Masoneria ne Shqiperi I ka fillimet e saj mbas viteve 1990 me renien e diktatures dhe ndryshimeve legjislative ne vendin tone .

   Mbas viteve 1990 , nje pjese e intelektualeve  filluan te interesoheshin per Masonerine dhe misteret  qe mbarte ne vetvete , molle e ndaluar gjate Sistemit totalitar despotic , te ashtuquajtur komunist .

     Megjithate kontaktet e para me Masonerine ishin nepermjet librave , qe ne vetvete , jashte realitetit vetem ngjallnin kersheri dhe misticiaem ne mendjet e intelektualeve .

 Vetem mbas viteve 2000 filluan kontaktet e para me me Masonerine duke u njohur me te verteten , dhe njekohesisht lindi deshira , jo vetem per tu integruar Brenda kesaj Familje te Madhe vellazerore , mbare boterore, por njekohesisht per te sjelle ne Shqiperi , driten e munguar ne vite per breza te tere , me qellimin e vetem qe  te mund te ndricojme rrugen e vertete per brezat , nepermjet Drites flakeruese te Arkitektit te Madh .

  Qellimi final I vellezerve eshte kontributi per te ndertuar nje shoqeri demokratike te bazuar ne ndarjen dhe kontrollin reciprok te pushteteve , nje shoqeri qe levderon punen , bazohet ne vlerat dhe virtutet e njeriut , duke shkallmuar injorancen dhe luftuar veset si semundje kanceroze qe brjne cdo minute shoqerine e brishte shqiptare .

    Kontaktet e para vellezerit shqiptare I kane pasur ne Itali , nepermjet Lozhes se Madhe Italiane  ne vitin 2004 , prej ku eshte themeluar Lozha e pare shqiptare “ Epidamnus “ ne 2013.

     Sot Masoneria Shqiptare , Lozha e Madhe Shqiptare Iliria , zhvillon aktivitetin e saj ne Durres , Tiarne , Vlore , Kruje dhe Kosove , si dhe eshte anetare me te drejta te Plot ate Organizates Nderkombetare CLIPSAS , Anetare e Unionit Masonik Ballkanik * UMB ), si dhe anetare e Unionit Masonik Mediterran . 

MASONRY AND ITS DEVELOPMENTS IN ALBANIA

Masonry, is the world's oldest universal brotherhood, believing in the brotherhood of man,

under the care of the Great Architect of The Universe.

Masonry seeks to achieve moral improvement, family values, civic culture, freedom of thought

and tolerance.

Masons around the world are willing to volunteer and contribute to medical research,

hospital constructions, homes for the elderly, scholarships, and many other charitable causes.

Simply put, the Masons believe it is important to be a good person and that good people should encourage one another to become better people and then, regardless of economic resources,

work sympathetically together to help the community.

Relying on these solid bases of morality and conscience, it is not surprising that Masonry is

the biggest philanthropic institution in the world, seeking to contribute more to minimizing

the moral and economic poverty of mankind.

Masonry is a non-secretive, open-minded and liberal brotherhood for all those who inspire

moral and spiritual values, but is closed to ignorance and those who aspire, in a blind manner,

for material gains.

Masonry is by no means a religious cult or a political group;   Masons never discuss religion or politics under the canopy of their meetings.

However, membership requires strict confidence and belief in the Great Creator. 

Joining Masonry does not impede, but encourages civic humility, while respecting freedom,

faith and family loyalty.

Masonry is not a religion, it is the science of knowing the source of life, it is a philosophy,

it is the very life and morality of a free democratic society.

Masonry is an Institution where brothers work together, every day, to improve their moral values, ​​

to increase virtue and remove vices, it is a school that enables the recognition of ancient mysteries

that are experienced through the realisation of traces left over in Human History and energy,

transmitted to the psyche from cosmic spaces, that enable us to live in a more mysterious world,

for the benefit of mankind.

Masonry is a great heritage of those who have transmitted the ancient teachings of truth, mostly

in allegorical and symbolic form, intertwined in ceremonial and ritual meetings.

Thus, some aspects of the truth have been preserved and made clear to those who can understand and want to take advantage of them; while at the same time withheld, reserved from ignorance and those who wish to abuse them.

Fraternal membership today, reflects a community without any social, racial, professional, religious

or political bias, and regardless of gender.

It is said that Masonry is like exercising a strong spiritual training.       

In fact, Masonry teaches the wonderful art of conceptualising the most invisible, to warm the soul,

by taking warmth from the heart.     

The Universe itself, our solar system is in itself equilibrium, and the human being himself is a creation

in equilibrium, it is the perfect Tree of Life, “VITRUVIO” .

Despite belief, philosophy, or political conviction, one can learn and apply self-discipline,

self-confidence, and self-esteem in a safe and friendly environment.

Like any discipline, self-improvement, to become a devoted citizen for your country, society and

the family, requires work of obedience and blind faith in the Great Architect to enable the laying

of a good foundation stone, so as to erect a super-structure, which will survive for centuries.

The Mason's Lodge is a safe haven, where brothers gather and discuss the many philosophical and

everyday problems of each and every one's life, by improving themselves through the knowledge

that brothers communicate with each other.

Masonry, beyond moral education, illuminates a clear path for the consciousness and elevation

of the soul outside of a religious context.

The Masons are guided in their activity by Freedom, Fraternity and Equality; unmistakable concepts in their activity.

Masonic  brethren assimilate education through a perception of rituals inherited from the birth

of Modern Masonry, as a mysterious medieval show, with the allegorical concepts of birth and life.

The brethren enhance their illumination via efforts to attain recognition through meditation, perception, and reading.

The Masons enrich the soul as the gift of eternity, in spite of the symbolism of ignorance and

perverseness.

In Albania as a result of previous Dictatorships, it has been impossible to spread the Tenets

of Freemasonry.

Today, Albanian sisters and brothers have established the Grand Lodge of Albania - ILIRIA,

which is part of the internationally renowned Global Masonic Family, contributing to the communication of moral values, to enable the building of a democratic society based on love,

not hate, oriented by eternity, spiritual warmth, and not temporal matter that has never been

nor ever will be the property of the human beings.

Albanian brothers and sisters, as part of the Great Masonic World aspire for a globe where; knowledge and light, illuminating the darkness and virtue and goodness imprisoning vice and ignorance, we can discover the values ​​of the first layers on every surface and earth, our land

and allow us to have a rich cultural heritage to aid those who will fall.

Masonic science and lessons are an inseparable part of the development of democratic human

society, where outstanding people of art, science, philosophy and politics have made a valuable

contribution to what has been achieved so far.

Masonry has been a guide to the building of democratic societies by leading civilisations and communities through its knowledge, the light of truth and confidence that prominent brethren

have had in The Great Architect.       

The Albanian society, under spiritual slavery for centuries, where mistrust and brutality have prevailed and the darkness had plagued for many years, is indispensable for the valuable Masonic lessons.

The burning flame of the Albanian and Kosovan brothers and sisters will blaze significantly  

and will illuminate across the nation's territories to enable the spread of knowledge and truth

at every quarter where our ancestors have spoken our blessed language, our heritage.

With the endless assistance of brethren across the earth's surface, and with the confidence and hope

in the Great Architect, darkness, ignorance and antiquity will leave room for light and knowledge

from which, for many centuries, will be illuminated our generations to come.

Published in the "KOHA JONE" Newspaper,    January 15, 2019     by RAIMOND TODHE