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THIS IS AN APPEAL TO THE BROTHERHOOD FOR AID AND SUBSIDY IN PREPARATION FOR 2012.

FREEMASONRY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SECULAR FRATERNITIES IN EXISTENCE, YET IT IS DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH MORAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES. FOUNDED UPON SIX GREAT PRINCIPLES—BROTHERLY LOVE, RELIEF, TRUTH, PEACE, UNITY, AND JUSTICE—IT SEEKS TO BRING TOGETHER MEN OF GOODWILL, REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR DIFFERENCE, AND TO MAKE GOOD MEN BETTER SO THAT THEY MAY HELP MAKE THE WORLD BETTER.

THAT THESE AIMS CAN BE ACHIEVED IS CLEAR WHEN WE STUDY THE FORMATIVE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES. MANY LEADING FIGURES IN MOVEMENTS FOR REFORM AND PROGRESS WERE EITHER FREEMASONS THEMSELVES OR MEN WHO WERE STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY FREEMASONIC THOUGHT AND PRINCIPLES.

OVER TIME, FREEMASONRY ACQUIRED A REPUTATION FOR BEING BOTH SOCIAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL IN NATURE, WITH MEMBERS OFTEN OCCUPYING POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND INFLUENCE IN PUBLIC LIFE. THIS GAVE RISE TO SPECULATION AND, IN SOME CASES, TO THE CONSPIRACY THEORIST’S FANTASY THAT FREEMASONS, ACTING IN CONCERT ACROSS POLITICAL DIVIDES OF RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTRE, WERE SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A SO-CALLED NEW WORLD ORDER.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF FREEMASONRY TODAY?

COMPANIONSHIP, CONVIVIALITY, AND A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF PURPOSE IN LIFE, EXPERIENCED WITHIN A WORLDWIDE FRATERNITY THAT BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE OF EVERY CLASS, RACE, CREED, AND COLOUR.

CAN YOU VISUALIZE ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT CAN ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH A MIXED MEMBERSHIP COMPOSED OF MEN OF ALL RELIGIONS, UNITED BY SHARED VALUES AND MUTUAL RESPECT?

THIS WEBSITE PRESENTS HISTORICAL MATERIAL, COMMENTARY, AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO FREEMASONRY, INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING GOVERNANCE, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND GLOBAL COOPERATION AS THEY WERE DEBATED AND ENVISIONED IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO 2012.