Homer argues that Freemasonry supplied a starting point for Joseph Smith’s development of the endowment and situates the connection within a changing relationship between the two movements. He treats adaptation as compatible with a religious interpretation of revelation and argues that the ritual’s spiritual value does not depend on Masonry’s supposed descent from Solomon’s temple.
- Michael W. Homer, ““Similarity of Priesthood in Masonry”: The Relationship between Freemasonry and Mormonism,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 27, no. 3 (1994): 1–113.
- Michael W. Homer, Joseph’s Temples: The Dynamic Relationship between Freemasonry and Mormonism (University of Utah Press, 2014).
the rituals of Freemasonry provided a starting point for the Mormon prophet's revelation of "true Masonry."