mys·ter·y1 /ˈmɪstəri, -tri/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[mis-tuh-ree, -tree] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ter·ies.
1. anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
2. any affair, thing, or person that presents features or qualities so obscure as to arouse curiosity or speculation: The masked guest is an absolute mystery to everyone.
3. a novel, short story, play, or film whose plot involves a crime or other event that remains puzzlingly unsettled until the very end: a mystery by Agatha Christie.
4. obscure, puzzling, or mysterious quality or character: the mystery of Mona Lisa's smile.
5. any truth that is unknowable except by divine revelation.
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We've all taken obligations. What exactly are the mysteries? I believe they are not cut and dry; especially when you take a look at definition # 5. What are we keeping secret? Are the modes of recognition enough? I think not.
I've heard of many a brother getting uptight about revealing the 'secrets' of freemasonry (myself included when I was a younger EA). "I think I took an obligation not to say that". "That shouldn't be disclosed here". Cyphers, Grips, Words, Steps, Signs, Due Guards are all physical secrets. They are part and parcel of the 'secrets' and 'mysteries' of Freemasonry. The intangible aspects are more 'part and parcel' of the 'secrets' and 'mysteries' of Freemasonry. What, then, are the mysteries? What are the secrets?
I believe they lie in our mental capabilities of knowing and understanding divinity; our physical reaction with the world around us & keeping our obligations - not only the spoken ones in our degrees to our brethren and self - but of the moral obligations we all try to partake as good men. I believe it lies in The Power Of Now and our common inability to make use of the moment properly. Yet still those are all part and parcel of what the 'mysteries' of Freemasonry are.
We are all still searching, aren't we?
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