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THE SOUTH AFRICAN CO-MASON Official Journal of the South African Federation INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF CO-FREEMASONRY LE DROIT HUMAIN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CO-MASON Official Journal of the South African Federation VOLUME 11 - DECEMBER 2010 PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0 http://www.pdf4free.com INDEX FROM THE PEN OF OUR MPGC FROM THE PEN OF OUR MPGC Dear Brethren hold in the Lodge, each departed to the GLE? Are page 2 Le Droit Humain - meaning brother is vital and we the Lodges producing, JANET ISOBEL HAVIK Human Rights - our motto should work as a team. No according to talents, the page 3 forms the basis of our matter the rank you may pieces of architecture, ACCEPTING Order, namely Service to hold, you must be an music, artwork or poetry? CHANGE page 3 Humanity, which is done example of service to your Let us not forget what we MY UNDER- without detriment to brethren. Have you paid owe to the brethren of the STANDING ourselves, family or your dues? Have your future. page 4 CO-FREE connections. talents been used in the The harmony of the Lodge MASONRY Service is defined as: “the administration and growth is like a well played harp or page 6 action of serving, helping, of the Orient or are you just a well aligned brick wall DAN BROWN page 8 or benefiting conduct a monthly member? Do the where each string or brick THE SWORD tending to the advantage of brethren feel part of the is dependent on the other page 9 the welfare of others”. If so, brotherhood? for support and strength. TRANSVAAL RAM then how is service being Are we spending part of the The vibrations of each page 10 LODGE applied in our Lodges and TFIG in meditation and Lodge therefore depends DEDICATION Chapters? study in order to win some on each member. page 11 Having entered the Order of the hidden secrets of Brethren, wishing you all a KEEPING IT SECRET of our own will and accord nature and then are we peaceful break and looking page 12 and pledged our loyalty by communicating this to our forward to a new PURITY the length of our Cable fellow brethren? enlightened year. page 13 JOINING Tow - has our Cable Tow Are we building on the Hearty good wishes page 13 remained the same length? foundations of our The V. Illus Sis. EE Bronner 33° MASONIC No matter the position you founders and brethren MPGC TEMPLES page 14 THEANO LODGE page 15 APPEAL SOME THE SA FEDERATION WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR CENTENARY DIFFERENCES CELEBRATIONS IN 2014. AND STILL FREEMASONRY MAY I PLEASE APPEAL TO ALL THE ORIENTS page 16 TO ASSIMILATE THE HISTORY, STORIES, PHOTOGRAPHS, IN THE FAMILY page 18 ARTWORK AND OR MEMORABILIA OF THE ORIENTS SPHYNX LODGE IN PREPARATION page 18 FOR OUR CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL MASTER page 19 The Very Illus Sis EE Bronner 33° 2 PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0 http://www.pdf4free.com Let us not forget the founders of the member and was instrumental in the South African Federation. formulation of the Lodges and Janet Isobel Havik (nee Gillian) is Chapters in the Durban Orient. one of the founder members of Co- * Natal Mark Lodge No 5 in Pmb. - Freemasonry in SA. The V Illus Bro which later moved to Durban Havik was born in Durban on * Holy Royal Arch Commonwealth August 6, 1878. She was educated No 33 in Durban and studied music when * Sovereign Chapter Veritas Rose she left school and became a Croix No 31 professional music teacher. * The Encampment of the Southern The Very Illus Bro J I Wedgewood, Light Last initiated Bro Havik in May 1913 at * Royal Ark Mariners moored to 13 Blomfield Road, London, passed Natal mark Lodge in June and raised in July 1913. * 1 December 1952 she set up In September she was passed Lodge Masonic Light as a study through the chair. Illus Bro Havik Illus Bro Janet Isobel Havik Lodge remained an Honorary PM of Lodge Amity Lodge No 200 was started as In 1947 she became a member of the Emulation No 2 in London. a Triangle on Easter Sunday 1914 Court of Honour and being the head Brn. Gillian and T Marsh were and was consecrated in July 1915. of the Order Illus Bro Havik was given permission to work as a Illus Bro Havik was the second granted the 33°. Trangle by The Very Illus Bro A RWM of Amity Lodge 1916 - 1917. She passed to the GLE on 5 May Besant 33°. Illus Bro Havik was a founding 1970. Grateful thanks to the founders of our Order. May we not disappoint them ACCEPTING CHANGE The following address was given at everything must change and adapt, we, as Freemasons are being given the first Occasional Lodge at 25 or it dies. the wonderful opportunity of putting Rose Avenue, Durban in December An example is that little bird called our principles into action and 1989 by The Very Illus Bro L A Dawin’s Finch, which was blown by working to the good of humanity and Sutherland. I feel it is as appropriate gales out of its own environment on the promotion of Brotherly Love for now as it was then. to a strange island - it adapted all beings. immensely quickly to the absence of Let our thoughts for the new year be “I would just like to put a few its suitable food by developing a towards open-mindedness and a thoughts to you on accepting strong beak for breaking open hard respect (if not an acceptance) for the change. We are living in a period of nut-like foods, in order to survive. other’s point of view, so that we can very rapid change, not only in our In our own ways, in our own circles, all take part in the march of change own country, but the whole world - we have to adapt, making way for towards that unity which will in fact it is a bit bewildering for new concepts and relaxing rigid and ultimately be the state of the Perfect many of us to accept the pace at out-moded ideas and views. I am Man and let ”Brotherly Love“ be our which it is taking place. sure you will agree that we are living own keynote for the coming year.” However, it is a law of nature that in such an exciting era, one in which 3 PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0 http://www.pdf4free.com MY UNDERSTANDING OF FREEMASONRY In this paper I present my goals, to serve humanity, to give back all of the basic principles thereof. understanding of Freemasonry to GOD and to myself. I have learnt that Freemasonry is a relevant to the first degree. The past Have I been practising Free- system of knowledge and self- few months have been extremely masonry unknowingly before I discipline. It is a system that requires difficult and challenging,. I have became one? the willingness to be open to the truth been challenged by the information I I live by the three principle virtues of and other ideas. It simply requires have learnt from my instructor, my Hope, Faith and Charity. Hope that mental self-surrender. One often has own research and my journey of self- the difficulties we face are within to unlearn some aspects in one’s life discovery. Many questions have good reason and part of a better plan in order to grasp concepts of the come to mind during the time of my and outcome. Faith that hope will system beneficially, all in the quest instruction. It is with these questions carry us through our trials and for personal growth and that I present this paper. tribulations. Charity I have often development. The questions are : given in material and immaterial Furthermore, Freemasonry is based Why have I chosen to become a ways, by contributing with acts of on a universal belief in the divine. Freemason? loving kindness, friendship and This belief is illustrated by virtue that I have always had an enquiring mind, support among other things. symbolically teaches me a system of always questioned and never took What is my basic understanding self-discovery that leads to a personal anything for granted. Coming from a of Freemasonry in the First degree of self-improvement and an inclination towards the betterment of background of following instructions Degree? society. and ideas simply because “that is the I remember my experience while Symbolically Freemasonry has given way things are” you can imagine that waiting in the candidates room me the light. A way of seeing and questioning everything could not vividly. I experienced feelings of interpreting the world, my life and have been easy. Very often I was not impatience and restlessness. In the lives of other’s differently. I have given the answers that satisfied my retrospect., I now realise how learnt that the physical symbols have curiosity. Thus, I was led from the conflicted my mind was at the time underlying symbolic meaning. outset on a long and very difficult and still is at times. The fear of the Different meanings for different journey of self knowledge and self unknown had been ever present at individuals. The symbols and tools discovery. that moment. My initiation felt taught in Freemasonry have special I found myself searching for people overwhelming. I could not absorb the use for each aspect in life. Therefore, who shared my thoughts and ideals ritual and I could not make out what one has to understand the symbolic about life and its interpretations. I was happening around me. From a meaning of the philosophy in order needed a place in the world where I Muslim perspective, I felt torn for the heart to be fully present and felt understood.
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