{"id":1539,"date":"2023-11-17T05:43:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T04:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freimaurer.org\/was-ist-freimaurerei\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T07:20:16","slug":"freemasonry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.freimaurer.org\/en\/freemasonry\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Freemasonry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1539\" class=\"elementor elementor-1539 elementor-838\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de49136 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"de49136\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3432b54\" data-id=\"3432b54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-435d9e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"435d9e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58c5ae0\" data-id=\"58c5ae0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf162d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf162d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ed609f\" data-id=\"0ed609f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a96c21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a96c21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Freemasonry?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbc4d25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbc4d25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A life as a Freemason<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f467054 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f467054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t...\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b34e8e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b34e8e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Freemasonry is an ethically-philosophically oriented organisation concerning itself with the here and now. Freemasonry is ethical, social, integrative practice \u2013 not theory. Freemasonry\u2019s core content is the human being in relation to himself, his environment and the cosmos. For more than 300 years, Freemasonry has been organised in today\u2019s structures divided in lodges and Grand Lodges.\u200b<\/p><p>Freemasonry aims to motivate its members to align their behaviour and their dealings with themselves and their individual environments according to moral standards. Therefore it supplies the individual with the means to conquer their own path of life. The aim of masonic practice is to strengthen one\u2019s character and figuratively and literally make them a better person. Masonic symbols are connected to the constant demand to improve oneself and one\u2019s relationships to others.\u200b<\/p><p>Building upon this, one learns to measure one\u2019s own actions by ambitious moralistic standards. The Masonic educated \u2018better person\u2019 is urged to contribute to an improved world.<\/p><p>Freemasonry is neither a concrete behavioural pattern for an entire society nor is it dogmatic. It is always anchored in reality. The masonic conception of man has a special place in European thought. Purely philosophical systems or religions tend to practice differentiation and focus on the opposites, dividing the world into supporters and opposition. Masonic thought is entirely focused on connecting and integrating features.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Freemasonry? A life as a Freemason &#8230; Freemasonry is an ethically-philosophically oriented organisation concerning itself with the here and now. Freemasonry is ethical, social, integrative practice \u2013 not theory. Freemasonry\u2019s core content is the human being in relation to himself, his environment and the cosmos. 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