A Basic Masonic Education Course

<body> <p align="center">It appears that your web browser does not recognize frames.  Please use the navigation from this page to access the no-frame formated pages.</p> <p align="center"><em><font FACE="Verdana" size="4"><b>Basic Masonic Education Course</b></font></em></p> <font size="2"><p><font face="Verdana">The material presented in the Masonic Education Course website does not disclose any of the esoteric portions of the ritual of the Grand Lodge. The contents of this website therefore may </font><font FACE="Verdana" size="2">be discussed with, and read by, any person interested in acquiring knowledge about Freemasonry.</font></p> </font><font FACE="Verdana" size="2"><p style="text-align: justify">Masonic organizations are invited to download, reproduce, extract, copy or reprint the contents and pages of the Masonic Education Course.</p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center">The material herein is taken from 3 booklets jointly produced by: </p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center"><strong>the Institute for Masonic Studies</strong> <a href="mailto:%20IMS@freemason.org">IMS@freemason.org</a> </p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center">and </p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center"><strong>the Committee on Masonic Education</strong> <a href="mailto:MasEd@freemason.org">MasEd@freemason.org</a> </p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="left"><strong>THE INSTITUTE FOR MASONIC STUDIES</strong> collects, preserves, and disseminates Masonic information for use by members, candidates, and the general public; promotes Masonic scholarship by offering state-of-the-art research facilities and tools and providing qualified speakers on all aspects of Freemasonry; develops and distributes programs; houses and maintains the library and museum collections of the Grand Lodge."<br> <br> <strong>THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC EDUCATION</strong> develops programs and materials on the philosophy, customs, traditions and history of Freemasonry for use by Lodges, including materials for use by candidates, individual Masons and their families, as well as non-Masons."<br> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><font FACE="Verdana" size="3"><strong>Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of California</strong></font></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center"><strong>1111 California Street</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center"><strong>San Francisco, CA 94108-2284</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center"></font><font FACE="Verdana" size="1"><strong>(415) 776-7000</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px" align="center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></font><font FACE="Verdana" size="2"><strong><a href="http://www.freemason.org">http://www.freemason.org</a></strong></p> </font><font FACE="Verdana" size="1"><p ALIGN="RIGHT" style="text-align: justify">REV 98-02</font></p> <p align="center"><font FACE="Verdana" size="2"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">FORWARD</span></i></b></font></p> </body>