What are the Freemasons take on the afterlife?

There are probably hundreds of possible outcomes after death everything from reincarnation to a place of everlasting pain and suffering. But nobody really knows what happens. Personally, I don't believe in hell, so I'm pretty confident I won't be going there. Or maybe that's what happens, our ideas of what hell or heaven is become reality when we die.

Hi there Eudaimonia,

Freemasonry doesn't exactly have a collective view on this kind of thing, as we incorporate members from different religions and beliefs.

I personally believe that Hell is simply a state of separation from God, rather than a literal lake of fire. I believe that this (fairly morbid) concept derives from the ancient use of the Hebrew word Gehenna as a nickname or euphemism for Hell. Gehenna was a literal firepit where garbage was burned, and my opinion is that some over-active imaginations took this concept to a darker level and a literal meaning.

Hope this makes sense. Haven't had any coffee yet this morning...

It would depend entirely on what religion or faith/mindset they belonged to when they joined.

It almost certainly varies from person to person.

Originally posted by Roark
I personally believe that Hell is simply a state of separation from God, rather than a literal lake of fire.

Going on memory here.

At one time Hell was depicted as cold (painted in shades of blue, etc..) because it was hidden/separated from the light (warmth) of God.


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Hey! No fair moving a topic when I was posting.. I was like What's with this blue stuff?

[edit on 4/3/2006 by Cug]