A common Masonic representation of the Square and Compasses. The Square and Compasses (or, more correctly, a square and a set of compasses joined together) is the single most identifiable symbol of Freemasonry. Both the square and compasses are architect's tools, and are used in Masonic ritual as emblems to teach symbolic lessons. Some Lodges and rituals explain these symbols as lessons in conduct: for example, that Masons should "square their actions by the square of virtue" and learn to "circumscribe their desires and keep their passions within due bounds toward all mankind". However, as Freemasonry is non-dogmatic, there is no general interpretation for these symbols (or any Masonic symbol) that is used by Freemasonry as a whole.[1] Image File history File links The Square & Compasses, one of the most prominent symbols of Freemasonry. ...
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Steel square The steel square is a tool that carpenters and other tradesmen use. ...
a compass In drafting, a compass (or pair of compasses) is an instrument]] used by mathematicians and craftsmen in for drawing or inscribing a circle or arc. ...
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As measuring instruments, the tools represent judgement and discernment.
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A Grand Lodge, or Grand Orient, is the usual governing body of Craft, or Blue Lodge, Freemasonry in a particular jurisdiction. ...
In most areas of the world Masons gather together in Masonic Lodges to work the three degrees of Freemasonry: 1° = Entered Apprentice 2° = Fellow Craft 3° = Master Mason Blue Lodge is used to specify the basic Masonic Lodge granting the first three degrees and to differentiate it from other Masonic...
This article relates to mainstream Craft Freemasonry, sometimes known in America as Blue Lodge Freemasonry. Every Masonic Lodge appoints Masonic Lodge Officers to execute the necessary functions of the lodges life and work. ...
Prince Hall Freemasonry derives from historical events which led to a tradition of separate, predominantly African-American, Freemasonic fraternal organization in North America. ...
This article deals with organization in Craft or Blue Lodge Freemasonry. ...
History History of Freemasonry · Liberté chérie · Masonic manuscripts The History of Freemasonry studies the development, evolution and events of the fraternal organization known as Freemasonry. ...
Memorial of the KZ Esterwegen close-up Liberté chérie was the only known Masonic Lodge to be founded in a Nazi concentration camp during the Second World War. ...
This box: There are a number of manuscripts that are historically important in the development of Freemasonry. ...
| Masonic Bodies | | Masonic | | Masonic bodies · York Rite · Order of Mark Master Masons · Knights Templar · Scottish Rite · Knight Kadosh · The Shrine · Tall Cedars of Lebanon · The Grotto · Societas Rosicruciana · Grand College of Rites · Swedish Rite · Order of St. Thomas of Acon · Royal Order of Scotland This box: The fraternity of Freemasonry, also known as Free and Accepted Masons, is organized into lodges, chapters, councils, commanderies, consistories, etc. ...
The York Rite (also called the American Rite) is one of the two main appendant bodies of United States Freemasonry, which a Master Mason may join to further his knowledge of Freemasonry. ...
The Order of Mark Master Masons is an appendant order of Freemasonry that confers the degrees of Mark Man and Mark Master. ...
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It has been suggested that Knight Kadosh be merged into this article or section. ...
The Knight Kadosh is a freemasonic degree or ceremony of initiation of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. ...
A member of the Syrian Corvettes group of Shriners participates in a Memorial Day parade The Shriners, or Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, are an Order appendant to Freemasonry. ...
The Tall Cedars of Lebanon is one of the various appendant bodies of Freemasonry, open only to Master Masons in good standing in a regular Masonic Lodge. ...
The Mystic Order of Vailed Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, whose subordinate bodies are the Grottos, is an organization by and for Master Masons. ...
Societas Rosicruciana is a name used by a number of Rosicrucian groups. ...
The Grand College of Rites is a Masonic organization dedicated to the collection and publication of various ritual texts from both Masonic ritual not currently used in the United States, and non-Masonic rituals used by other fraternities and societies of a ritualistic nature who generally keep their rituals private. ...
The Swedish Rite is a variation of Freemasonry that is worked in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. ...
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This box: The Royal Order of Scotland is an international fraternity linked to freemasonry. ...
| | Masonic Women's Groups | | Women and Freemasonry · Order of the Amaranth · Order of the Eastern Star · Co-Freemasonry The subject of women and Freemasonry is complex and without an easy explanation. ...
The Order of the Amaranth is a fraternal organization composed of Master Masons and their properly qualified female relatives. ...
General Grand Chapter logo The Order of the Eastern Star is the largest fraternal organization in the world that both men and women can join. ...
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| | Masonic Youth Organizations | | DeMolay · A.J.E.F. · Job's Daughters · International Order of the Rainbow for Girls This box: DeMolay International (originally known as the Order of DeMolay), founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1919, is an international youth fraternity for young men. ...
This box: A.J.E.F. Is an acronym which stands for Association of Youth Hope of the Fraternity (Asociacion de Jovenes Esperanza de la Fraternidad), It is an appendant body to Freemasonry for boys and girls aged 14-21 in México and Latin America. ...
This box: Jobs Daughters International is a Masonic sponsored youth organization for girls aged 10 to 20. ...
This box: The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls (IORG) is a Masonic youth service organization which teaches leadership training through community service. ...
| | | Views of Masonry | | Anti-Masonry · Anti-Masonic Party · Anti-Freemason Exhibition · Christianity and Freemasonry · Catholicism and Freemasonry · Suppression of Freemasonry · Masonic conspiracy theories · Taxil hoax Anti-Masonry (alternatively called Anti-Freemasonry) is defined as Avowed opposition to Freemasonry.[1] However, there is no homogeneous anti-Masonic movement. ...
The Anti-Masonic Party (also known as the Anti-Masonic Movement) was a 19th century minor political party in the United States. ...
Antimason exhibition stamps Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition (Serbian: Antimasonska izložba) was the name of an antisemitic exhibition that was opened in Belgrade on October 22, 1941. ...
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia This box: Christianity and Freemasonry have had a mixed relationship, with various Christian denominations banning or discouraging members from being Freemasons. ...
This box: This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia The Roman Catholic Church has long been an outspoken critic of Freemasonry, and has continually prohibited members from being Freemasons since In Eminenti Secula in 1739. ...
This box: Some Governments, mostly authoritarian, and virtually all totalitarian, regimes have treated Freemasonry as a potential source of opposition due to its secret nature and international connections. ...
Detail from the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States found on the $1 bill - claimed to read M-A-S-O-N, although it can just as easily be read as monas, ASNOM or any other of the 120 possible combinations. ...
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| | Notable People and Places | | James Anderson · Albert Mackey · Albert Pike · Prince Hall · John the Evangelist · John the Baptist · William Schaw · Elizabeth Aldworth · List of Freemasons · Lodge Mother Kilwinning · Freemasons' Hall, London · House of the Temple · Solomon's Temple · The Library and Museum of Freemasonry This box: James Anderson (c. ...
Albert Gallatin Mackey (born March 12, 1807, died June 20, 1881), was an American medical doctor, and is best known for his authorship of many books and articles about freemasonry, particularly Masonic Landmarks. ...
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Lodge Mother Kilwinning is a Masonic Lodge in Kilwinning, Scotland under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, it is number 0 on the Roll following a series of changes in its status with respect to the Grand Lodge. ...
Freemasons Hall in Great Queen Street, London Freemasons Hall in London is the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England and a meeting place for the Masonic Lodges in the London area. ...
The House of the Temple is a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., which serves as the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A. (Officially, Home of The Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington D.C...
Solomons Temple (Hebrew: ××ת ×××§×ש, transliterated Beit HaMikdash), also known as the First Temple, was, according to the Bible, the first Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. ...
, This box: The Library and Museum of Freemasonry is a library and registered museum in central London, England, covering Freemasonry. ...
| | Masonic Miscellany | | Great Architect of the Universe · Square and Compasses · Pigpen cipher · Eye of Providence · Hiram Abiff · Sprig of Acacia · Masonic Landmarks · Pike's Morals and Dogma· Propaganda Due · Freemasonry and the Latter Day Saint movement · Dermott's Ahiman Rezon Great Architect of the Universe (GAOTU) is a term used within Freemasonry to denominate the Supreme Being which each member individually holds an adherence to. ...
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Hiram Abiff is an allegorical figure mentioned in Masonic ritual, who is figuratively the master of the construction of King Solomons Temple. ...
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Masonic Landmarks are a set of principles which many Freemasons claim to be both ancient and unchangeable precepts of Masonry. Issues of the regularity of a Freemasonic Lodge, Grand Lodge or Grand Orient are judged in the context of the Landmarks. ...
The Double Headed Eagle of Lagash on the cover of Morals and Dogma. ...
This box: Propaganda Due or P2 was an irregular or black Masonic lodge that operated in Italy from 1877-1981, headed in its final decades by Licio Gelli. ...
This box: The relationship between Freemasonry and the Latter Day Saint movement began early in the history of Mormonism. ...
This box: The Book of Constitutions of this Grand Lodge or Ahiman Rezon was a constitution written by Laurence Dermott for the Antient Grand Lodge of England, a rival group of freemasons to the Premier Grand Lodge of England. ...
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