Why should a modern-thinking person consider joining Freemasonry?  This is a question usually answered by a list of the benefits derived from a wider social network and the opportunity to develop established interests in a different setting.   It however can be so much more, we are all different personalities cast in what will always appear as the personal modern moment.   Masonry provides a framework for introspection and to mentally position the self, in civilised morality and obligated direction.