As many have desired further information than was given in our monograph, connecting Freemasonry and the Signs and Symbols thereof, and the analogy of the same to the Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians, we have devoted much time and study to bring forward full proofs of our contention, more especially as hitherto there have been so many contradictory opinions and theories in the attempt to supply the origin and reason, when, where and why the brotherhood of Freemasonry came into existence, and all the "different parts" and "various rituals of the different degrees."