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In The Mystical Basis of Masonry, W. L. Wilmshurst argues that Freemasonry is far more than a social, charitable or moral institution. Beneath its ceremonies and architectural symbolism, he sees an initiatory system concerned with the transformation of the individual and the reconstruction of the human soul.

Drawing upon the work of A. E. Waite and the wider Western esoteric tradition, Wilmshurst connects Masonic initiation with an ancient pattern of spiritual loss, symbolic death, rebirth and reintegration with the Divine. This video explores his vision of Freemasonry as an imperfect but living expression of the perennial “Secret Tradition.”

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