Who is the creator who created the universe, according to Freemasonry?

The creator of the universe is recognized under the title of the Grand Architect of the Universe (G. A. O. T. U.), as well as the Sovereign Grand Architect, Grand Artificer, or Great Geometer 1314. Mackey equates this title to the concept of God as "The Builder"—Al Gabil in Arabic—upon whose symbolic foundation stone the world is erected 1. A fundamental landmark of Craft Masonry requires every initiate to hold a belief in God under this designation, framing human equality and brotherhood as grounded in the nature of Deity 141.

Freemasonry does not define a sectarian theology or interfere with individual religious faith, leaving each Mason to understand the Grand Architect according to his own creed—whether addressable as Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva 31. Claudy explains that geometry is regarded as God's particular science, by which the proportion and order of the universe exist and move 3.

In the Scottish Rite, Pike offers a distinct philosophical interpretation of creation. He describes God as the Almighty or Unknown Father (Pater Agnōstos) whose internal Thought (Ennoia) uttered itself through the Word (Logos), becoming the Creator or Demiourgos that brought the universal system into being 2. Pike characterizes the Universal Soul, Thought, and Word as a "True Masonic Trinity," while maintaining that Masonry leaves its initiates entirely free to harmonize these concepts with their own religious faith 2.