Dionysian Artificers

Dionysian Artificers, the Roman Collegia, the Magistri Comacini of Como and the Compagnonnage. 

The Dionysian Artificers who settled in Israel sometime before one thousand BCE founded the Cassidens or Assideans that later became the Chassidim. They claimed to possess a special knowledge unknown to the mass of the people and the true knowledge of the scriptures transmitted to their order by Moses on Mount Sinai. ... 

As noted in Chapter 9, the Dionysian Artificers who settled in Israel reputedly founded the Cassidens or Assideans who later became the Chassidim. According to Philo and Josephus, the Cassidens joined with the Essenes Both the Cassidens and Essenes disallowed women to their assemblies. 

The Dionysian Artificers were perhaps associated with the great lonians who built the Temple of Diana at Ephesus in the eleventh century BCE. This temple was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Dorians similarly built the Temple of Apollo at Tripoli. 

It is interesting to note that all three societies of architecture and building, the lonians, Dorians and Dionysian Artificers, advocated generous acts of benevolence. They practiced this charity along with their architecture and building.These groups were the archetypal forerunners of the Rosicrucians. 

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