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1、WhatisFreemasonry?AnE-BookOntheAncientAndHonorableFraternityCompiledbyGregStewarthttp://www.freemasoninformation.comWhatisFreemasonry?WhyThisE-bookTodaymanybooksexistonthesubjectofFreemasonryavailableatavarietyofretailoutletsandlibraries.Inthosevolumesar
2、eavarietyofspecificdetailsandresearchthatdelvetogreatdepthsonthesubjectmatter,oftenlookingtofinditshistoricalorsymbolicrootslostinthepassageoftime.Thesebooksareimportant,andagreatresourcetoanyonewhoislookingtoroundanddevelophisorherinterestinthegentlecra
3、ft.Missingfromthatcollectionhoweverareworksthatspeakofthefraternityinamoremoderncontext.Absentisthepresentdaygoingson,ofhowandwhysomeonewouldwanttobecomeaFreemason.Often,theacronymof2B1ask1isthefavoredwaytocommunicatetheideathattobecomeaFreemasonanintere
4、stedpartysimplyneedstoaskanotherFreemasonhow.And,asthereachofthefraternityhasdiminishedovertheyears,interestedmenarefindingitincreasinglymoredifficulttofindsomeoneeventoask.Howcanyouaskonetobeone,whenyoudon’tknowone?Inthatquestionreststhereasonforthise-b
5、ook.Forthefraternitytoenterintothe21stcenturydigitalage,itneedstobeapproachableandavailable,andbesoinawaythatthoseinterestedcanfindthem.Manywebsitesexiston-line,cateringtoavarietyofreadertypes,fromveteranmembersresearchingthelat-estpapertopicstosocialdis
6、cussionboardswherethefinitepointsofsymbolsarediscussed.Someofthesesiteshavesomedegreeofinformation.NoneofthemhoweverfocusspecificallyonthepresenttenseideaofwhatFreemasonryis,today,rightnow.So,toaddressthatabsence,thise-bookwascreatedtohelpaddresstheques-
7、tion“WhatisFreemasonry?”Initspresenttense,andnotinamannerthatne-cessitatesalongdetailofthepast.Ihope,insomesmallmeasure,thisbookanswerssomeofthequestionsthatsomeonenewtothefraternitywouldask.And,inansweringthem,Ihopeitcompelsthemtolearnmore.iWhatisFreema
8、sonry?IntroductionFreemasonryhasalongandactivehistoryinNorthAmerica.ItsoriginscanbetracedintoEngland,andtheorganizationoftheUnitedGrandLodgein1717,whichcoalescedoutofseveralexistentlodgesintoonegoverningbody.Itstrueandexac
