“This brings us to a further question. Is it sufficient, to become a Freemason, only to be considered “a free and moral man”? Can one join Freemasonry only because he “believes” in it? I am convinced it is not enough and it is necessary that this man has in himself an intuition, an ambition to knowledge, a peculiar spiritual behaviour, a strong will of the intellect, a sensibility and a predisposition of the soul and love for knowledge.”

“In the vacuum of the traditional values the only representative of the Tradition remains the Promethean figure of the Freemason, a man who tries to defend his space and his time, master of his own existence. According to the philosopher José Ortega y Gasset, in his “The Revolt of the Masses”, each civilization lies in a condition of fundamental insecurity and needs a persevering commitment in order not to decay in barbarism; such effort can be necessarily supported by men willing to live according to duties and imperatives.

These men have represented the aristocracy of each society and this is the role to which the “Freemason” is called.”

- The Most Worshipful Bro. Fabio Venzi, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Italy

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