Masonry’s Link To The Roman Religion Of Mithraism

By Hank Kraychir @ Gnosis Masonry

I have looked at the above picture several hundred times in the past several years, but until recently, I did not see the Compass near the top of the middle altar. To my knowledge, I have not seen this particular point mentioned on any other Masonic website? In any event, the three altars are from the Carrawburgh Mithras Temple site in Britain. The site is near Hadrian’s Wall, which was built by the Romans about 2000 years ago. So, in essence, this is additional anecdotal evidence of Freemasonry’s link to the Roman religion of Mithraism and the Collegia system.

Mithras Temple

Hadrian’s Wall

Here are some additional historical items of significance you might want to ponder in relationship to the Compass discovery at the  Carrawburgh Mithras Temple site in Britain.

A set of bronze compasses from the Roman era

Ancient Egyptian set square from 1300 BC

Author Credit

This article is by Freemason and author, Hank Kraychir. The original article can be found on his blog, Gnosis Masonry.

Hank is an accomplished writer of 13 books, a historian, lecturer, Master Mason, York Rite Mason, and a Knight Mason. He typicality writes historical stories about Athletic Legends; although he has also written on the topics of American Education, the American Civil War, and California History. Moreover, he has also written one Masonic themed book, which is called Tales from a Masonic Storyteller (2014). His second Masonic book, Masonry and the Three Little Pigs (2016), will be published next year.