Suspected throughout their long history of plotting to overtake the world,
accused of fomenting revolution, and reviled as devil worshippers that stole
King Solomon's treasure, the Freemasons claim they're merely a civic-minded
fraternity, bound together by harmless rituals. Our high-energy cocktail of
dramatic reenactment, expert interviews, and on-location footage entertains
historians Akram Elias, Stephen Bullock, and Brent Morris to retell the Free-
masons' central myth concerning Hiram Abiff, mythical builder of Jerusalem's
Temple of Solomon. During construction, he was killed by three workers who
believed his "secret" would impart magical powers--representing the three
evils against which Freemasons believe they're still struggling: ignorance,
fanaticism, and tyranny. Today, the world's 2.5 million Freemasons meet to
reenact the ritual of Hiram's murder as the initiation ceremony for the main
rank of Master Mason.

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