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 74
oo absurd to need further refutation. In conclusion, we may unhesitatingly concur with Bro. W. J.Hughan in his opinion that the theory which assigns the founda-tion of Freemasonry to Elias Ashmole and his friends the Astrolo-gers is opposed to existing documents dating before and since… … F all the theories which have been advanced inrelation to the origin of Freemasonry fromsome one of the secret sects, either of antiquityor of the Middle Ages, there is none more in-teresting than that which seeks to connect itwith the Hermetic philosophy, because thereis none which presents more…
