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<\/div>\nThe Grand master of the Grand Lodge of Ghana, Brother Otwasuom Osei Nyampong VI, has said that the Bible is the first book you will see in a freemason temple.<\/p>\n According to Nana Nyanpong, one needs to first believe in God and have an education to a certain level in order to be admitted into the society.<\/p>\n Known casually as the lodge and widely perceived as a secret society, the freemasons carry a mysterious aura, a lineage that goes back to the days of King Solomon.<\/p>\n Freemasonry is a fraternity of the brotherhood, arising from the loose organization of medieval masons working in the building industry.<\/p>\n He said this during a conversation with Nana Ansah Kwaw on the pm:EXPRESS<\/strong> on Multi TV last Friday.<\/p>\n Nana Otwasuom Osei Nyanpong VI who is the, Kamenahene of the Akwamu traditional area, has been a member of the freemasons for thirty years. \u201cThere is no darkness at all in freemasonry\u201d, he noted but it is a society that rather introduces light to the ignorant, teaches the purpose of life, and helps build ones relationship with God and neighbors.<\/p>\n \u201cFreemason is a society whose objective is to promote brotherly love, relief, and truth\u201d, he stressed.<\/p>\n Otwasoum explained that freemasonry is a society primarily of men who must believe in God and His creation of the world, before they are admitted.<\/p>\n The instruments\/emblems used by freemasons are meant to teach the practicalities of life, ones relationship with God, to fellow men and to one\u2019s self, he added.<\/p>\n The basic lessons in the temple, according to Nana, is to divide each day into three; \u201ceight hours, you must work to earn a living, eight hours for rest and recreation and the other eight hours, not forgetting your God\u201d.<\/p>\n As to why the brotherhood locks their doors during meetings, he responded that, in all societies, organizations, if you don\u2019t belong to it, you are not invited to take part in the affairs of that society.<\/p>\n Churches will open their doors when service is done, but not when the church is in session. To decide ones fate, doors are only opened to the elders, he further added.<\/p>\n Freemasons, per their rules, are not supposed to defraud a brother, they must uphold the honour and chastity of a brother\u2019s wife, daughter or mere relative (Leviticus chapter 19) and teaches its members \u2018to maintain a very good relationship with your God, fellow man and truth to yourself,\u2019 Nana reiterated.<\/p>\n With regard to charity, the grandmaster reminded that, the fraternity makes donation to schools, hospitals and to deprived communities in an attempt to provide relief to humanity. He said that a few years ago, the masonry donated a blood bank refrigerator to the Swedru Government Hospital after reports that the hospital was storing blood, using a domestic refrigerator.<\/p>\n The grandmaster is of the Anglican faith, and built a Presbyterian church in his traditional area for his people, because of the lessons he learnt in freemasonry.<\/p>\n When asked about perceptions people have concerning the society of freemasons, he said, \u201cperceptions are difficult to change, but I will focus on administering my grand role to my lodge members. \u201c<\/p>\n He appealed to the churches, particularly the Presbyterian and Methodist to stop fighting freemasons because \u2018we mean no harm to them\u2019.<\/p>\n The Adisadel old boy, known in private life as Yaw Adjei is Chairman of Gensar Energy Ghana, an (Independent power producer) and Chairman of Industrial Park Ghana Limited (providers of Industrial sprays) and was recently installed as the second ever grandmaster of the Grand lodge of Ghana, an event that was highly attended by freemasons from all over the world.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Grand master of the Grand Lodge of Ghana, Brother Otwasuom Osei Nyampong VI, has said that the Bible is the first book you will see in a freemason temple.According to Nana Nyanpong, one needs to first believe in God and have an education to a certain level in order to be admitted into the society.Known casually as the lodge and widely perceived as a secret society, the freemasons carry a mysterious aura, a lineage that goes back to the days of King Solomon.Freemasonry is a fraternity of the brotherhood, arising from the loose organization of medieval masons working in the building industry.He said this during a conversation with Nana Ansah Kwaw on the pm:EXPRESS on Multi TV last Friday.Nana Otwasuom Osei Nyanpong VI who is the, Kamenahene of the Akwamu traditional area, has been a member of the freemasons for thirty years. \u201cThere is no darkness at all in freemasonry\u201d, he noted but it is a society that rather introduces light to the ignorant, teaches the purpose of life, and helps build ones relationship with God and neighbors.\u201cFreemason is a society whose objective is to promote brotherly love, relief, and truth\u201d, he stressed.Otwasoum explained that freemasonry is a society primarily of men who must believe in God and His creation of the world, before they are admitted.The instruments\/emblems used by freemasons are meant to teach the practicalities of life, ones relationship with God, to fellow men and to one\u2019s self, he added.The basic lessons in the temple, according to Nana, is to divide each day into three; \u201ceight hours, you must work to earn a living, eight hours for rest and recreation and the other eight hours, not forgetting your God\u201d.As to why the brotherhood locks their doors during meetings, he responded that, in all societies, organizations, if you don\u2019t belong to it, you are not invited to take part in the affairs of that society.Churches will open their doors when service is done, but not when the church is in session. To decide ones fate, doors are only opened to the elders, he further added.Freemasons, per their rules, are not supposed to defraud a brother, they must uphold the honour and chastity of a brother\u2019s wife, daughter or mere relative (Leviticus chapter 19) and teaches its members \u2018to maintain a very good relationship with your God, fellow man and truth to yourself,\u2019 Nana reiterated.With regard to charity, the grandmaster reminded that, the fraternity makes donation to schools, hospitals and to deprived communities in an attempt to provide relief to humanity…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}