Send us Fan Mail The official story says Freemasonry “begins” in 1717, but that date only makes sense if you ignore the older roads that carried symbols, ethics, architecture, and initiatic structures across the Mediterranean. We sit down with researcher Salman Sheikh to argue for a deeper lineage shaped by Moorish civilization, Islamic scholarship, and Sufi traditions, with Al-Andalus as a major bridge into Europe. If you care about hidden history, Masonic symbolism, sacred geometry, or how ...