The ancient mysteries of old unfold

In antiquity’s tomes we are told

   Of rituals practiced by aeonian priests

At their primeval equinoctial feast

   The Druids of Stonehenge, the Priests of Baal

Initiation and rituals were practiced by all

   Rites of passage young men endured

From darkness to light the rites insured

   From all these Ancient Masonry did arise

No written records, we can only surmise

   Only theories and suppositions need apply

On common sense and rationale we rely

   The Ikhwan Al Safa, of Levant fame

Islamic ascetics, The Brethren of Purity named

   From their epistles the Knights Templar learned

The sacred Geometry for which they yearned

    Knights Templar on trestle boards drew

Designs for castles, masons on stone did hew

   With sacred geometry they had learned anew

From the Saracens, great cathedrals grew

   Warrior monks, priestly vows they took

Away from prying eyes before the Book

   On John the Baptist’s head they looked

The Holy Ark or Grail they may have took

   Secret knowledge over the church they held

In Provence, Mary Magdalene, the Blood Sangral

   Rich and Powerful the Knights Templar became

Of their fall maybe their arrogance was to blame

   The king and church, their plot rehearsed

The Knights Templar were dispersed

   A few burned but thousands escaped

Where they went is today’s debate

   Some say Switzerland became their domain

Scotland and Portugal we think the same

   Masonic symbols on Kilwinning scroll

On Ancient Masonry and the Templars I’m sold

   With The House of Stuart ancient masonry fled

The Hanoverians and Windsor’s claimed their bed

   Victorian Masonry became the new norm

The Invisible College and Royal Society were formed

   Sir Francis Bacon’s Atlantis of Rosicrucian fame

Newton and Boyle, Hooke and Wren were early names

   From the Church and King, secrets they kept

From behind closed doors, Masonry leapt

   The French Revolution on the Masons was blamed

The new government in America they also claimed

   A new world order is said to be our ideal

Conspiracy and intrigue the Masons conceal

   To these accusations we do not reply

Humble and silent in brotherhood we sigh

   Dogma, religion and politics we do not supply

A handshake, a smile and comradeship we vie

   The secret of our order is easy to define

We seek the “Lost Word” and Truth in kind

   To perfect the noble aspirations in mankind

For a better world, to perfect Deity’s Sublime