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The Temple of Solomon, Hiram Abiff & the Masonic Origin Story of the United States Part 1 [Unlocked]

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Elias Ashmull and the Origins of Freemasonry

Elias Ashmull is one of the only people to document that earliest transition between stone mason guilds and occultism. He describes being initiated into a Masonic Lodge in 1646, 40 years later he writes about Freemasonry again. The three foundational Rosicrucian texts were very influential culturally. Even the sort of academic intellectual scene was swept by their influence.

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