
Richard Cassaro | The Triptych, Freemasonry, & The Godself Icon
The Morgan Affair and the 19th Century Masonic Shakeup
The 1830s "Morgan Affair" is identified as a potential catalyst for the transformation of American Freemasonry. After William Morgan threatened to reveal Masonic secrets and subsequently disappeared, a massive public backlash led to the boarding up of lodges across the United States. Cassaro suggests this event may have been a "false flag" that allowed the organization to re-emerge decades later as a controlled, social organization devoid of its original mystical depth.

