Chope Givrée Ruée d'or masonique

Freemasonry describes itself as a beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbos . The symboism is mainly, but non exclusively, drawn from the manual tools of stonemasons - the square and compass, the level and plumb rule, the trowel, among others. A moral lesson is attached to each of these tools, although the assignment is by no means. The meaning of the symboism is taught and explored through ritual