Gould, Robert Freke, 1836-1915 · New York : Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. · leaf 32
merge into strong probability ormore. Evidence of customs now existing, by no meansproves that they are of very old standing. If the cere-monial of the Craft to a certain extent finds a parallelin the present observances of the Druses and the An-sariyeh—that is to say, if the writers, by whom we… … 20 History of Fraemasonry. be said with respect to the rites of many other secretsocieties of current date, for example, the Begtaschi ofTurkey, and the Yesidis of Armenia and Asia Minor.Though I must not pass over in silence an alternativesupposition, namely, what has been called the doctrineof…
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