The great subject of Masonry is Solomon’s Temple. The two
first secret words are Boaz and Jachin, the pillars of the porch
of that temple. Through all the Masonic degrees, ancient or
modern, the subject continues to be a dark development of the
building of the temple. I am about to throw light upon it. My
historical researches have taught me that that which has been
called Solomon’s Temple never existed upon earth : that a nation
of people called Israelites never existed upon earth : and
that the supposed history of Israelites and their temple is
nothing more than an allegory relating to the mystery of
physics generally, and the moral culture of the human mind.
Hence the real secret of masonry.