Homem é morto em ritual de maçonaria nos EUA

Emma Simpson
De Nova York
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Uma cerimônia de iniciação em uma loja maçônica de Nova York terminou em tragédia, depois que um homem foi morto com uma arma usada no ritual.

William James levou um tiro acidental na cabeça quando uma pistola carregada em de uma vazia, como era previsto, foi usada na cerimônia.

O autor do disparo, Albert Eid, de 76 anos, foi indiciado por homicídio culposo.

A morte ocorreu no que deveria ser o clímax do ritual de iniciação na loja maçônica de Southside, em Long Island.

Susto

A Polícia disse que William James foi forçado a sentar em uma cadeira com a arma apontada diretamente para ele.

Latas foram colocadas em uma plataforma colocada ao redor de sua cabeça

Quando a arma sem balas fosse disparada, uma outra pessoa presente ao ritual teria que derrubar as latas, como se elas tivessem sido atingidas pela bala.

O objetivo teria sido era assustar o candidato a maçom.

Mas Albert Eid estava com a arma do ritual e mais uma, carregada, em seu bolso - e foi a arma errada que ele usou.

Os rituais de iniciação e símbolos usados na maçonaria são mantidos em segredo, mas o grão-mestre dos maçons de Nova York divulgou uma declaração negando que asmas são usadas nas cerimônias oficiais.

William James estava sendo aparentemente aceito como membro de um grupo seleto de sua loja.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/story/2004/…ariarg.shtml

Acidentes acontecem.

Leiam Mircea Eliade.
isso aí é fichinha.

O ritual da bala na cabeça deve ser para libertar os neófitos da paralaxe cognitiva...

Existem coisas mais escabrosas porém, isso não faz uma iniciação maçônica com tiroteio ser algo normal.

Esqueceram de tirar a bala do revólver, porra.
Isso já aconteceu durante a filmagem de movies.

Ou talvez tenha sido homicídio. Alguém pode ter colocado a bala.

no pescoço ,, para jurar segrego

(Para não perder a piada)

Bem observado Uriel, alguém pode ter colocado a bala no revólver, em um ato de conspiração (anti-maçônica?).
Uma conspiração dentro da outra, é de pirar qualquer paranóico.

In hindsight, the errors here are enormous and writ large:

That anyone - PARTICULARLY in this day and age - would 'play with guns' is so offensive to the sensibilities that it cries out for explanation. Sadly, there is none. The seemingly unique initiation for this particular club apparently started at a time when firearms were considered quite differently than they are now. (You'll recall that the so-called 'evil bikers' of the 50s & 60s used things like knives and tire chains to wreak vengeance. Today in the US, guns - sometimes a handgun and sometimes a much more powerful semi-automatic weapon - are confiscated within the school environment each and every day.)

That anyone with even a modicum of firearms knowledge would point ANY weapon at another person is abhorrent to legal gun owners everywhere.
(This site's author, is a National Rifle Association Certified Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun Instructor. He also holds the NRA's Home Firearms Safety Instructor and Range Safety Officer certifications. He knows a bit about such things....)

That anyone would bring a weapon - offensive or defensive - to a Masonic meeting is VERY much against Freemasonry's basic teachings. As explained, this club function was NOT a Masonic meeting in the truest sense, and the need to protect one's self coming to and going from a lodge building (often situated what has become over the years a less desirable part of town) is something that is - sadly - a necessity in some parts of the US.
(Again, on a personal note, the author has known three Masons to have suffered from severe beatings when leaving Masonic meetings at night. One incident occurred in a city parking garage where an elderly Mason - a Grand Lodge officer - was beaten and robbed. The second involved a 'carjacking' as a young Mason attempted to enter his vehicle in the parking lot right behind the Masonic building. It happened at about 8PM on a delightful Fall evening. The third involved a young Brother who was very severely beaten and robbed - nearly

nearly killed, in fact - as he left a downtown restaurant where the lodge members had gathered for their annual get-together. The restaurant's owner was a Mason and the place was deemed quite safe. He was, sadly, the victim of a random crime. He was hospitalized for several MONTHS and today has many disabilities as a result.)

Does it come as a surprise that some, seeing such violence all around, choose to arm themselves before going out - ANYWHERE???) There is no way to 'explain' it all though. A tragic and horrid thing with no justification....

Because this incident has brought such shame and dishonor to the Fraternity, the Grand Master of New York ordered the Lodge's charter immediately removed, thus suspending all of the lodge's members. As time sorts out the details, they'll be added here.

Some might ask: if this were not a part of the Lodge, why punish THEM? The answer is simple: many - if not most - of the members of the Lodge would have known of the format of the club's ceremony. That they allowed it to occur and, perhaps, perpetuated it places them in the position of acting un-Masonically. Because of that, they suffer the penalties of their obligation which include (ONLY) reprimand, suspension, or expulsion. While Masonic jurisprudence differs slightly from Grand Lodge to Grand Lodge, the Grand Master of New York has acted in a way which, to Masons, is extraordinarily meaningful. Removal of a charter from a lodge - even if it is only temporary - is a VERY powerful statement within the fraternity and sends an extremely strong message to those involved. NO action, obviously, will ever right the wrong. This is, though, a wake-up call to all Freemasons that those things which might have been considered 'harmless pranks' of the past need to be reexamined immediately. Suffice it to say: Freemasonry does NOT EVER use guns in its own ceremonies and their only authorized use in Masonically-related g

only authorized use in Masonically-related groups is decorative (the Heroes of '76, for example, may sometimes carry flintlock muskets as part of their Revolutionary War costuming). That's it!

Our most sincere sympathies are extended to the family of the victim. There is no way the fraternity can ever repay their loss.

http://www.masonicinfo.com/ny_shooting.htm

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