In his wonderful, detailed research, Tobias Churton reveals the very prehistory of Freemasonry, starting from its alchemical and hermetic roots as shaped in Alexandria, Egypt, where Hermes Trismegistus operated, and subsequently, through the 17th-century Rosicrucian Order, its spread to the West.

The book The Golden Masons demystifies and at the same time places Freemasonry in its true dimensions. It is a provocative book because it explores the deeper significance of magic and the role it played in the ancient mysteries and the initiations of the Alchemists, Rosicrucians, and Freemasons.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]