I'm not a Mason, nor do I have the time, money, or inclination to become one, but I have never been of the mind that they were closet Luciferians or paganists. I mean, do you honestly think Ben Franklin and George Washington were Satanists? Ha. Hoyos and Morris take many of the oldest and oft-repeated myths to task, like Pike's Lucifer quote and the meaning of Jabulon. In fact, their analysis of Jabulon is quite convincing. The authors talk about the prime Christian critics of Masonry and the result is the same each time, they take Masonry's rituals too seriously, they use outdated copies of the rituals, and they go in biased. In fact, each chapter is a bit redundant, as the same quotes are repeated in each. Chapter 9 is over-long. We get the point, the man you're corresponding with is not a good researcher and he's biased. Also, there should be analysis of Knight and Lomas and, I recently saw a third degree ritual on TV - incorporate some of that. The work is well-footnoted and there is a nice bibliography. Let's hope the next edition has an index. ( )