises. On the South and West are chairs for the top aides, the senior warden and the junior warden. Only the North, "a place of Masonic darkness" (a belief related to the lighting of Solomon's Temple) is not represented. Every lodge has an altar on which is placed a holy book, or books. A Bible is usually there, but because only a belief in a higher being is required, a Quran or other religious text might be found, depending on the religious faith of the members present. The black and white squares of the checkered floor below the altar represent "good" and "evil," terms the Masons resist defining too closely.

"As far as what is good and bad for any individual ... the idea is to inspire thought on some of the important questions of life on the minds of our members so that they can go home and think about them and draw their own conclusions," Crociata says. Would-be members pass through three degrees of acceptance: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. In "The Lost Symbol," Brown describes an initiation ceremony that Hodapp says is essentially accurate. A man is blindfolded, has a dagger pressed against his chest and is instructed to vow that, "uninfluenced by mercenary or any other unworthy motive," he will offer himself as "a candidate for the mysteries and privileges of this brotherhood."

Brown is not a Mason, but said that working on the novel helped him imagine a time when religious prejudice would disappear and added that he found the Masonic philosophy a "beautiful blueprint for human spirituality." He was tempted to join, but, "If you join the Masons you take a vow of secrecy. I could not have written this book if I were a Mason," he says. And now? "They've let me know the door is always open."

Ermmmm...

Freemason, anyone? Hehe..

OsHiN_hOnEy · Post time 16-9-2009 06:16 PM

dah ada di bod history sana

xy_daen · Post time 16-9-2009 06:17 PM

dah ada di bod history sana
OsHiN_hOnEy Post at 16-9-2009 18:16

Ye ke? Sorry...Mod, tolongin ya...

flying_cow · Post time 16-9-2009 06:33 PM

korang tau tak kat Johor ada Freemason Hall? Pernah bukak thread pasal ni kat board Johor:

http://forum.cari.com.my/viewthread.php?tid=393389&highlight=

kambeng_masam · Post time 16-9-2009 06:51 PM

4# flying_cow

ha'ah...boss aku pun kasitau ada kat johor..terang terangan lagi.

Btw, ada yang kaitkan freemason ni adalah puak illuminati dan juga depa ni adalah suku sakat yang prepare akan kedatangan Antichrist Dajjal. Byk jugaklah bukti2 yang dikaitkan dgn tu...mcm dalam artikel di atas tulah...gereja yang pakai checkered floor mat...pastu lambang triangle with one eye.

Wallahua'lam.

otai_g · Post time 16-9-2009 07:01 PM

dulu majalah mastika dah bongkar isu freemanson ni.
ada mcm2 teori.
aktiviti grup ni very2 secret and underground.
ada yg kata freemanson ni just badan amal yg buat keje2 amal je mcm membantu org sakit kat hospital, anak yatim, org miskin n so on.
kalo mcm tu bgs la..

tp ada jgk yg kata freemanson ni ada kaitan dgn yahudi.sejauh mn kebenaran dia aku x tau sbb x de plk member2 aku yg join pertubuhan ni.

x de ke ahli2 freemanson dlm cari ni?
bleh kasi explain sikit apa aktiviti korang..
ni hrp2 org luar yg x pernah join susah sikit la sbb maklumat tu dr mulut ke mulut jerk.entah betul entah x.
lebih2 lg maklumat dlm internet ni.

kluangman · Post time 16-9-2009 07:05 PM

Yap. Kalau nak tahu di Muar, Johor pun ada Masonic hall. Lokasi dia berdekatan dengan Sekolah Maahad Muar.

kambeng_masam · Post time 16-9-2009 08:02 PM

6# otai_g

ish..kalau nak bercerita bab freemason ni panjang lebaq laa...dari zaman orang2 europe menerokai tanah America lagi. Dikatakan, golongan Illuminati ni mula bertapak di europe...dan europe masa tu mmg maju dan berkembang pesat...it's the biggest power kat planet bumi. Then, America....golongan ini bertapak di sana...hasilnya? Status america yang ibarat menguasai dunia...dgn ekonomi yg dikawalnya dan juga matawang US Dollar yang berkuasa. Selepas ni? Ada yang mengandaikan Israel pula akan menguasai segalanya dari segala aspek. Juga diramalkan pada masa tu tiada lagi sistem matawang seperti sekarang. Tiada not wang. Yang ada hanya nilai didalam bentuk e-banking. Dan pada ketika itulah Dajjal akan menonjolkan dirinya ke mata umum.

Wallahua'lam.

gadisnakal00 · Post time 16-9-2009 10:41 PM

saya da lame stadi pasal pergrakkan ni

otai_g · Post time 17-9-2009 03:09 AM

saya da lame stadi pasal pergrakkan ni
gadisnakal00 Post at 16-9-2009 22:41

jd apa hasil dr kajian ko tu?bleh ceritakan sikit..

kecimpret · Post time 19-4-2010 11:43 AM

sila baca Manifesto Najib Razak di bawah:

Maklumat Peribadi ::
Nama :	Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Tun Abdul Razak
Tarikh Lahir :	23 Julai 1953
Tempat Lahir :	Kuala Lipis, Pahang

Status Perkahwinan :	Berkahwin dengan Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor 5 orang cahayamata (3 lelaki dan 2 perempuan) 1. Mohd. Nizar 2. Puteri Norliza 3. Mohd.. Nasifuddin 4. Nooriyana Najwa 5. Norashman Razak
Pendidikan :	1974 - B.A. (Hons) Industrial Economic - Nottingham University, United Kingdom
Portfolio :	Timbalan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan
Alamat Pejabat :	Pejabat Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Aras 4, Blok Barat, Bangunan Perdana Putra, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, 62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia
No Telefon :	603-88881950
No Faks :	603-88880035

:: Kerjaya ::
	2004	Timbalan Perdana Menteri
	2008	Menteri Kewangan
	1999 - 2008	Menteri Pertahanan
	1995 - 1999	Menteri Pendidikan
	1990 - 1995	Menteri Pertahanan
	1987 - 1990	Menteri Belia dan Sukan
	1986 - 1987	Menteri Kebudayaan Belia dan Sukan
	1982 - 1986	Menteri Besar Pahang
	1982 - 1986	Pengerusi Lembaga Kemajuan Negeri Pahang
	1982 - 1986	Pengerusi Majlis Perbandaran Kuantan
	1981 - 1982	Timbalan Menteri Kewangan
	1980 - 1981	Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan
	1978 - 1980	Timbalan Menteri Tenaga, Telekomunikasi dan Pos
	1974 - 1976	Eksekutif Petronas

:: Politik ::
	Sept. 2004	Timbalan Presiden
	1993 - Sept. 2004	Naib Presiden
	1997	Pengerusi Biro Pendidikan
	1988 - 1993	Ketua Pemuda
	April 1987	Memangku Ketua Pemuda
	1986	Pengerusi BN Negeri Pahang
	1986 - 1987	Timbalan Ketua Pemuda
	1983 - 1988	Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perhubungan UMNO Negeri Pahang
	1982 - 1983	Timbalan Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perhubungan UMNO Negeri Pahang
	1982 - kini	Ketua UMNO kawasan Pekan, Pahang
	1980 - 1982	Timbalan Ketua, UMNO kawasan Pekan, Pahang
	1978 - 1986	Ahli EXCO Pemuda UMNO Pusat
	1976 - 1980	Ketua Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO kawasan Pekan, Pahang

:: Sosial ::
	1980 - kini	Ahli Kehormat FreeMason Malaysia
	1995	Presiden SEAMEC
	1988 - 1996	Pengerusi Yayasan Gerak Bakti Kebangsaan
	1982 - 1986	Pengerusi Pahang Foundation
	1977 - 1979	Pengerusi Majuternak
	1977 - 1979	Persatuan Belia Malaysia
		Ahli Royal Sentul Golf Club
		Ahli Royal Selangor Golf Club
		Ahli Raintree Club
		Ahli Royal Pahang Golf Club
		Ahli Subang Golf Club
		Ahli Saujana Resort (M) Bhd
		Ahli Royal Darul Makmur Golf Club
		Ahli Lake Club Club
		Ahli Air Force Recreational Club

najib pun ahli Freemason...ape ade hal

ushioz · Post time 19-4-2010 11:51 AM

nasik lemak aku beli tadi ada bentuk piramid.tapi penyek sikit atas dia sebab silap letak dalam raga motor. adekah makcik nasik lemak ni ahli freemason yang cuba jajah minda pembeli nasik lemak sekalian.