The Key to Solomon's Key: Secrets of Magic and Masonry

Sketching out a fascinating network of historic figures cults and Christendom this book by an occult-studies expert and respected authority on magic and sorcery takes Western spiritual traditions seriouslybut examines them with common sense and self-effacing humor. Working backward from the Freemasons to one of their original orders the 14th-century Knights Templar the account considers sorcery heresy and intrigues; explores the legend that the Knights possessed a powerful secret dangerous to the Church of Rome; and finds an essential clue to the orders practices in their connection to the biblical Solomon king of Israel in the 10th century BC.