What is a Masonic Lodge?

Answer 1

Most people naturally assume that a masonic lodge is a meeting place for Freemasons. However, the masonic lodge actually refers to the Masons themselves, not just their meeting hall, as a lodge can be opened anywhere enough Masons have assembled.

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The term is defined several ways by Masonic authors, but it is currently used to refer to three general things:

- A specific group of Freemasons that regularly meet together under a Warrant or Charter; e.g. St John's Lodge No. 1, The Grand Lodge of England, or the Pennsylvania Lodge of Research.

- An official meeting of Freemasons for a specific purpose; e.g. a Lodge of Master Masons, a Lodge of Entered Apprentice Masons, a Lodge of Sorrow, or a Table Lodge.

- It can also refer to the place where Freemasons hold their meetings, although that specific place would properly be called the Lodge Room. The building is more typically referred to as a Masonic Hall, or Masonic Temple, but some will call it, informally, the Masonic Lodge. Originally, the term lodge did refer to the building, in the form of a small hut or shelter, where stone masons who were engaged in building a large structure would gather.

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Answer 2

Most people naturally assume that a masonic lodge is a meeting place for Freemasons. However, the masonic lodge actually refers to the Masons themselves, not just their meeting hall, as a lodge can be opened anywhere enough Masons have assembled.

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The term is defined several ways by Masonic authors, but it is currently used to refer to three general things:

- A specific group of Freemasons that regularly meet together under a Warrant or Charter; e.g. St John's Lodge No. 1, The Grand Lodge of England, or the Pennsylvania Lodge of Research.

- An official meeting of Freemasons for a specific purpose; e.g. a Lodge of Master Masons, a Lodge of Entered Apprentice Masons, a Lodge of Sorrow, or a Table Lodge.

- It can also refer to the place where Freemasons hold their meetings, although that specific place would properly be called the Lodge Room. The building is more typically referred to as a Masonic Hall, or Masonic Temple, but some will call it, informally, the Masonic Lodge. Originally, the term lodge did refer to the building, in the form of a small hut or shelter, where stone masons who were engaged in building a large structure would gather.

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Answer 3

A "Blue Masonic Lodge", also referred to as a "Blue Lodge", is any Masonic Lodge that confers the three degrees of Freemasonry. It is so name because the ceiling of the Lodge was often blue in color, representing the sky.

Answer 4

From what I've learned about it; it is based on Babylonian pagan worship, eastern mysticism.