"Freemasonry, with its arcane rituals, occult symbols and labyrinthine hierarchy, has mystified the outside world for centuries ... two ... researchers show that today's Freemasons are the spiritual descendants of an ancient priesthood that was forced to act in secrecy ... But they could not be stopped, and they continued to work in subtle, sometimes subversive, always anonymous, ways to pursue their objective - a new world order that put God above, and yet out of, human affairs"--Cover.