ESOTERIC CODE BROKEN book crata repoa mason masonry Nick Farrell the hidden path behind initiation by Nick Farrell - May 31, 2014June 30, 20141 I have a new book out:From the blurb In the late 18th century two prominent German esoteric masons wrote a fantasy about an Ancient Egyptian Magical Order called the Crata Ropea. The tiny book was based on classical sources and was taken literally, particularly in France. It was influential in the development of many masonic and esoteric groups through-out the 18th and 19th centuries and its influence can be indirectly seen on modern groups such as the Order of the Golden Dawn, the Ordo Templi Orientis and even modern Wicca. As the knowledge of Egyptian history developed, Crata has become disregarded by those who had taken it literally and it has been largely ignored.What Nick Farrell sets out in this book is