![]() Some time later, in a separate ceremony, they will be passed to the degree of Fellowcraft, and finally they will be raised to the degree of Master Mason. Candidates for Freemasonry are progressively initiated into Freemasonry, first in the degree of Entered Apprentice. The bulk of Masonic ritual consists of degree ceremonies. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Lodge might adjourn for a formal dinner, or festive board, sometimes involving toasting and song. In addition to business, the meeting may perform a ceremony to confer a Masonic degree or receive a lecture, which is usually on some aspect of Masonic history or ritual. The Lodge meets regularly to conduct the usual formal business of any small organisation (pay bills, organise social and charitable events, elect new members, etc.). ![]() The Masonic Lodge is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. Continental Freemasonry is now the general term for the "liberal" jurisdictions who have removed some, or all, of these restrictions. Regular Freemasonry insists that a volume of scripture is open in a working lodge, that every member profess belief in a Deity, that no women are admitted, and that the discussion of religion and politics is banned. Modern Freemasonry broadly consists of two main recognition groups. There is no international, worldwide Grand Lodge that supervises all of Freemasonry each Grand Lodge is independent, and they do not necessarily recognise each other as being legitimate. The Lodges are usually supervised and governed at the regional level (usually coterminous with either a state, province, or national border) by a Grand Lodge or Grand Orient. The basic, local organisational unit of Freemasonry is the Lodge. There are additional degrees, which vary with locality and jurisdiction, and are usually administered by different bodies than the craft degrees. Members of these organisations are known as Freemasons or Masons. These are the degrees offered by Craft (or Blue Lodge) Freemasonry. ![]() The degrees of freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval craft guilds, those of Apprentice, Journeyman or fellow (now called Fellowcraft), and Master Mason. Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
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