Reflections on the origin of Freemasonry
By Nicola Bizzi
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But has there ever been, within Freemasonry, a real and serious desire to make themselves clear, once and for all?
Has there ever been, within Freemasonry, a real and serious will to refute and dissipate once and for all this tangle – which has grown out of all proportion and totally out of control – not only of hypotheses, conjectures, and theories, but also and above all of errors, misleading inaccuracies, blatant falsehoods, and interpretative mistakes that have only led to confusion and that have inevitably distorted – in the profane eyes and not only – the essence, purpose, history, and the most authentic origins of Freemasonry?
The historian, Freemason and Eleusinian initiate Nicola Bizzi tries, with his new and precious essay, to answer to all these questions.
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Reflections on the origin of Freemasonry - Nicola Bizzi
The House of Wisdom
NICOLA BIZZI
REFLECTIONS ON THE ORIGIN OF
FREEMASONRY
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Title: Reflections on the origin of Freemasonry
Author: Nicola Bizzi
Series: The House of Wisdom
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REFLECTIONS ON THE ORIGIN
OF FREEMASONRY
It might seem unbelievable or unlikely, and in some way even paradoxical, that an initiatory institution such as Freemasonry – which has several centuries of glorious history and a widespread diffusion all over the world, an institution that has contributed so considerably to the development and progress of humanity and civilization – has (at least apparently) lost the cognition and historical memory of its origins. Its members seem to mythicize them, conceal them, distort them, or adapt them according to circumstances or personal interpretations, and above all they allow this to happen in the eyes of the uninitiated.
On the one hand, unfortunately, this not entirely superficial amnesia
could easily be attributed to the innumerable divisions, fractures, and fragmentations that the Freemasonry institution has always experienced during its long and troubled journey. On the other hand, even modern Freemasonry, far from being unitary, is divided into many infinite currents
. But it could be limiting, if not misleading and self-absolving, for the present Freemasons to point the finger exclusively at the divisions of the past to find the cause of the dramatic loss of their historical memory. Historical memories that, on the contrary, other initiatory Orders and Schools, even of greater seniority or antiquity, have succeeded to preserve through the passing of the centuries. And all this is even more paradoxical if we think about other initiatory realities that have historically contributed in a decisive way to the birth and development of Freemasonry itself, infusing in it – in some cases indirectly or not always in a deliberate way – the indelible imprint and peculiar features of their respective doctrines. But, unlike Freemasonry, they have not lost the historical memory of their own origins and their ideals. And, although they seem to be characterized by a greater secrecy and by an almost absolute impenetrability to the profane world, they still enjoy excellent health. I am referring in particular to very ancient initiatory Orders such as that of the Eleusinians Mother
, to which the writer belongs both for initiatory experience and for family tradition, and to the secret circles of the Eleusinians of the Orphic Rite (to which important families belonged, or dynasties like that of the Medici, and characters such as Marsilio Ficino and Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola). As I am referring to the Pythagorean Order and to other few highly selective mystery and initiatory realities that have succeeded, like a karstic river, to survive up to the present days.
Now, let us go back to Freemasonry. It is certainly true that many ancient archives and other important collections of documents – especially those relating to the seventeenth century and to previous periods – have been dramatically lost, destroyed, di-spersed, or forgotten
in some private libraries; archives and collections of documents which, if they were fully usable and accessible today, would contribute to clarify and explain many absurd hypotheses. Conjectures
and theories
that – today as yesterday – many people, as the Freemasons themselves and other more or less qualified historians, like to speak about. And