Sacred Secrets: Freemasonry, the Bible and Christian Faith

by Mike Neville

An insider's guide to the many links between Freemasonry, the Bible, and ChristianityMasonic "secrets" are of great interest to a wide audience, whether Freemasons or not, but there is no other book that offers any form of guide to the stories used in Masonic ritual and their links to the Bible and Christianity. New Masons are directed to a "serious contemplation of the Volume of the Sacred Law," and this book will enable initiates to understand the Biblical text. Furthermore, it is a guide to the historical and geographical setting of the Bible for all Freemasons and will allow them to make a "daily advancement in Masonic knowledge." Much of the ritual is based on the Bible, but many younger Masons may not have attended Sunday school, so many of the Biblical characters and stories will be unknown to them. Without this knowledge, much of the ritual is very difficult to understand, and this book bridges that gap. This book will also aid the clergy, theologians, and anyone else interested in Freemasonry to see the clear links between ritual and scripture. It names the chapters of the Bible which have the most influence on the ceremonies, and challenges the view that the ritual is Satanically inspired.

465 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 30, 2012

Reviews

[JRG Iggulden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting

Clearly lots of research here and even for someone who grew up in a very religious environment it was hard to spot a lot of the ritual in the bible. I think that this has made me a better man and a better Mason.

[Art · Rating 5 out of 5]

An exhaustive chronicling of the connection between the Bible and masonic ritual degrees. The author starts at Genesis and plows through the entire Biblical canon, connecting Biblical passages with specific masonic degrees. He also covers Christian history from the early Church through the Reformation. Despite the critics, "throughout all the degrees, the God of the Bible is the deity and with 40 percent of its chapters featuring in the ritual (not including the Apocrypha), this book cannot make clearer the fact that the vast majority of Masonic ceremonies originate from one source -- the King James Version of the Bible." The author strongly recommends masons spend time reading the Bible, the book that is so prominently displayed in Western masonic lodges.