Customer Reviews
"An unbiased expose"? - By: Parthe, 25 Mar 2008 
On the back of the book the author claimed that it was "An unbiased expose into Freemasonry". I had never before read an expose that was unbiased, & after reading this one I still haven't.
Having tried to research some of the people that Knight claims had so many problems with Freemasonry, the only evidence I can find is on the Internet where other people quote this book as gospel, there are no hard facts at alll. As simple proof he states that "Ja-Bu-Lon" is a trio of gods but doesn't say where he got this information from. It is simply stated as fact & is the basis for the rest of the chapter on Freemasonry & the Church, which as others have said is that Freemasons & the church are incompatible.
Utter rot! Balderdash!
Don't waste your money on this book. I wouldn't give it one star but that is the lowest rating Amazon has.
Probably Groundbreaking in Its Time - By: Johns, 10 Jun 2006 
I became interested in this book after hearing that the author died of an aggressive brain tumour aged 33, shortly after it was published. Peter Allen Jones, author of The Obedience of Australia, states in an article in a 1996 issue of Exposure magazine that Knight's cancer was induced by a gamma ray gun directed at him while he was giving a lecture on The Brotherhood in Sydney in 1984.
The author interviews various Masons, both on & off the record & gets mixed findings. Some Masons say that yes there used to be trouble in the past with Freemasonry being misused for unethical purposes, but not any more. Some other Masons say that it was better in the past because a better bunch of people belonged then, whereas nowadays more riff raff were joining to see what they could get out of Masonry, rather than for personal development & to contribute to society.
Mr Knight also investigates whether Christianity & Freemasonry are compatible. I can imagine that this may have been an especiallly controversial chapter as he declares that they are not, on the basis that "TGAOTU" is a composite of the mythological characters Yahweh, Baal & Osiris.
Overalll, I was impressed.
Biased and inaccurate - By: , 06 Apr 2006 
This book has little merit to it. The misinformation that forms its main backbone (for more information read other reviews on women in freemasonry, ethnic minorities etc. as I can't be bothered to reword accurate arguements) makes the reading experience similar to viewing a zealot's scriptures. I will not bore you with details, but this is sadly woefully inaccurate. The opinions could have been taken straight from the Anti-Freemasonry party & written up in this disgrace to informative reading. This one sided view of Freemasonry should not be seen as the only viewpoint for readers, as it focuses solely on portraying the organisation in a negative light. This book seems dedicated to the perversion of easily influenced minds, & I quote 'never mind the current of satanism which exists below the surface'. Lots of middle aged men with large amounts of wine & food. What do you think they're up to? I find it unlikely that it's worshipping devils... I am not disagreeing entirely with some of the arguments of this book. I just find it unreasonable that an entire argument can be formed around a minority of cases. It is the equivalent of a book entitled "All labour MPs led us into war", which we can alll form our own opinions on because we are a little closer to home on this topic, but which those who are less aware of a subject could take the writings as an accurate guide on the topic. However after my little gripe I gave the book 2 stars for a delightful effort in omitting type errors.
Not a bad attempt - could do better - By: Mrs Barbara A Moakes, 25 Jan 2006 
Stephen is actuallly one of my favourite authors, his book - Jack the ripper : The final solution is an entertaining 'story', but he does seem to hav mistaken some facts with some ficion.
Masons would be lying to themselves if they think that every mason worldwide is an upright & honest citizen who is a silent mason, only a member for the silent pleasure of helping ones fellow man, however Stephen seems to tar the majority with the dirty brush of the minority, & as for masons being satanists, the only people who could possibley believe that would be the ones who readily accept the DaVinci Code & Angels & Demons as being fact rather than the excellent fiction that they are.
I do know that Stephen was in the middle of writing a sequel to the Brotherhood when he tragicallly died, it would have been a fascinating read!
Nonsense - By: , 26 Apr 2005 This book is actuallly quite pathetic. It is just one of the usual nonsense publications which attempts to know everything about freemasonry, but in reality knows nothing.
In response to the post above about freemasonry being exclusive of women, the working classes & ethnic minorities: women are free to join the Order of the Eastern Star, in which freemasons are also members. There is no stipulation as to social class for entry into freemasonry, in fact most freemasons are from the working classes (actual stonemasons, after alll, were labourers). There is also no racial or religious restriction upon people entering freemasonry - there are black lodges, Jewish lodges, Muslim lodges etc. All that is required of entrants is belief in *a* god, it is not stipulated that this must be the Christian God. "Ethnic minorities" were also being accepted into freemasonry long before they were accepted into white Western society. I think you need to do some research before essaying your misinformed opinions.
