by Edmond Ronayne
originally published in 1879
paperback; 406 pages
The title of this book says it all: Freemasonry is Baal-worship revived. The author, who was Past Master of a Masonic Lodge in Chicago prior to his conversion to Christianity, shows that the religious philosophy of Freemasonry, particularly its celebrated legend of Hiram Abiff, is the exact counterpart of the "Ancient Mysteries" and its ceremonies and symbols are identical in every detail with the initiatory rites that were practiced several thousand years ago in the worship of the sun-god in Egypt, Babylon, Canaan, and other pagan cultures. An astonishing comparison is then made between Freemasonry and Roman Catholicism, showing that both rest upon the same anti-Christian foundation.
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