61. Freemasonry: A Masonic Temple Open For Men And Women American CoMasonry is an ancient ritualistic fraternity which groups under its banner men and women, of every race, nationality, and religion. http://www.co-masonry.org/

"Freemasonry is an ancient system designed to impart morality, ethics and teach mutual service to its members. Instead of lecture or sermon, Freemasonry instructs its members by the performance of ceremonial degrees, each one with its own distinct teachings, symbols and message. Thus the Freemason is taught by experience to serve God, help his fellow man and better himself." Choose a Language English Portuguese Spanish

62. Home » Grand Lodge Of The District Of Columbia F.A.A.M.>> Engage - Energize - E This site is about Washington, D.C. Masons, members of the Free and Accepted Masons of Washington, D.C. freemasonry is first and foremost a fraternity. http://www.dcgrandlodge.org/

Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia F.A.A.M. Home Grand Lodge Grand Lodge Officers ... Home Welcome to the official website of the Grand Lodge Free And Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia Masons are a society of men bound together with a philosophy of moral standards, mutual understanding and brotherhood in which all men are on a level and equal. up to content Recent News May-28-2008: Broadway on the Potomac Gala announced. MAY-21-2008: Grand Lodge Actions of May 14th now in Members Only Section MAY-18-2008: Join us in the National Race For The Cure® MAY-18-2008: Please visit our New Events Section! Voice of Freemasonry News for Members Please log in to see the new additions to the "members only" section. Login Username: Password: Remember me Register Lost your password? Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia F.A.A.M.

63. New Masons Drawn By Brotherhood, Not Myths : NPR May 5, 2007 Although the reality of freemasonry is much less mysterious, The Roman Catholic Church has long considered freemasonry to be an http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9981492

64. Freemasonry Explained freemasonry Explained, masons, freemasonry, masonry. http://www.gl-mi.org/freemasonry-explained.htm

Search our Site The Beacon Project 200,000 volunteer hours to local schools. click here Click Here Click Here Our Calendar FREEMASONRY EXPLAINED FREEMASONRY - JUST WHO ARE THE FREEMASONS? That's not a surprising question. Even though Freemasons are members of the largest and oldest fraternity in the world, MASONS or FREEMASONRY, and even though almost everyone has a father or grandfather or uncle who was a Mason, many people aren't quite certain just who Masons are or what freemasonry is about. The answer is simple. Freemasons are members of a fraternity known as Freemasonry or Masonry. A fraternity is a group of men (just as a sorority is a group of women) who join together because: There are things they want to do in the world. There are things they want to do "inside their own minds." They enjoy being together with men they like and respect. (we'll look at some of these things later) FREEMASONRY EXPLAINED - WHAT IS IT? No one knows just how old freemasonry is because the actual origins have been lost in time. Probably, it arose from the guilds of stone masons who built the castles and cathedrals of the Middle Ages. Possibly, they were influenced by the Knights Templar, a group of Christian warrior monks formed in 1118 to help protect pilgrims making trips to the Holy Land. In 1717, Freemasonry members created a formal organization in England when the first Grand Lodge was formed. A Grand Lodge is the administrative body in charge of Freemasonry in some geographical area. In the United States, there is a Grand Lodge of Freemasonry in each state and the District of Columbia. In Canada, there is a Grand Lodge of Freemasonry in each province. Local organizations of Freemasony are called lodges. There are freemasonry lodges in most towns, and large cities usually have several. There are about 13,200 lodges in the United States.

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66. Cokeandbacon For instance, in 1723 modern freemasonry emerged into the light of the public eye with the publishing of The Book of Constitutions of the FreeMasons, http://www.sirbacon.org/Dawkinsfrmsnry.htm

SHAKESPEARE AND FREEMASONRY by Peter Dawkins 1997 FBRT In July 1929 the Foundation Stone of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon was laid with full Masonic ritual by Lord Ampthill, pro-Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, using an old Egyptian maul used at Sakhara four thousand years ago. Six hundred Masons were present at the ceremony, in full regalia. Why should Grand Lodge attach such primary importance to the memory of Shakespeare and the continuing performance of his plays? In fact, such attention has some noteworthy precedents that would seem to link Freemasonry strongly with Shakespeare. For instance, in 1723 modern Freemasonry emerged into the light of the public eye with the publishing of The Book of Constitutions of the Free-Masons, written by Dr James Anderson under authority and by express request from the Grand Lodge. Before this Freemasonry, in its speculative form, had existed in comparative obscurity. Also in the same year Alexander Pope and Dr. Sewell published the Bedson Medley edition of Shake-speare's Sonnets,

67. Freemason Information - Further Light Watch the latest videos about freemasonry on YouTube.com More than a fraternity of men who meet on common principals, freemasonry is a moral system of http://www.freemasoninformation.com/

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68. Ancient, Free & Accepted Freemasons - International Mother Lodge Of Esoteric Fre Mission Our mission is to bring both the ancient and esoteric teachings of freemasonry to the public. We welcome men and women of all ages, races, http://www.esotericfreemasons.com/

The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Accepted and Esoteric Freemasons WELCOME Mission: Our mission is to bring both the ancient and esoteric teachings of Freemasonry to the public. We welcome men and women of all ages, races, religions, ideologies and philosophies who have a genuine interest in improving themselves through the high ideals and compassionate morality of Masonry. The Three Kinds of Masonry Operative Masonry: Stonemasons and Brick masons are Operative Masons who make their living cutting and laying stone or brick. Both stone and brick masonry are part of Operative Masonry. Speculative Freemasonry: Speculative Freemasons are men who seek to improve their morality through the lessons and rituals of Freemasonry. The Freemasonic Lodges are classified as regular or clandestine by other lodges. Regular lodges accept each other. Clandestine lodges are rarely accepted by regular lodges. Esoteric Freemasonry: Esoteric Freemasons are men and women traveling a spiritual path who seek to learn more about themselves and the Divine. There are many different types of spiritual lodges and most of them tend to feel their way is the only way. Ancient and Accepted Esoteric Freemasons accept all other masons and all other masonic teachings. We welcome men and women traveling a spiritual path who seek deeper knowledge of themselves and the Divine. You have three options for using our teachings: 1) Study all of the Speculative Masonry materials and take your initiations, 2) Study all of the Esoteric Masonry materials and complete your initiations, or 3) Do both simultaneously or consecutively.

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70. Freemasons For Dummies www.freemasonsfordummies.com — Freemasons For Dummies by Christopher L. Hodapp. http://freemasonsfordummies.blogspot.com/

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72. Origin Of Free-Masonry NOTE This essay appeared in New York, 1818, with an anonymous preface of which I quote the opening paragraph This tract is a chapter belonging to the http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/thomas_paine/origin_free-masonry.html

Library Historical Documents Thomas Paine : Origin of Free Masonry Order books by Thomas Paine now. IT is always understood that Free-Masons have a secret which they carefully conceal; but from every thing that can be collected from their own accounts of Masonry, their real secret is no other than their origin, which but few of them understand; and those who do, envelope it in mystery The Society of Masons are distinguished into three classes or degrees. 1st. The Entered Apprentice. 2d. The Fellow Craft. 3d. The Master Mason. The Entered Apprentice knows but little more of Masonry than the use of signs and tokens, and certain steps and words by which Masons can recognize each other without being discovered by a person who is not a Mason. The Fellow Craft is not much better instructed in Masonry, than the Entered Apprentice. It is only in the Master Mason's Lodge, that whatever knowledge remains of the origin of Masonry is preserved and concealed. In 1730, Samuel Pritchard, member of a constituted lodge in England, published a treatise entitled Masonry Dissected; and made oath before the Lord Mayor of London that it was a true copy. "Samuel Pritchard maketh oath that the copy hereunto annexed is a true and genuine copy in every particular." In his work he has given the catechism or examination, in question and answer, of the Apprentices, the Fellow Craft, and the Master Mason. There was no difficulty in doing this, as it is mere form. In his introduction he says, "the original institution of Masonry consisted in the foundation of the liberal arts and sciences, but more especially in Geometry, for at the building of the tower of Babel, the art and mystery of Masonry was first introduced, and from thence handed down by Euclid, a worthy and excellent mathematician of the Egyptians; and he communicated it to Hiram, the Master Mason concerned in building Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem."

73. Masons Of California Free and Accepted Masons. State headquarters for this fraternity. http://www.freemason.org/

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74. Freemasons Freemasons are organized into lodges. Groups of lodges belong to a Grand Lodge or Grand Orient, but there is no single governing body that directs all the http://skepdic.com/freemasons.html

Robert Todd Carroll SkepDic.com Click to order from Amazon Freemasons open doors to 'secret society' BBC - June 26, 2002 Freemason A member of the Free and Accepted Masons or Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, an international secular fraternal order. Freemasons are organized into lodges. Groups of lodges belong to a Grand Lodge or Grand Orient, but there is no single governing body that directs all the Grand Lodges. The origins of the Freemasons are disputed, but the first organized lodges date from 1717 in England. Members consider others in their lodge as "brothers" or "brethren," but consider members of other lodges as brothers only if their Grand Lodges officially recognize each other. Freemasons are sometimes accused of being secretive societies because they have "signs of recognition such as handshakes, passwords, and references that only initiated members would understand." Freemasonry is not a secret society

75. Www.yorkrite.org Information about, hosting for, and links to just about every York Rite Grand Body. http://www.yorkrite.org/

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