About Us

The Blue Lodge (as it is called) exists to make new candidates into Freemasons. The Blue Lodge consists of members of the first three degrees of Freemasonry. The "Blue" stands for friendship and fraternity. Since Freemasonry is a fraternity, it is open to men only, although there are other affiliated Freemason organizations that welcome only women or couples.

The first three degrees of Freemasonry are:

  1. The Entered Apprentice

  2. The Fellow craft

  3. The Master Mason

The normal candidate will apply to and join a Lodge, then, through mastering the three degrees of the Blue Lodge, become a Master Mason. There is no higher honor in Freemasonry than becoming a Master Mason. There are, however, other appendant bodies that have further degrees that can be taken. (I think at last count there were over 192 different organizations springing from the root of Freemasonry. There are over 1.5 million registered Freemasons in the US alone.) It should never be construed that any of these further degrees are higher than the Master Mason degree - only further opportunities to learn more about yourself and your brothers.

The Entered Apprentice Degree:

The Entered Apprentice Degree looks at man in his "beauty" and Youth. It teaches lessons about dealing with the everyday physical world that we live in and how to begin to better yourself.

The Fellowcraft Degree:

The Fellowcraft Degree addresses man in his "strength" and Middle Age. It teaches lessons about dealing with growth of the spirit and the internal man (his growth through knowledge and learning to care for others). It emphasizes the mental preparation of man's transition from the physical world to the spiritual world.

The Master Mason Degree:

The Master Mason Degree addresses man in his "wisdom" and his older years. It teaches lessons about the soul, the spirit, and man's mortality.

Note: There is some memory work involved in becoming a Master Mason that you will be expected to accomplish. And, there are some fees involved to offset the cost to the Fraternity.