Is There Greatness In You?
Because Freemasonry operates by higher standards than the usual civic organization our requirements for candidacy are also higher:
- Joining is not based on money. It is based on character.
- We ask all who are merely curious to pursue their curiosity some other way.
- Freemasonry revolves around measured work and participation; the lazy need not apply.
- To become a full member you must pass through three Degrees.
- Advancement from one Degree to the next depends on your proficiency and on nothing else.
"...Masonry is about Building with integrity. The focus of the Building is ultimately the Builder who Builds. Masonic Rituals and Lectures are precipitous with references to this. Although outwardly the references are functional to the Workings of the Lodge, ultimately they are critical to the Workings of Masons."
- Dr. John S. Nagy, Building Hiram
"There is yet another dimension of manhood, so often forgotten today, which we may call by the old word piety. It is a natural, normal development of man, without which his life lacks its crown, and is a thing unfinished."
-Joseph Fort Newton, The Geometry of Character
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
"Look well to the East. Star Of The East, that is."
