A more detailed answer to this question is given by the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of France: "Freemasonry is a world union based on solidarity. The goals of Freemasonry are the moral improvement of mankind. Its motto is Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. In the eyes of Freemasonry, all followers are equal, regardless of national, racial, religious differences, differences in status, rank, and position. Freemasonry affirms the principles of universal morality, equally acceptable to all peoples, in all conditions. It does not set any boundaries in the search for truth. Therefore, it is against the establishment of any dogmas or requirements for belonging to a certain faith. Every Mason is free and guided only by the dictates of his conscience. The Freemasons practice the widest tolerance also in the philosophical and religious spheres, both political and social."

UNIVERSALITY OF THE MASONIC ORDER

Freemasons, being scattered throughout the world, make up one lodge - the Franco-Masonic.

"The basic character of Freemasonry is internationality. Freemasonry is one, and any ritual or nation that deviates from this principle is mistaken and deviates from the Masonic path. We do not understand real Freemasonry, which could be called English, Scottish, French, American, etc. Is there English, Scottish, French mathematics? No, there is only mathematics, and there is also only Freemasonry. Certain peculiarities in rituals, ceremonies, and forms of reception are not sufficient to nationalize Freemasonry, in spite of its claims to internationality." (Brother Ragon.)

Freemasonry is one, despite some difference in rituals.

The lodge is the world.

Masonic rituals and symbols are of Jewish origin. The legends of the Freemasons, especially the legend of Adoniram, are also of Jewish origin.

Describing in his history the work of the Freemasons during the Revolution of 1789, Louis Blanc, himself a Freemason, says: "Everywhere above the throne, where the President of the Lodge, or the Master of the Chair, sat, sat was a shining delta, in the middle of which the name of Jehovah was written in Hebrew letters." (Alexander Selyaninov, The Secret Power of Freemasonry, p. 73.)

This is also confirmed by the anti-Masonic writer A. D. Filosofov: "The first," he says, "that strikes everyone who enters a Masonic lodge is the name of Jehovah, surrounded by rays and written in Hebrew over an altar or throne, which must not be approached before passing through two stages, signifying exoteric (external) and esoteric (internal) Freemasonry. It is known that the Freemasons of the Scottish ritual directly recognize themselves as servants of Jehovah, and this not as the God of Christianity, but as the God of the Jews, freeing them from the new duties imposed by the teaching of Christ" (A. D. Filosofov, Exposing the Great Mystery of Freemasonry).

RITUALS, SYMBOLS AND EMBLEM OF FREEMASONRY

Rituals and symbols are essential to the understanding of the Masonic organization and the aims pursued by Freemasonry. "In rituals and symbols," says Tara Sokolovskaya, "the whole essence of the Masonic organization was revealed: the mystery, the indissoluble connection of each individual member with the whole society, the punishment of traitors, the protection of society and an individual brother, the wide propaganda of Masonic ideas and the struggle for Masonic ideals." Each symbol has its own explanation and interpretation. So, for example, a ruler and a plumb line symbolize the equality of estates. The protractor is a symbol of justice. The compass serves as a symbol of the public, and the square, according to some interpretations, means conscience. Wild stone is coarse morality, chaos, cubic stone is "processed" morality. The hammer is used for processing wild stone. The hammer, being the accessory of the master, serves as a symbol of power. A hammer is a symbol of silence, obedience and conscience, according to other explanations, a hammer means faith. Spatula – condescension to a person's weakness and severity towards oneself. A branch of acacia is immortality; the coffin, skull and bones are contempt for death and sorrow for the disappearance of truth.

The hammer, square and compass are considered the most important symbols.

Freemasons' robes depict virtue. A round hat is a symbol of liberty. A naked sword is a punishing law, a symbol of the struggle for an idea, the execution of villains, and the protection of innocence. The dagger is a symbol of preferring death to defeat, the struggle for life and death. The dagger was worn on a black ribbon, on which was embroidered in silver the motto: "Win or die."

The emblem of world Freemasonry is a five-pointed star.