Congruence and Concatenation in Jewish Mystical Literature, American Freemasonry, and Mormon Enoch Writings

C. L. Bruno

Corpus ID: 164678708

Congruence and Concatenation in Jewish Mystical Literature, American Freemasonry, and Mormon Enoch Writings

@inproceedings{Bruno2014CongruenceAC,
  title={Congruence and Concatenation in Jewish Mystical Literature, American Freemasonry, and Mormon Enoch Writings},
  author={C. L. Bruno},
  year={2014}
}

C. L. Bruno

Published 2014

History

The Biblical character Enoch is a central figure in early Jewish mystical literature, where his story is redolent with themes related to the concepts of transformation and communion with the Divine. This rich and mythic wisdom significantly influenced American Royal Arch Freemasonry, and through it, early Mormonism. This paper explores the shared aspects of these traditions: where they overlap, and specifically, where Mormonism may rely upon Freemasonry. The Enoch pseudepigrapha and their… CONTINUE READING