The history of freemasonry : its legends and traditions, its chronological history (1906)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, Hughan, William James, 1841-1911, Singleton, William Reynolds, 1819-1901. History of the symbolism of freemasonry, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite and the Royal Order of Scotland · New York : Masonic History Co. · leaf 212
tury of the Christian era the Emperor Theodosiusabolished all mystical associations, but the Dionysiacs are said tohave continued their existence until the time of the Crusades, whenthey passed over into Europe and were merged in the association ofbuilders known as the Traveling Freemasons of the… … CHAPTER XXVI FREEMASONRY AND THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES |HE theory which ascribes the origin of Freema-sonry as a secret society to the Pagan Mysteriesof the ancient world, and which derives the mostimportant part of its ritual and the legend of itsThird Degree from the initiation practiced inthese…
