The Most Hidden Secrets of the Principal Degrees of Masonry

Name: De allerverborgenste geheimen van de hoofdgraden der metzelary
Author: Köppen, Karl Friedrich

De allerverborgenste geheimen van de hoofdgraden der metzelary

attr. Köppen, Karl Friedrich

Dutch

Johann August von Starck c. 1775 · published 1786

137 pages

3 images

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Rosicrucian Tradition Hermetica Secret Societies Mysticism Christian Theology

About This Book

freemasonryrosicrucianismhermeticismchristian-mysticism

Step inside a forbidden repository of 18th-century ritual that reimagines Freemasonry as a clandestine Christian vanguard born from the Crusades. This text peels back the veil on the 'most hidden secrets' of the Order, transforming architectural tools into weapons of moral vengeance and spiritual rebirth.