We have searched the internet for this topic and the search has returned (November 2006) over 300,000 results. We have examined several of them and found, with few exceptions, that none deals strictly with the philosophy of Masonry, but gives it in combination with the history and practices of Freemasonry, its symbolism, and often colored by particular biases.

In order to relieve the members of our lodge and our visitors, in their search into the philosophy of Masonry, from the burden of sorting out this material, we offer the compilation of works researched by our Bro. Vincent Lombardo.   We have provided at the end of the paper some relevant links, where a more in-depth study can be pursued.