How to apply for membership of a Lodge under The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Denmark?

Most people believe that in order to become a Freemason, you must know a member who can recommend you. Traditionally this has been the most common procedure. Today however, you also have the possibility of expressing your interest in becoming a member, and the Grand Secretary will arrange that you are approached by the Lodge, you would like to join. An appointment will be made, and you will meet with the Lodge Committee to further discuss your interest and motives for membership in Freemasonry.

What in Freemasonry applies to men?

First of all any man must join of his own free will and accord, encouraged by his personal reasons and interests. Some might wish to join in order to be together with men, who - like himself - believe that only by developing and improving yourself, you can develop and improve the world. Others might be joining for the reason of the activities of charity in Freemasonry. Others are attracted to join because of their great interest in the massive history and traditions of the Freemasonry. Finally many have in the family or amongst friends someone who is or have been a Freemason, someone they have admired for his attitude towards life. Any man, who joins Freemasonry and is active, will experience brotherly solidarity and a feeling of fellowship and mutual support, manifested by a useful extension of his own concept of religion and society.

Take your time to read below note “The Ideal of a Freemason”. It was written more than one hundred years ago and sums up much of what attracts attention in Freemasonry.

You must, however, realize that it is a description of an ideal. It is a description of a goal, which many Freemasons never achieves, but we have all promised to follow the path that leads towards this ideal. We do not consider ourselves more noble or superior; we just demand high standards from ourselves.

The Ideal of a Freemason.

If you see a man who lives his life gentle and modest, and quietly fulfils his duties as a man, as a citizen, and as a husband and a father, who is religious without being hypocritical, charitable but not bragging, who helps his fellows human beings without thinking of his own interests, whose heart beats warmly for friendship, whose mind is clear and open to real joy, and who does not despair in the change of life, and who at time of good luck is not filled with  arrogance; 

a man who can absolve himself from superstition and false belief and who in nature can feel the touch of The Eternal Master and who feels and has a deep respect for the superior purpose of mankind;

a man to whom faith, hope and brotherly love is not just words without meaning, but to whom worldly possessions, even his life, is not too precious when protecting virtue and innocence, and protecting the truth – a man who is a rigorous judge over himself, but most tolerant to the weakness of his fellow human beings; who struggles to avoid mistakes without arrogance and to encourage prudence without impatience; a man who, in the right way, understands how to value and retain his abilities;

a man who appreciates virtue even if it might appear in the most humble clothing, and who does not accept vices even if dressed in purple, and who is practicing right and wrong due to credit to high as well as to low;

a man, who will not angle for applause, is beloved by all right-minded men, respected by his superior and esteemed by his inferiors; 

a man who never proclaims what he has done, can or will do, but who when there is a need, quietly interferes with courage and well-considered determination, indefatigable energy and extraordinary strength, and will not cease until he has accomplished his task, and thereafter, he will without arrogance return to the unnoticed, because he did not perform the good act for his own benefit, but for the benefit of the good cause.

If you, my dear Brethren meet such a man, you will see the personification of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. You have met The Ideal Freemason.