Druids by unknown artist

"The christian religion and Masonry have one and the same common origin: both are derived from the worship of the Sun. The difference between their origin is, that the christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun, as I have shown in the chapter on the origin of the Christian religion."

In Masonry many of the ceremonies of the Druids are preserved in their original state, at least without any parody. With them the Sun is still the Sun"

-Thomas Paine (Founding Father), The Age of Reason 1793

Druids by unknown artist

Source:

https://www.pinterest.cl/pin/AS24gadfCjBCSTCGC9S5GDFbwI4x-JPBvwGdMj7h90OjDQFtcDWQJsA/

Quote:

https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/conway-the-writings-of-thomas-paine-vol-iv-1791-1804