Freemasonry is the oldest and largest fraternal organization, or Brotherhood, in the world. Its members are joined together by shared ideals, of both a moral and metaphysical nature, and, by a common belief in a Supreme Being though not necessarily a belief in a common Supreme Being.

Freemasonry uses an initiatory system of degrees, or morality plays, to teach lessons of, and explore ethical and philosophical issues surrounding, the moral principles Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth. In these degrees, the observer knows beforehand nothing of what will happen. Freemasonry therefore often refers to itself as “a beautiful system of morals veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols”.

-Utah Grand Lodge-