Traveling Men and Stolen Time: Demystifying the Masonic Traveler A preview of a forthcoming book by Ashley Fay There is a phrase embedded in Masonic ritual texts that has been hiding in plain sight for three centuries. Traveling men. Historians have interpreted it as a straightforward reference to the operative stonemasons of medieval Europe — skilled craftsmen moving between worksites, carrying trade knowledge, seeking employment from lodge to lodge across the continent, and vowing to help take care of those their brotherhood. It is a…

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