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Masonic scholar William Wynn Westcott examines the assertion that the early religious sect, known as the Essenes, was in many ways a precursor to the Masonic fraternity. As well as the notable features of brotherly love, pain relief, truth, morality and common tolerance, there have been a lot more tangible similarities, such as initiation, oaths, settings of identification and the reception of apron after admittance. Or, at least that's what other Masonic writers could have you believe.
