作者已尽一切合理努力确认本书中所包含受版权保护材料的所有权。任何可能发生的错误都是无意的，并将依照作者收到的书面通知在后续版本中予以更正。作者感谢以下机构允许引用已发表的资料：
Quatuor Coronati Lodge no.2076/QC Correspondence Circle Ltd for permission to use various quotes from S.Vatcher，‘John Coustos and the Portuguese Inquisition’，AQC，81，1968.
Taylor & Francis for permission to quote from J.M.Burke，‘Freemasonry，Friendship and Noblewomen：The Role of the Secret Society in Bringing Enlightenment Thought to Pre-revolutionary Women Elites’，History of European Ideas，10（3），pp.283-93，（p.289）.
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty for permission to quote from T.Pinney（ed.），The Letters of Rudyard Kipling，vol.2，1890-99，London，Cape，1990.
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F & AM of Alabama for permission to quote from Prince Hall Grand Lodge，Jurisdiction of the State of Alabama，97th Annual Communication，Mobile，Alabama，25-7 July 1967.
The Masonic Service Association for permission to quote from N.V.Peale，‘What Masonry Means to Me’，The Short Talk Bulletin，February 1973.
Avv.Giorgio Assumma，in his capacity as legal representative of Dr Maurizio Costanzo，for permission to quote several passages from the interview with Licio Gelli in the Corriere della Sera，5 October 1980.
© Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore，Milano，for permission to quote from G.Colombo，Il vizio della memoria，Milan，Feltrinelli，1991. Prima edizione in‘Serie Bianca’，novembre 1996. Prima edizione in‘Universale Economica’，ottobre 1998.
Angelo Longo Editore for permission to quote from Giordano Gamberini，Attualità della Massoneria. Contenti gli operai，Ravenna，Longo，1978.
Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence V3.0 for Jeremy Corbyn’s speech in Parliament in June 1988，https：//www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright-parliament/open-parliament-licence/.
The Koori Mail for permission to quote from an interview with a member of the Victoria Museum’s Indigenous Advisory Committee，in the article‘Remains “are not trophies”’，Koori Mail，13 November 2002.
For the speech about‘racial integrity’by the Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of Alabama at the 1967 Annual Communication，I requested permission to quote some sentences from the speech verbatim，but the Grand Lodge of Alabama refused. The speech can be found on pp.131-5 of Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of F.8c A.M.of Alabama at the 147th Annual Communication，21-2 November 1967，Montgomery，Alabama.