<p>When first initiated into Freemasonry, very few candidates are aware of the number of Degrees or Orders that exist, or their relevance to the Craft or historical incidents.&nbsp; In this important book, Raymond Hudson reveals the full titles and range of over thirty Masonic groups, giving details of their different history, aims and philosophies.&nbsp; Some are open to all Master Masons, while membership of other lesser known or esoteric fraternities, is strictly &lsquo;by invitation only&rsquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp; The result is an engrossing m&eacute;lange of Chivalric Orders, Druids, Rosicrucians, Saxon Kings, Mithraic Mysteries, Essenes, and the Illuminati, with Hermetic heptads and the grandiloquently-named &ldquo;Order of the Knight Masons, Elect Priests of the Universe&rdquo;. A fascinating, entertaining and informative read for Mason and non-Mason alike.</p>