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Chamber of Reflection : ウィキペディア英語版 | Chamber of Reflection
Commonest in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, the French Rite, and related jurisdictions, including Co-Masonry, the Chamber of Reflection is a small darkened room adjoining the Lodge room. It is a sombre place of meditation and reflection for candidates for initiation into Freemasonry, and is sometimes used in higher degrees.〔(Freemason Information ) "The Anteroom or Chamber of Reflection", retrieved 24 September 2012〕 There is no specific list of contents, but it may contain either literally or in representation, such objects or images as a skull, a sickle or scythe, an hourglass, bread and water, sulphur, salt and a cockerel (symbolising mercury), a lantern or candle, or the acronym "V.I.T.R.I.O.L." (see explanation below) Other texts or aphorisms may be written on the wall. ==Origins==
Little is known about the precise origins of the Chamber of Reflection. There is some consensus that it first appeared in France around 1750, and the Hermetic nature of its symbolism indicates the direct or indirect influence of the Rosicrucians. Author and occultist Robert Ambelain goes as far as suggesting that the Rosicrucians deliberately infiltrated Masonic lodges in order to spread their ideas. Rosicrucian degrees appeared in some French rites during the second half of the Eighteenth Century (see main article Rosicrucianism). The form of the chamber has hardly changed since then, with minor variations across jurisdictions.〔(L'Edifice online Masonic Library ) "Le Cabinet de Réflexion et ses Symboles", retrieved 28 September 2012〕〔(Propos Maçonniques ) "Origines Alchimiques du Cabinet de Réflexion", 2011, retrieved 28 September 2012〕
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