fjt_567586 - FREEMASONRY carte postale photo, maçonnique - L’INITIATION ND
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Type : carte postale photo, maçonnique - L’INITIATION
Date: ND
Metal : cardboard
Edge : V. Gloton, Paris, photographe
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Exemplaire provenant de la Collection JCT
Obverse
Obverse legend : G:. O:. DE FRANCE - L'INITIATION.
Obverse description : Reproduction d’une peinture éditée par le Grand Orient de France : le récipiendaire reçoit la lumière, entouré des frères Maîtres de la Loge qui tendent vers lui leurs épées (sources : Francis Cévènes).
Reverse
Commentary
(14 x 9 cm). Exemplaire répertorié dans l’ouvrage de Francis Cévènes: LA FRANC-MAÇONNERIE A LA BELLE ÉPOQUE par la carte postale. D’après l’ouvrage de Francis Cévènes, “le serment interdisait de révéler les secrets des maçons, c’est uniquement sous forme allégorique que les frères parlaient des cérémonies de leur réception. L’initiation maçonnique débute par l’épreuve dite du cabinet de réflexion, elle se poursuit par une série d’épreuves au sein du Temple et s’achève par la cérémonie au cours de laquelle le futur initié reçoit la lumière”.
(14 x 9 cm). example listed in the work of Francis Cévènes: FREEMASONRY IN THE BELLE ÉPOQUE by the postcard. According to the work of Francis Cévènes, “the oath forbade the revelation of the secrets of the masons, it is only in allegorical form that the brothers spoke of the ceremonies of their reception. Masonic initiation begins with the test known as the cabinet of reflection, it continues with a series of tests within the Temple and ends with the ceremony during which the future initiate receives the light”
(14 x 9 cm). example listed in the work of Francis Cévènes: FREEMASONRY IN THE BELLE ÉPOQUE by the postcard. According to the work of Francis Cévènes, “the oath forbade the revelation of the secrets of the masons, it is only in allegorical form that the brothers spoke of the ceremonies of their reception. Masonic initiation begins with the test known as the cabinet of reflection, it continues with a series of tests within the Temple and ends with the ceremony during which the future initiate receives the light”
Historical background
FREEMASONRY
The compass and the square are very often associated in an ambivalent symbol of balance: fixity and mobility, passive and active, matter and spirit.. The compass is the tool of the Creator and of the great Architect of the Universe. The spacing of the branches of the compass obeys precise rules and varies according to the three degrees: apprentice, companion, master. The Napoleonic era, in the activity of lodges as in that of many groups, saw a flowering after the terrible years of the revolutionary period. Masonic activity, rid of its republican theories and firmly controlled by a Grand-Master appointed by the Emperor, experienced a vigor in unity never found since.. It is considered that each regiment, each garrison, each city had its Lodge. The testimonies that the sumptuous tokens of the period leave us show that these lodges were rich and influential.. The symbolism is sought after, without comparison with the later eras, which were much more conventional, even bland or destitute at the beginning of the 20th century.. Freemasonry had more than a thousand lodges spread over one hundred and thirty departments and more than sixty thousand Brothers.
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