are you a freemason?

Answer 1

- shake's questioner's hand in funny way -

no

Answer 2

Yes I am. I am a Master Mason in two Blue Lodges and one Lodge of Research.

I belong to an Order of Freemasonry whose roots go back to the French Grand Lodge in the 1800s. We are the American Co-Masonry and we admit women and men of all races, who believe in a Supreme Being, who are of age (usually 21), of upright character, law abiding, not slaves, and tolerant of those of other religions.

I will not give you a Wikipedia cut-and-paste answer here. Nor will I give you a bunch of "I could tell you but then I would have to kill you" nonsense.

We are not a religion, but a system of morality seeking to make the world, this life, a better one by improving it one person at a time. We learn by symbols. There are no set meanings in symbols. You bring to the symbol what YOU see. How is that for a secret?

What I will say is that if you wish to know more about Freemasonry, we are not at all secret in who we are or what we are about. If you wish to join, YOU must ask; we do not seek you out.

Feel free to write me directly or to click on the link below to read more about American Co-Masonry.

Answer 3

I am. And I have to go on record as finding Clint's answer completely out of line. Even the United Grand Lodge of England, who has set the standard for all things Masonic since it's beginings have issued a statement that Co-masonry and womens Masonry are "regular" in every sense except in their acceptance of women. While it does not extend Masonic recognition to either, it meets occasionally with both to discuss the state of Freemasonry in the world. My Masonic obligation forbids me from sitting in lodge with a co-Mason or discussing Masonic secrets with them, but they recognize every Masonic landmark that we do, and difer from "Regular" Masonry only in the fact that they accept women, have a slightly more esoteric slant, and are more strict than we are in their admission of candidates. We could do well to follow their lead in regard to that last item. Clearly they do not belong to the same fraternity I belong to, but that doesnt deman them in any way whatsoever.

Answer 4

Neo-Art is not a Mason because Co-Masonry is not Freemasonry. Freemasonry is a fraternity and fraternities do not allow women. It isn't sexist - it is just that real Freemasonry has always existed as a mens only fraterntity. The rituals of Freemasonry are similar to Rites of Passage for men and not wholly compatible with women.

Answer 5

My paternal grandparents were freemason. But nobody else in the family is.

Answer 6

"Who is a Mason is answered by Dr Joseph Fort Newton in his book "The Builders."

When is a man a Mason?
Joseph Fort Newton, Litt. D.



When is a man a Mason? When he can look out over the rivers, the hills, and the far horizon with a profound sense of his own littleness in the vast scheme of things, and yet have faith, hope and courage-which is the root of every virtue. When he knows that down in his heart every man is as noble, as vile, as divine, as diabolic and as lonely as himself, and seeks to know, and to love his fellow man. When he knows how to sympathize with men, even in their sins - knowing that each man fights a hard fight against many odds,-and still believe in them when they do not believe in themselves. When he has learned how to make friends and to keep them, and above all how to keep friends with himself. When he loves flowers, can hunt birds without a gun and feels the thrill of an old forgotten joy when he hears the laugh of a little child. When he can be happy and high-minded amid the meaner drudgeries of life. When star-crowned trees, and the glint of sunlight on flowing waters, subdue him like the thought of one much loved and long dead. When no voice of distress reaches his ears in vain, and no hand seeks his aid without response. When he feels a social inequity as a personal sin, and a human calamity as a private bereavement-sharing the guilt and sorrows of his fellows. When he finds good in every faith that helps any man to lay hold of divine things and see majestic meanings in life, whatever the name of that faith may be. When he can look into a wayside puddle and see something beyond mud, and into the face of the most forlorn fellow mortal and see something beyond sin. When he knows how to pray, how to love, how to hope, how to meet defeat and not be defeated. When he has kept faith with himself, with his fellow-man, with his God; in his hand a sword for evil, in his heart a bit of a song-glad to live, but not afraid to die! Such a man has found the only secret of Masonry, and the one which it is trying to give to all the world".

Answer 7

No cause I'm a girl and have better things to do with my time than join the secret 7 for grown men who should know better! ... funny handshakes and shaggin goats.... Cant really see the attraction

Answer 8

No - I charge the going rate for masonry related activities

Answer 9

Certainly NOT

Answer 10

No, I'm not. But don't you just hate it when people paste really long answers like that one?

Answer 11

unfortunately not. i'd like to be, because i am naturally extremely curious and i want to know what secret it is that they say they are keeping. and those secret rituals, files...? can you honestly say that you are not?