What is Freemasonry?
It’s perhaps the most misunderstood ‘secret society’ in the world…
And it is also one of the most visible. It is one of the world’s oldest and most popular fraternal organizations. Almost every country in the world has a Grand Lodge of Freemasons. Freemasons wear clothing and jewellery with the square and compass and yes they have bumper stickers! If Freemasonry is a secret society… they need a refresher on stealth.
There is no simple definition that can describe what Freemasonry is. Based on the medieval stonemason craft guilds, Freemasonry is a fraternity of men. Men bound together by their words of honour and obligations. Using the language, symbolism and tools of the medieval stonemasons guild, Freemasonry teaches lessons of social and moral virtues. Freemasonry uses the ‘building of a structure’ as a symbol for the ‘building of character’ in men.
