Masonic Lodge

In 17th and eighteenth Century England, Masons defined their fraternity as a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. Today we might define it as an organized society of men symbolically applying the principles or operative masonry and architecture to the science and art of character building. What Freemasonry teaches is not at all secret. It teaches its members to be better men. However, based upon tradition, Freemasonry teaches through ritual, several of which is secret.