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What is Freemasonry?
Text Box: Freemasonry is the most ancient fraternity in the world, with its origins going back to the middle ages.  It is not a religion but it is a religious organization in that you must believe in a supreme being in order to join.  It’s not a secret society but rather a society with secrets.  Masonry isn't a cult, satanic organization, etc. We are more like a group of brothers trying to better ourselves and the world one man at a time. Below is a great video produced by The Grand Lodge of Tennessee that addresses many questions you might have about Freemasonry. Text Box: At the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge in 1853, Grand Master A.M. Hughes, in his address, said:              “It will be recollected by many members of this Grand Lodge that at the time of its session there existed four Lodges in the city of Nashville. Entertaining with many other Masons that this number was greater than the wants of the city required, and fearing their operation might not conduce to the harmony and efficient action of the Fraternity, I prevailed upon the members of those three Lodges — Sewanee No. 131, Sequoyah No. 156, and Nashville No. 142 — to surrender their charters and take out a dispensation for a new Lodge. Acting upon this suggestion, the three Lodges entered into an agreement to this effect, and I granted them a dispensation, authorizing the brethren to open a new Lodge by the name of PHOENIX LODGE No. 131.” The committee on Dispensation reported in favor of granting the Lodge a charter, which was done, and thus was PHOENIX LODGE No. 131 formed — “A phoenix rising from the ashes of three dead Lodges.” Phoenix Lodge No. 131, held its first meeting on December 27, 1851, under dispensation from the Grand Master. A charter was ordered and issued on October 6, 1852. The officers named in the charter are:              T.B. Hamlin, W.M.              D.D. Dickery, S.W.              Williamson H. Horn, J.W.

Phoenix Lodge History

How to Join?
Text Box: Joining a Masonic Lodge is simple. Simply ask a member for a petition. Its against Masonic rules for a member to ask someone to join, so all members of this fraternity are here because they at sometime asked someone who they knew to be a mason to join. You can download a petition, fill it out, and turn it in to our lodge anytime.