Masonic degrees are stages or levels of membership within the organization. Each Blue Lodge (also call Craft Lodge or Symbolic Lodge) is the starting point for each Mason as they begin their journey through the various degrees of the brotherhood of the Freemasons. Within each Lodge, the members are engaged in the teaching and performance of allegoric ritual that allows the men to pass through the first three Masonic degrees.
Freemasonry and You
Freemasonry can boast a pretty impressive membership list including names such as Theodore Roosevelt, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Mark Twain. And while one of the reasons cited for wanting to become a Freemason is the desire to emulate the greats, it’s perhaps not the footsteps of Mark Twain a man wants to trace, more those of his neighbor or colleague whom he greatly admires and respects. And knowing that this man is a Freemason can be what motivates the individual to apply for membership.
Stonemason to Freemason
The history of freemasonry is a tricky thing to capture, not made any easier by its secretive nature and the air of suspicion which surrounds it. But its roots are steady. Freemasonry is said to have existed in England from as early as A.D. 927 and the first known masonry document was written around 1390.
Joining the Freemasons
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