ABSTRACT
Without in any way desiring or attempting to advance a theory that what we know as Freemasonry has been practised uninterruptedly through the centuries, my contention is that there are sufficient traces in the principal features of our present rituals of their having been derived, and not merely manufactured, as so many would have us believe. And the greatest weight of evidence goes to prove that the Crusaders are largely responsible for European continuation of the Ancient Mysteries, successive courses being built on the foundations laid by Phoenician travellers in much more remote periods of the world's history.
