About the Book...
The history of Freemasonry encompasses the origins, evolution, and defining events of the fraternal organization. It covers three phases. Firstly, the emergence of organized lodges of operative masons during the Middle Ages, then the admission of lay members as "accepted" or "speculative" masons, finally, the evolution of purely speculative lodges and the emergence of Grand Lodges to govern them.
The modern Masons trace their foundation to London in 1717. The Craft, as members call it, was based on a fraternal bond created by Ritual and symbolic rules. Its rules prescribed formal equality between all members, whatever their race, creed, or class. The goal was moral education to build better men, just as the old stonemasons had built cathedrals and castles. However, all of this was conducted in seclusion from the outside world. It involved learning secrets and swearing to keep them.
The Mission of the Lodge is, and shall always be, to promote a way of life that binds like-minded men in a worldwide brotherhood that transcends all religious, ethnic, cultural, social, and educational differences; by teaching the great principles of Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth.
"My Masonic Journey with Hiram Abiff" began in Morocco and came to an end at N.C Harmony #2 Lodge in Miamitown, Ohio.
