Editing Katipunan (section)

====Membership====
Any person who wished to join the Katipunan was subjected to certain initiation rites, resembling those of [[Masonic ritual and symbolism|Masonic rites]], to test his courage, patriotism and loyalty.<ref>{{Harvnb|Artigas y Cuerva|1911|pp=32–33}}</ref> New recruits underwent the initiation rite three at a time so that no member knew more than two other members of the society. The neophyte was first blindfolded and then led into a dimly lighted room with black curtains where his folded cloth was removed from his eyes. An admonition, in Tagalog, was posted at the entrance to the room:

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! scope="col" | Original writing<ref name="kartilya">{{harvnb|Cruz|1922|}} VI[27]</ref>
! scope="col" | Modern [[Manila]] Tagalog translation<ref name="kartilya" />
! scope="col" | English translation
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|''Kung may lakás at tapang, ikáw'y makatutuloy!''<br />''Kung ang pag-uusisa ang nagdalá sa iyó dito'y umurong ka.''<br />
''Kung 'di ka marunong pumigil ng̃ iyong masasamang hilig, umurong ka; kailan man ang pintuan ng̃ <br />May-kapangyarihan at Kagalanggalang Katipunan ng̃ mg̃á Anak ng̃ Baya'y Hindi bubuksan nang dahil sa iyó.''
|''Kung may lakas at tapang, makakatuloy ikaw!''<br />''Kung ang pag-uusisa ang nagdala sa iyo dito (ay) umurong ka.''<br />
''Kung 'di ka marunong pumigil ng iyong masasamang hilig, umurong ka; kailan man, ang pintuan ng <br/>Makapangyarihan at Kagalanggalang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan ay Hindi bubuksan nang dahil sa iyo.''
|If you have strength and valor, you can proceed!<br>
If what has brought you here is only curiosity—go away!<br />If you cannot control your vices, retire. Never shall the doors<br />of the Supreme and Venerable Society of the Sons of the People be opened to you.
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Inside the candle-lit room, they would be brought to a table adorned with a skull and a bolo. There, they would condemn the abuses of the Spanish government and vow to fight colonial oppression:<ref>{{Harvnb|Artigas y Cuerva|1911|pp=45–49}}</ref><ref name="aklat">{{cite web |title=Ang Aklat ni Andres Bonifacio |url=http://www.elaput.org/bnfcio09.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313223733/https://www.elaput.org/bnfcio09.htm |archive-date=March 13, 2005 |access-date=November 13, 2010 |language=tl}}</ref>

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1. ''Anó ang kalagayan nitóng Katagalugan<ref>Bonifacio declared that ''Katagalugan'' ({{literal translation|Tagalog land}}) is equivalent to all Philippine territories.</ref> noóng unang panahón?'' (In what condition did the Spaniards find the Tagalog land when they came?)
: (Expected answer) "When the Spaniards came to the Philippine shores on March 16, 1521, the Filipinos were already in a civilized state. They had freedom of government; they had artillery; they had silk dresses; they had carried on commerce with neighboring countries in Asia; they had their own religion and their own script. In short, they had liberty and independence."
2. ''Anó ang kalagayan sa ngayón?'' (In what condition do they find themselves now?)
: (Expected answer) "The friars have not really civilized the Filipinos, since enlightenment was contrary to the friars' interests. The Filipinos (called Tagalogs by the Katipunan) were merely superficially taught formulas of [[Catechism]] for which they eventually paid numerous costly [[Festival|fiestas]] for the benefit of the friars."
3. ''Anó ang magiging kalagayan sa daratíng na panahón?'' (What hopes do they have for the future?)
: (Expected answer) "With faith, valor, and perseverance, these evils will be remedied."
}}

During Bonifacio's time, all of the Filipino people are referred collectively by the Katipunan as ''Tagalogs'', while the Philippines is referred to as the ''Katagalugan''.<ref name="aklat"/>

The next step in the initiation ceremony was the lecture given by the master of ceremonies, called ''Mabalasig/Mabalasik'' (terrible brother), who informed the neophyte to withdraw if he lacked courage since he would be out of place in the patriotic society. If the neophyte persisted, he was presented to the assembly of the brethren, who subjected him to various ordeals such as blindfolding him and making him shoot a supposedly a [[revolver]] at a person, or forcing him to jump over a supposedly hot flame. After the ordeals came to final rite—the ''pacto de sangre'' or [[blood compact]]—in which the neophyte signed the following oath with the blood taken from his arm:

{{blockquote|{{lang|tl|Ako'y si ______________, Nanunumpa sa ngalan ng Dios at ng bayan na ipagtatanggol nang buong katapangan ang mga kadahilanan ng K.K.K. ng mga A. ng B., ingatan ang kaniyang lihim na mamasdan at mapakinggan, sundin siya ng pikit 
-mata, saklolohan ang lahat na mga kasama sa lahat na panganib at pagkakailangan nila, Nanunumpa at nangangako rin naman ako na mag-pitagan sa kanilang mga Pinuno, huag na magtaksil sa kanilang mga kautusan at bilin at tatalaan kong aking dugo na kusang ibububo dito sa kasulatang hinaharap.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kasaysayan-kkk.info/foundational-documents/-casaysayan-pinagcasunduan-manga-daquilang-cautosan-january-1892|title='Casaysayan; Pinagcasunduan; Manga daquilang cautosan,' January 1892 – Katipunan: Documents and Studies|website=www.kasaysayan-kkk.info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926001745/http://www.kasaysayan-kkk.info/foundational-documents/-casaysayan-pinagcasunduan-manga-daquilang-cautosan-january-1892|archive-date=September 26, 2021}}</ref>}}

{{blockquote|I,_______________, swear in the name of God and to the country to defend the cause of the K.K.K. of the A. of B., with all my courage, to keep secret whatever I witness and hear, to follow orders blindly, and to support all my brethren against every danger and exigency. I also swear and pledge to respect the leaders, not to betray them, their orders of instructions, and so I attest with my blood, which is shed here in this document.}}

He was then accepted as a full-fledged member, with a symbolic name by which he was known within Katipunan circles. Bonifacio's symbolic name was ''Maypagasa''; [[Emilio Jacinto|Jacinto]] was ''Pingkian'' and [[Artemio Ricarte]] was ''Vibora''.