This section is intended to give some information on Masonry, like who we are and what we do. For the person who in unfamiliar with Masonry, hopefully this section will contain answers to the questions that you may have. If you still have questions, feel free to check our contact section and ask away.
What is Masonry?
What is a Lodge?
What goes on in a Lodge?
What is a Degree?
A degree is a stage or level of membership. It's also the ceremony by which a man attains that level of membership. There are three, called Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason. As you can see, the names are taken from the craft guilds. In the Middle Ages, when a person wanted to join a craft, such as the gold smiths or the carpenters or the stonemasons, he was first apprenticed. As an apprentice, he learned the tools and skills of the trade. When he had proved his skills, he became a "Fellow of the Craft" (today we would say "Journeyman"), and when he had exceptional ability, he was known as a Master of the Craft.
The degrees are plays in which the candidate participates. Each degree uses symbols to teach, just as plays did in the Middle Ages and as many theatrical productions do today. (We'll talk about symbols a little later.)
The Masonic degrees teach the great lessons of life -- the importance of honor and integrity, of being a person on whom others can rely, of being both trusting and trustworthy, of realizing that you have a spiritual nature as well as a physical or animal nature, of the importance of self-control, of knowing how to love and be loved, of knowing how to keep confidential what others tell you so that they can "open up" without fear
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Why is Masonry so "secretive"?
Is Masonry a Religion?
What is a Masonic Bible?
If Masonry isn't a religion, why does it use rituals?
Why does Masonry use symbols?
Masonry is Education?
What are the requirements for membership?
How does a man become a Mason?
So, what is a Mason?
