Ma`rifat Adyan

Judaism is one of the Divine religions that has various denominations and mystical sects, similar to the other Abrahamic religions, some of which have found a non-Divine trend. One of the most important and influential Jewish mysticisms, which separated it from Judaism, is the mysticism of Kabbalah; which later caused the emergence of Christian Kabbalah due to the close [relationships] and dispersion of Jews among European Christians. Kabbalists approached the Knights Templar and were able to instill their thoughts into this group. These activities were associated with the peak of Freemason's work, in the Middle Ages, who started to establish lodges in order to protect their jobs, art, and knowledge, and to educate their faithful students. Nobles, politicians and princes were gradually attracted to the lodge because of its mysteriousness, which became an opportunity for Kabbalistic thinkers to develop their influence and thoughts. The lodges later left their practical status and assumed a theoretical status, due to the diminishing importance of the construction jobs and the emergence of Renaissance in Europe; and Freemasonry began with the Grand Lodge of England in 1717, in an organized and public form.