contemporary Freemasonry and the true Ancient Freemasonry of the past have a day and night difference . The real and Ancient Freemasonry was about teaching the art of transmutation and complete knowledge of oneself. The tools were symbolic of self study and transmutation. Moreover, the initiation and the degree rituals required the candidate to be supremely fit and strong as they were extremely difficult and dangerous. What was the time in history when the Freemasonry lost all it's true essence and teachings?

The premise that historical Freemasonry centered on physical transmutation or dangerous physical initiations does not correspond to any recorded period or transition in regular Craft history, where pure and ancient Freemasonry is defined simply as consisting of the three Craft degrees—Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason—including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch, as the United Grand Lodge of England states.

Rather than physical tests or alchemy, the central doctrine of the Craft is that all men are symbolically in search of something in their own nature that they have lost, seeking spiritual light and moral self-development, as an article on the Grand Lodge of India's website records.

Consequently, there is no historical moment when Freemasonry lost such essence or practices, because physical transmutation and hazardous physical trials were never part of the established history or rituals of Craft Masonry.