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MASONRY: ALL ABOUT MASONS25 LANDMARKS OF FREEMASONRY - 1. The Modes of recognition; 2. The division of Symbolic Masonry into three degrees; 3. The legend of the third degree.... 25 LANDMARKS OF FREEMASONRY (PART TWO) - THE RIGHT OF EVERY FREEMASON TO VISIT and sit in every regular Lodge is an unquestionable Landmark of the Order. This is called the right of visitation. This right of visitation has always been recognized as an inherent right, which inures to every Freemason as he travels through the world... A DESCRIPTION OF THE FREEMASON’S LODGE - Ideally the Lodge room should be in the form of a double cube, though this of course is not essential; any room, oblong for preference can be used. Lodges, like Churches, are supposed to face East and West; where they do not do so geographically the dais end is referred to as the East, and the other sides to their relative compass points... A VISIT TO KING SOLOMON'S TEMPLE - "Let us go back in history to the year 965 BC when Solomon succeeded David as King of the United Israelite Kingdom of the Twelve Tribes. A year later Solomon ordered the start of preparations for the construction of the First Temple... DIVERSITY IN MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS - Brethren, why do we as Masons place so much value on, and make so much effort to “Visit” another Brother’s Lodge? Perhaps, it is simply the friendship, camaraderie and enjoyment that we experience, perhaps, as we search for further meaning in our Masonic understanding, or is it the Esprit de'Cor, of shared experiences... FREEMASONIC PRINCIPLES AND ACTIVITIES - Freemasonic ritual makes use of the architectural symbolism of the medieval operative Masons, who actually worked in stone. Freemasons, as Speculative Masons, use this symbolism to teach moral and ethical lessons of the principles of "Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth" — or as related in France: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"... FREEMASONRY - Freemasonry is a fraternal organization whose membership has shared moral and metaphysical ideals and — in most of its branches — requires a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being... FREEMASONRY: MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS - A candidate for Freemasonry must apply to a Private (or Constituent) Lodge in his community, obtaining an introduction by asking an existing member. In some jurisdictions, it is required that the petitioner ask three times, however this is becoming less prevalent... HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY - The first Grand Lodge formed in Freemasonry was The Grand Lodge of England (GLE), founded in 1717, when four existing London Lodges met for a joint dinner. This rapidly expanded into a regulatory body, which almost all English Lodges joined....
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