What does the Freemason's  symbol stand for?
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It is a square and compass. The sqaure teaches and reminds masons to sqaure thier actions in all thier dealing with mankind. The compass teachs to circumscribe you desires and keep your passions within due bonds. The G represnts geometrry and God. There is nothing sexual as the other answer states. \n\n    The basic piont of freemasonary is to teach people to act morally, honest and to give a great deal to charity. They use the tools of operative masons to represate other ideas. There are meanings behind many other tools and symbols.\n I am a mason
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I am a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner.  After looking at the symbol at the link you attached, I can say that there appears to be no connection to anything seen there with Masonry.  At first glance, the upside down V shape might appear to be Masonic in nature, but the equivalent shape in Freemasonry is actually compasses, which you may have used in school to draw perfect circles.  The shape in your image clearly is not.  Nothing else in that image has any direct relation to Masonic symbols.\n\nHope that helps.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasons\nRead. Learn.\n\nI have to ask, rocker, if not even the freemasons know, just a few top people, then how the hell would you know? Are you a hermit who's spend his entire life researching them and infiltrating their ranks? If you find a "big secret conspriracy" without looking for it, that it can't possibly be a "big secret conspiracy" now can it?
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The pawnbroker's symbol of three brass balls suspended from a bar can be attributed to the Medici Family of Florence, Italy. According to legend, a Medici employed by Charles the Great slew a giant using three bags of rocks. \nThe three balls symbolizing the bags of rocks then became the family crest. Since the Medicis were so successful in the financial, banking, and moneylending industries, other families also adopted the symbol. \n\n\nHere's more information...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_shop
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i think it's symbol 4 PFLAG organization\n(Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays)\ni might be wrong, though.
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This is likely a commemorative token (they were very popular during this particular era). Both men were New York politicians during the years noted on the coin. They were also Knights Templar (Freemasons), which is what this coin is REALLY about, I think. A.O. stands for Anno Ordinis, which means "Year of the Order" and was used by the Knights Templar.\n\nIn 1814, Clinton was named "Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery, K.T. [Knights Templar] of New York," which I think explains why he was the first Grand Commander. I can't find any proof that Mullan was ever a Grand Commander, but he was definitely a high-ranking freemason as well, since a reception was held for him in 1909. \n\nHope this helps answer your question!
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Freedom means self-determination, autonomy, and spontaneity of a rational subject, the absence of submissiveness and servility.\n\nThe ama-gi, a Sumerian cuneiform word, is the earliest known written symbol representing the idea of freedom.\n\nIt's always meant the same thing basically, free of constraints, free to do what you want, free of slavery.
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It is in the Craft Ritual and the structure of the Masonic lodge itself that we must bring together all of the foregoing elements to give a true picture of the use of the moon in Masonry. In modern American ritual the primary reference to the moon is as the second of the "Lesser lights," of Masonry. This modern usage follows from the early 18th century English ritual reference to the Three lights of the Lodge being the "Sun, Moon and Master-Mason." In addition to these "moveable lights," there were also in these early English Lodge rooms three "fixed lights," which are described by some Masonic historians as three windows in the lodge room "to light men to, at, and from their work." These three windows were later replaced with three candles located at the East, South and West corners of the lodge and situated before the Master, Junior Warden and Senior Warden, respectively. The reference to the Sun, Moon and Master of the Lodge as the three lesser lights of Masonry and their particular association with these three burning tapers and the associated officers was developed by the so-called Antient Grand Lodge which was active in England from the mid to late 18th century. The Antients, who apparently consisted of Mason hailing from Scotland and Ireland, were at odds with another faction of Masons in England, the so-called "Premier Grand Lodge." The ritual of the Premier Grand Lodge only referred to three "great" lights without the Antients' reference to the "lesser" lights. The fact that the Antients held to the above interpretation of the three lesser lights was particularly significant for American Masonry as was their use of deacons in their degree work, as we shall see.\n\nIn modern American Webb work ritual, the moon is referred to in the First Degree as one of the three lesser or moveable lights and is identified as the biblical ruler of the night and as a reference of regularity for the conduct of the Master of the Lodge.
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This forked symbol was adopted as its badge by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Britain, and originally, its use was confined to supporters of that organization. It was later generalised to become an icon of the 1960s anti-war movement, and was also adopted by the counterculture of the time. It was designed and completed February 21, 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a commercial designer and artist in Britain. He had been commissioned by the CND to design a symbol for use at an Easter march to Canterbury Cathedral in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in England.\n\nThe symbol itself is a combination of the semaphoric signals for the letters "N" and "D," standing for Nuclear Disarmament. In semaphore the letter "N" is formed by a person holding two flags in an upside-down "V," and the letter "D" is formed by holding one flag pointed straight up and the other pointed straight down. These two signals imposed over each other form the shape of the peace symbol. In the original design the lines widened at the edge of the circle.
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From the Wikipedia:\n\nFreemasonry is an esoteric society, in that certain aspects of its internal work are not generally disclosed to the public[2]. In recent years, Freemasons have stated that Freemasonry has become less a secret society and more of a society with secrets.[3][4] It also claims that most of the "secrets" of Freemasonry were revealed and have been known to the public since as early as the eighteenth century.[5] For this and other reasons, most modern freemasons regard the traditional concern over secrecy as a demonstration of their ability to keep a promise[6] and as a surrogate for the organization's concern over the privacy of their own affairs.[7][8] The private aspects of modern Freemasonry deal with elements of ritual and the modes of recognition amongst members within the ritual.
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Depends on how far down the rabbit hole you are willing to go?\n\nYes, on the surface the symbology is the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States as passed by Congress in 1782. The symbol of the all seeing eye, the illumination and symbol of many secret societies dating back to the Egyptians.\n\nThen there is what it meant to the Egyptians- a symbol of power- the eye of Amen-Ra (Amen, the God you unknowingly call several times in Christian ceremonies...)\n\nDo you really want to dig any deeper? Let's stop there for the moment.
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Freemasonry is the term used to refer to the secret fraternal order officially known as the Free and Accepted Masons, or Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.\n\nThere are approximately 5 million members worldwide, mostly in the United States and other English-speaking countries. With adherents in almost every nation where Freemasonry is not officially banned, it forms the largest secret society in the world. There is no central Masonic authority; jurisdiction is divided among autonomous national authorities, called grand lodges, and many concordant organizations of higher-degree Masons. In the United States and Canada the highest authority rests with state and provincial grand lodges. Custom is the supreme authority of the order, and there are elaborate symbolic rites and ceremonies, most of which utilize the instruments of the stonemason–the plumb, the square, the level, and compasses–and apocryphal events concerning the building of King Solomon's Temple for allegorical purposes.\n\nThe principles of Freemasonry have traditionally been liberal and democratic. Anderson's Constitutions (1723), the bylaws of the Grand Lodge of England, which is Freemasonry's oldest extant lodge, cites religious toleration, loyalty to local government, and political compromise as basic to the Masonic ideal. Masons are expected to believe in a Supreme Being, use a holy book appropriate to the religion of the lodge's members, and maintain a vow of secrecy concerning the order's ceremonies.\n\nThe basic unit of Freemasonry is the local Blue lodge, generally housed in a Masonic temple. The lodge consists of three Craft, Symbolic, or Blue Degrees: Entered Apprentice (First Degree), Fellow Craft (Second Degree), and Master Mason (Third Degree). These gradations are meant to correspond to the three levels–apprentice, journeyman, and master–of the medieval stonemasons' guilds. The average Mason does not rise above Master Mason.\n\nIf he does, however, he has the choice of advancing through about 100 different rites, encompassing some 1,000 higher degrees, throughout the world. In the United States, the two most popular rites are the Scottish and the York. The Scottish Rite awards 30 higher degrees, from Secret Master (Fourth Degree) to Sovereign Grand Inspector General (Thirty-third Degree). The York Rite awards ten degrees, from Mark Master to Order of Knights Templar, the latter being similar to a Thirty-third Degree Scottish Rite Mason.\n\nOther important Masonic groups are the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, to which many African-American Masons belong; the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm (the "fraternal fun order for Blue Lodge Masons" ); and the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Thirty-second degree Masons who, as the Shriners, are noted for their colorful parades and support of children's hospitals). There are also many subsidiary Masonic groups, including the Order of the Eastern Star, limited to Master Masons and their female relatives; De Molay, an organization for boys; and Job's Daughters and Rainbow, two organizations for girls. Many of the orders maintain homes for aged members.
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Masons have a role in society.  I don't know what it is but they must be a worthwhile organization.
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You can go to their website (http://www.freemasonry.org/) and check out the local chapters in your area.  Many have their own websites with information on becomng a member of the society.
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Here's a website outlining the Masonic degree system.\n\nhttp://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/masonic_degrees.html
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Yes I'm a Freemason.Look for your state's grand lodge on the first source below.Contact them telling them your city and they should be able to get you in contact with a member of your cities local lodge.
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The Bald Eagle (which symbolizes strength, independence and grace), represents the United States. It holds a red streamer in its beak that reads the State Motto, "State sovereignty, national union". The motto means that Illinois governs itself under the government of the United States. In the Bald Eagle's talons is a shield with thirteen bars and thirteen stars representing the original thirteen colonies. The colors in the shield are white (symbolizing purity, innocence); red (symbolizing valor and hardiness); and blue (symbolizing vigilance, perseverance, justice). The date Illinois was admitted to the Union (1818) and the date of the State Seal was redesigned(1868) are printed on the boulder. The ground around the boulder symbolizes the rich soil of this prairie state. The sun rising in distant horizon symbolizes hope and progress. The olive branch represents peace.