![]() That common characteristic of both Masons and Templars should be honoured, and is sufficient and compelling reason to ensure friendly and mutually supportive relations between them. The Order recognizes authentic Freemasons as kindred spirits, who share an inspiration and passion for ancient esoteric knowledge of the divine mechanics of consciousness of the universe. The restored Order of the Temple of Solomon offers its support to Freemasons and their Lodges, in friendship, to help restore and preserve the original, authentic and uncorrupted Freemasonry, by replenishing it with the full depth of the most ancient knowledge of the Temple of Solomon which originally inspired the Masonic tradition. As a result, the Order of the Temple of Solomon is a formidable 660 years older than the “Illuminati”, with no connection whatsoever to that subversive counter-culture, not even indirectly. The 18 th century “Illuminati” was created another full 330 years after the Masonic fraternity, such that authentic Freemasonry itself does not espouse nor embody any principles of that later secret society. The infamous “Bavarian Illuminati” has sometimes infiltrated and misused the fraternity of Freemasonry, as well as several other respectable groups. The positive tradition of Freemasonry is often mistakenly confused with a negative secret society generally known as the “Illuminati”. Freemasonry was thus established approximately 330 years after the chivalric Knights Templar, making them separate organizations, each with their own unique heritage in its own right. For this reason, the higher levels of Freemasonry have honourary “Knights Templar” themed Masonic Degrees and Masonic Orders, named in tribute to the earlier Templars. ![]() In the 15 th century, surviving Templars taught stonemasons some Gothic building techniques and sacred geometry, which inspired the esoteric foundations of Freemasonry. Notwithstanding this clear separation of two distinct traditions, with different practices, Freemasonry and the Templar Order do share one significant moment of an intersecting point on the timeline of history, which created some shared affinities for ancient knowledge: (4) Knights and Dames of the Templar Order do not become members of any Masonic fraternity by receiving chivalric knighthood. (3) Freemasons do not receive chivalric knighthood nor such peerage title by achieving any Masonic “Templar” Degree and (2) Freemasonry correctly does not claim to be an Order of Chivalry, as it does not possess the Fons Honourum to grant official knighthood in nobility (1) The chivalric Order of the Temple of Solomon of the Middle Ages never merged into the later fraternity of Freemasonry of the Renaissance ![]() This neutral description objectively reflects the following facts: HazenĪs an historical institution, the Order of the Temple of Solomon is distinctly “Non-Masonic”.
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