7. The Essence and Task of Freemasonry from the Point of View of Spiritual Science I

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The basis for the whole of Freemasonry is to be found in the Temple Legend concerning Hiram-Abiff or Adonhiram about whom I have already spoken in connection with the Rosicrucian Order.[^1] Everything to do with what is called the secret of Freemasonry and its tendency is expressed in this Temple Legend.[^2] We are led to a kind of Genesis or theory of evolution of the human race. Let us therefore recall to mind the essentials of this Temple Legend.

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