Jay Kinney, author of The Masonic Myth: Unlocking the Truth
About the Symbols, the Secret Rites, and the History of Freemasonry,
is coauthor of Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner
Traditions. For fifteen years, he was publisher and editor-in-chief
of Gnosis, the premier journal covering esoteric traditions and
spiritual paths. In addition, Kinney is a member of Mill Valley Lodge
#356 and Mission Lodge #169, F&AM, in California; a member of the
York Rite; and a 32° KCCH in the Scottish Rite. He has twice been a
speaker at the California Masonic Symposium, and is a recipient of the
Albert G. Mackey Award for Excellence in Masonic Research. He has
extensive contacts within Freemasonry and, as librarian and director of
research for the San Francisco Scottish Rite, has access to many
resources and Masonic records that have eluded most popular writers on
this topic
