Print Edition | July 2023

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In this 24 page issue we continue to explore the connection of The Knights Templars and Freemasonry by focusing on their direct connection to our Craft.

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In this Issue

COVER STORY

Sanford Holst asks whether our Templar roots date back to medieval or even ancient times.

Templar Origins of Masonry

Mackey’s Encyclopedia looks at the lasting effects of unproven mythical roots attributed to the Templars.

Ramsay’s oration of 1737

Bro. Gould presents Ramsay’s Oration of 1737, that inspired the creation of Templar rites in Freemasonry.  

The Templar Legacy in Scotland

In The Temple and the Lodge, Baigent & Leigh describe how the Templars had always cloaked themselves in myth.

Why No Historical Evidence?

Tim Wallace-Murphy explains why lack of evidence fails to disprove the Templar’s role in Robert the Bruce’s victory at Bannockburn.

Q&A: Timothy Hogan

Interview with Tim Hogan, author of The Way of the Templar, who argues for his belief in the Templar legacy and its value to the Craft.

Final Word

Manly P. Hall says Freemasons, among others, “form the Western chain in the transmission of occult science.”