Does Freemasonry profess that knowledge is not power and that true light comes when one completely understands the limitation and futility of knowledge and completely negates it?

No Masonic authority or doctrine holds that knowledge is futile or that enlightenment requires its complete negation. Knowledge and the study of the liberal arts and sciences are explicitly encouraged as essential paths toward self-improvement and moral enlightenment, as the United Grand Lodge of England notes.

Wilmshurst highlights the traditional counsel to acquire knowledge and wisdom, holding that spiritual understanding builds upon these foundations 1. In his commentary on Masonic symbolism, the neophyte learns to look beyond outward symbols and objective forms to perceive spiritual truths directly, representing a maturation of spiritual perception rather than a rejection or negation of knowledge 1.