If you are a man of lawful age, having a belief in God, and meet jurisdiction requirements, find a Mason and ask. If you are known to that man, and he is comfortable referring you to membership, he will have you complete a petition for membership. If you do not know a Mason, most Grand Lodges have an online referral platform to make contact - or find a local lodge building and just show up on a meeting night.

If you are unknown to the members, expect to spend a number of evenings getting to know the members of the Lodge. This is an opportunity for you to see if you enjoy their company and an opportunity for them to get to know you. If you feel that you do not mesh well with the members of particular Lodge, feel free to go to other locations to see if there is a group you mesh more strongly with.

Once you are ready to join, ask for a petition and pay the initiation fee. Your petition will be read and a committee to evaluate and recommend action will be formed by the presiding officer. This committee should meet with you to answer any of your questions and to ensure that you meet the requirements for membership.

Once these meetings are complete, your petition will be read in Lodge and voted upon. It is one of the traditions of Freemasonry that members must be elected by unanimous vote of members present. Once voted in the affirmative, your initiation will be scheduled.

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Symbols allow people to communicate quickly, and to transcend language barriers. When you see a green light or a circle with a line through it, you know what it means. Likewise, Masons use metaphors from geometry and the architecture of stonemasonry to inform their continuing pursuit of knowledge, ethics, and leadership skills.

To reflect their heritage, Masons wear aprons while in lodge, at certain public events, and at funerals to demonstrate their pride in the fraternity, and their lineage from stonemasons, who historically carried their tools in leather aprons. The square and compass is the most widely known symbol of Masonry: When you see the symbol on a building, you know that Masons meet there.

Together with the Holy Bible (or other appropriate book of faith,) the Square and Compass compose the three Great Lights of Masonry. "Light" being emblematic of knowledge. The Holy Bible (or book of faith) is the rule and guide of faith, a requirement for membership, the Square to remind us to square our actions with mankind and other members, and the Compass to circumscribe and keep us within due bounds with all mankind, but especially a Brother Mason.

-Paraphrased from the Indiana Monitor and Freemason's Guide. In Indiana's jurisdiction, this is considered published materials.

The lamb-skin or white leather apron is an emblem of innocence and the badge of a Mason. Members are presented with the unadorned apron at their initiation into the Fraternity and are taught to keep their thoughts and actions as pure and spotless as that badge. Throughout a member's masonic journey, they may be presented with other aprons that are emblematic of other offices or recognitions, but none are more significant than that first plain apron.

At the funeral of a member who has "dropped the working tools of life," that first apron may be placed upon the body or otherwise incorporated into a Masonic Funeral Service as a final act of brotherhood/fraternity to the departed brother.

Freemasonry began when stonemasons formed local organizations, called lodges, to take care of sick and injured members, as well as the families of those who were killed on the job. The masons also used the lodges as places to meet, receive their pay, plan their work, train new apprentices, and socialize. Today, this term refers both to a unit of Masons and the room or building in which they meet. There are nearly 400 lodges in Indiana and approximately 13,000 in the United States. 

There are three stages of Masonic membership: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason. These stages are referred to as “degrees,” and correspond with members’ self-development and increased knowledge of Freemasonry. As a man completes each phase of learning, the lodge holds a ceremony to confer his degree.

Degree names are taken from craft guilds: In the Middle Ages, to become a stonemason, a man would first be apprenticed. As an apprentice, he learned the tools and skills of the trade. When he had proved his skills, he became a “fellow of the craft,” and when he gained exceptional ability, he was known as a “master of the craft.”

There are two kinds of meetings for members. The most common is a business meeting, called a stated meeting, devoted to administrative procedures: minutes of the last meeting, discussing financial matters, voting on applications, and planning for lodge activities. The second kind of meeting is ceremonial, used for admitting new Masons and conferring degrees. 

Masonry does not endorse political candidates or legislation, and the discussion of politics at Masonic meetings is not allowed. 

No - Freemasonry is a charitable, benevolent, educational and religious fraternity.

Through the art of Freemasonry, the improvement and strengthening of the character of the individual man, Freemasonry seeks to improve the community. Thus it impresses upon its members the principles of personal righteousness and personal responsibility, enlightens them as to those things which make for human welfare, and inspires them with that feeling of charity, or good will, toward all mankind which will move them to translate principle and conviction into action.

Masonry abhors Tyranny as being repugnant to its concept of the dignity of the individual personality, destructive of the basic human rights which are the Divine heritage of all men, and contrary to the fundamental Masonic tenets of faith in God and the free exercise of religion.

It believes that the attainment of these objectives is best accomplished by laying a broad basis of principle upon which men of every race, country, sect and opinion may unite.

No - the beliefs of a Satanist are in conflict with the morality, norms, and teaching of Freemasonry.

Generally, "historical Satanism, also called devil worship, consists of belief in and worship of the Judeo-Christian Devil and the explicit rejection of his antithesis [explicit rejection of God.]" (7/22. Britannica.)

Faith in God is a requirement to join the fraternity. We accept no atheists.

Membership in Masonry is not a secret; all members are free to acknowledge their membership. There is no secret about any of Masonry’s aims or principles. Masonry’s constitutions and rules are available to the public, and meeting locations are clearly identifiable. Like many similar organizations, some of Masonry’s internal affairs, such as ceremonies, grips, and passwords, are regarded as private matters for members only. 

This shows that the Mason listed is a Past Master. A Past Master is a Mason who once served as the Worshipful Master of a Lodge of Masons. A Past Master may be held in high regard, but it does not place him above a Master Mason, all Masons meet on the level.