Freemasonry or Freemasonry is a discrete institution, not religious, philanthropic, philosophical and symbolic initiatory founded in a sense of brotherhood.
It aims to the search for truth through reason and foster intellectual and moral development of the human being as well as social progress.
Masons are organized into structures called base lodges, which in turn can be grouped in an organization at higher levels usually called Grand Lodge, the Grand Orient or Grand Priory.