Freemasonry -- Its Origins, Its Myths, and Its Rituals
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The Hiram Abif Legend of Freemasonry
Masons record a further founding legend, which claims that their firstle was the architect and master builder of solomon's temple. And according to the hiram abif legend in these masonic documents, hiram bif was attacked by lower level workers who demanded to know the secret word for 'firstle' Refused to tell them. They buried his body in an unmarked grave. While he was missing, other masons went to search for him where they found hi his makeshift grave and then exhumed his body to be reburied with proper honors at the temple. A lot of the secret signs, the handshakes, the secret passwords in masonic ritual are
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