Grand Mistress of the Feminine Grand Lodge of France
The Feminine Grand Lodge of France, the first Masonic women obedience in the world, rallies 13 000 women, from different cultures, conditions and backgrounds in a philosophical and social initiatory approach.
We will start with the initiatory approach. The Masonic method that was transmitted by our elders and that we have the responsibility of transmitting is based on the study of symbols and allows us to acquire a deeper knowledge of ourselves by developing free thinking beyond all dogmas and leads to better self-building. The path of Masonic initiation is one which overcomes preconceptions, helps opening the mind and listening to each other.
It is a social and philosophical approach because our lodges, an ideal place for exchange and study and where speech circulates freely, are the place where we work individually and collectively to advance in our spiritual and philosophical research. We are animated by the desire to have another look at ourselves and at our society, a women's enlightened look that will go beyond appearances.
The Freemasons of the Feminine Grand Lodge of France do not live outside the world, in a self-centered way. They are involved in the real world. Our speech of initiated Women, our positions, our hearings in the institutions bear witness to that.
In today's violent society, where relations between humans are tough and where fundamentalism and fanaticism of all sorts are growing, it is more important than ever to give sense to our humanistic ideals, to give a direction and a content to our thinking.
To live in this ideal of responsible women, one has to remain attentive to the daily events and vigilant to the attacks perpetuated on our principles of tolerance, on the respect of others, on denial of discrimination, on secularism (laicity) and parity. It is also to defend and promote our values of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity and to build a more just and fraternal world.
In this spirit, the Feminine Grand Lodge of France wants to share the richness of the initiatory process. We are already present in many countries and continents. We are helping to spread Freemasonry in general and Women's Freemasonry especially.
Applying the initiatory tradition, thinking like modern women, listening and exchanging, carrying out the work begun within our temples, always working to perfect the spiritual, moral and material values of humanity; these are the commitments we make when entering the Feminine Grand Lodge of France.
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