what is FREEMANSON?

Answer 1

Hey Bihagaze,

A FreeMason is a member of the oldest Fraternity known to exist. It originates before the days of King Solomon's temples, and a simple belief in God allows people from around the world to participate.

Back then, it was to protect the Trades, and subordinate the workers. Through history, when all the great Churches and Temples were built, the Masons became an organization that makes better men, and the Eastern Star is the Womens counterpart. There are girls and boys organization too.

Freemasonry is a fraternal organization whose membership is held together by shared moral and metaphysical ideals and—in most of its branches—by a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being.[1]

The fraternity uses the metaphor of operative stonemasons' tools and implements, against the allegorical backdrop of the building of the Temple of King Solomon, to convey what is most generally defined as: A peculiar (some say particular or beautiful) system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.[2] An example of this is illustrated in the 1991 English Emulation Ritual.[3]

Like all organizations, there are good people and bad people. In the American History of Masonry, there are times where Masons were give a bad name by a few people.

The are called the Secret society, but you can find anything you want to know about them online, or in the Library. Not so secret.

Answer 2

Freemasonry is one of the oldest fraternal organizations in history and has its roots in the Enlightenment. There are many, many books on the history of Freemasonry available at your local library - or simply look it up in an encyclopedia. Even Wikipedia has a good overall history on the organization.

Watching a movie like "National Treasure" is NOT going to teach you anything about the Freemasons.

If you ask a Freemason what Freemasonry is about, they are likely to respond "It's about making a good man better." The majority of Freemasons are Protestant (Catholics are prohibited by their church from joining - nothing in Freemasonry prohibits their membership) although there are also many Jewish Freemasons. In the United States there are also Prince Hall Masonic temples, which are predominantly African-American.

Freemasonry is largely about the promotion of Enlightenment concepts, namely the importance of secular democracy (although their rituals are based on the Judeo-Christian tradition), science, reason, tolerance and justice.

Many of the country's founding fathers were Freemasons and masonic symbols are part of the American landscape. The "all-seeing eye" (a non-denominational symbol for god) on the one-dollar bill is a good example. American presidents who were Freemasons include George Washington, Harry Truman and Gerald Ford.

Most Americans are familiar with the Shriners, a philonthropic group which has children's hospitals throughout the world, but is perhaps better know for their ubiquitous presence in parades and their trademark fez. The Shriners are an American organization which grew out of Freemasonry. All Shriners are Freemasons, however, not all Freemasons are Shriners.

Answer 3

Freemasonry is a fraternal organization whose membership is held together by shared moral and metaphysical ideals and—in most of its branches—by a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being. (the American gov't is said to have some type of connections with the Freemasons)

Answer 4

It's freeMASON. It was a guild, of masons (bricklayers) but it was really more than that, with secret handshakes, religious requirements, and ultimately had very powerful members. The existence of a secret society with powerful members gave rise to many conspiracy theories a la the illuminati (another "secret" group that controls the world).

Answer 5

A Freemason? A lodge member that believes in a supreme being (God), republicanism, and has values, swears allegiance to each other and is acceptable by lodge standards.. In brief

Answer 6

not exatcly sure but in the film national treasure they are mentioned alot and it dose say in there. it was some sort of groupe. watch national treashure should help. its a great film anyway

Answer 7

Freemasonry is not a thing to be possessed. Nor is it something that is uniquely owned by anyone. As such, the influence and ideas of the ancient fraternity reach even beyond the walls of our ancient institution and seep into society at large. Does one influence the other? I would say yes, and can point to several institutions established on the Framework of Freemasonry. But that is not the purpose of this article. Freemasonry is not limited to itself and is a part of society at large. One such example of this is the Electronic dance music produced by the band FREEMASON (aka Freemaison). They are not a Masonic band assembled by a lodge or a Rite, nor is it a free formed band consisting of Freemason brothers. They are a product of the material culture around us.

While Freemasonry in its present form has existed less than 300 years, there have always been associations resembling this great Fraternity. Such groups were formed at various times and in many places because man is fundamentally a social creature; he has an inherent need for friendship, love, and association with others.

What is Freemasonry? A brief definition is: an organization of men believing in the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man, using the builder's tools as symbols to teach basic moral truths, thereby impressing upon the minds of its members the cardinal virtues of Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth which they should apply to everyday activities.

In the Winter 1963 issue of THE ROYAL ARCH MASON magazine there is an article entitled "Earliest use of word 'Freemason'" which indicates that the first known use of that word was in 1526, and then states that an earlier use of that word, if found, would arrest immediate attention among Masonic students. It then gives the opinion that correctly fixing the date when this word was first used would tell when the history of the craft took definite form. This latter conclusion would seem to be in error after consideration of the following information.

Prior to 1350 all masons came under the general term caemantarii which had been a common name for them in much earlier times, but in 1350 a statute was passed which fixed the wages of "master freestone masons" at four pennies a day, of other masons at three pennies, and of their servants (apprentices) at one and one-half pennies. He says this phrase Mestre mason de franche pere is most significant for the probable origin of the term "freemason." In 1360 the statute was amended which fixed the wages of the "chief masters of masons" (chiefs mestres de maceons) at four pennies a day, and the other masons at two pennies or three pennies according to their worth, and then went on to provide that: "All alliances and covines of masons and carpenters, and congregations, chapters, ordinances and oaths betwixt them made, or to be made, shall be from henceforth void and wholly annulled; so that every mason and carpenter, of what condition that he be, shall be compelled by his master to whom he serveth to do every work that to him pertaineth to do, or of free stone, or of rough stone." Here again is an indication suggestive of the original derivation of " freemason" from "free stone."

Many of the masons were bondmen or serfs under the old feudal system, but no serf or bondman was accepted into the masons' guilds. Many masons, who had enough work near their homes and had no need to travel, did not join the guilds. But the guild was of extreme importance to those masons who traveled from place to place for work. Mr. Coulton surmises that the term "freemason" might have grown up; it did gradually come to connote certain privileges enjoyed by the master masons who belonged to the guilds.

About 1830, Wycliff, the English reformer, was much concerned at the self-seeking, which the guilds encouraged, and specially "Men of subtle craft, as freemasons and others, who conspire together to refuse statutory wages and insist upon a rise." Here is the first instance that Mr. Coulton found of the use of the word freemason.

Answer 8

the clue is in the name, a mason who is free is a freemason!

Answer 9

I would guess a spelling mistake!

Answer 10

a bloke that is free from a wife and mother (no one wants to be free from their mother)
they just dont get the question do they????