Unizar Lodge #347 AF&AM of Minnesota

Freemasonry is the world’s oldest and largest fraternity.

Freemasonry is universal, that is to say, it is global in reach.

Freemasonry is constituted of men concerned with moral and spiritual themes, not in a dogmatic sense, but in a manner that allows each person the right to exercise their freedom of conscience to arrive at their own personal answer to the questions posed.

Freemasonry does require that each potential member have faith in Deity.  No specific religious dogma or concept of Deity is imposed. Again, this is a matter left to each individual to exercise their own freedom of conscience.

Freemasonry’s origins are old.  We know that during the medieval period guilds of stone workmen existed that were organized into exclusive lodges. These are referred to as the operative masons. To insure that their craft methodologies remained exclusive, they were bonded to secrecy.  Because of their exclusivity, a phenomenon occurred where non-workers were allowed to join these powerful guilds, and as the demand for their trade waned, those guilds were transformed into exclusive groupings that allowed men to freely assemble and freely speculate on topics often censored, by the ruling orthodoxy. The latter group is referred to as speculative masons. In the year 1717, four existing lodges in England formed a Grand Lodge - the first public appearance of the Fraternity.

Freemasonry is fundamentally a traditionalist society. It is concerned with philosophical themes and ideals, such as, virtue and honor. Unizar Lodge seeks to reclaim many of those traditionalists’ aspects that have been discarded by the onset of modernity. We are confident that, as we embrace the traditional and educational aspects of the Craft, our beloved Fraternity will experience qualitative growth. We extend an invitation to men of good will to become united with us in this noble cause.