Alexander Piatigorsky was a Russian philosopher and writer whose work delved deeply into the study of language and culture, particularly South Asian traditions. His thinking was widely regarded as among the most significant of his time, and his contributions are valued for their intellectual depth and originality.
The book looks at one of the main sources of masonic history, Anderson's Constitutions, which documents masonic practice and the masons' mythical history back to Hiram Abiff, the first Master Mason in the reign of King Solomon.