Untitled : This essay, published in 1820, was an attempt to prove that modern Freemasonry derived from ancient Greek philosophical and religious ideas. Hippolyto da Costa (1774-1823), was a Brazilian journalist, author, Freemason and world traveller. He was imprisoned for being a Freemason by the Inquisiti...
The : SKETCH FOR THE HISTORY OF THE DIONYSIAN ARTIFICERS A FRAGMENT BY HIPPOLYTO JOSEPH DA COSTA, ESQ. LONDON SOLD BY MESSRS. SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1820 Price Three Shillings. Scanned , June 2002, J.B. Hare redactor. p. 3 THE mysteries of the ancients, and the associations in which...