This from the Mason author of the new book, THE KEY TO SOLOMON'S KEY.
The popularity of Dan Brown's
Da Vinci Code has ignited an explosion of public interest in Freemasonry and the role this
ancient and secretive fraternity has played in the untold history of western civilization. What (if any) is Masonry's connection to the intrigues of the Knights Templar - the crusading order of military monks condemned for heresy and sorcery in the 14th century? Did the Templars, as so many
modern commentators are suggesting, really possess a secret so astonishing that it threatened the very existence of the Church of Rome, and the monarchies of Europe whose power rested upon the "Divine Right of Kings?"
I am a Freemason, and in my new book, "The Key to Solomon's Key", I share the reasons I believe that the secret of the Templars has, for the last three hundred years, been quietly revealed to those who have eyes to see in the symbols and ceremonies of Freemasonry. I am also a ceremonial magician, and as such it is clear to me that the traditions of Magic and Masonry meld in the person of Solomon, the legendary Magician-King of Israel, and the archetypal centerpiece of both Masonic lore, and the rituals of ceremonial Magic.
Is Solomon's story true? Or do myth and tradition hold the key that unlocks mysteries of human consciousness infinitely more astounding than history?
Perhaps the purpose of Masonry's veneration of Solomon is not to advance an alternate view of history, but to present, however subtly, the archetype of the future human being - men and women who truly possess Solomon's Key - the power to master our own demons and redirect their destructive energy to build the Temple of our own evolving soul. -- Lon Milo DuQuette