QUOTE(Nill @ Sep 16 2006, 07:30 AM)
Of course it's Satanic. It encourages us to buy books delving into the question at hand, thereby laying up treasures on this Earth, thereby stunting spiritual growth.
This sounds a little provocative and stating your reasons for this belief might help here.
My own personal belief is that we continue to grow spiritually whatever path we are on, it is inevitable because it is intimately bound up in our life experiences.
Apologies, I am unable to offer anything on the Freemasons, but the thread is interesting and I had no idea that there was a gap because of the 60s.