The Masonic lodge is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. There are a variety of different Masonic rites for Craft Freemasonry. Other references may be to Freemasonry or Knights Templar rituals. Melton states that Scientology can also be traced back to Gnosticism, Manicheanism, Freemasonry and Theosophy. He joined the Scottish Rite Freemasonry, becoming Master Mason. Stilwell was initiated to the Scottish Rite Freemasonry. The denomination with the longest history of objection to Freemasonry is the Catholic Church. He was also initiated into Scottish Rite Freemasonry in 1927. Branstad is a member of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Filming took place on the steps of the Scottish Rite Freemasonry temple in Washington, DC. Its collection on Freemasonry and other esoteric concepts made a strong impression on him. The Law for the Repression of Freemasonry and Communism was not abrogated until 1963. They were suspected of being adherents of Freemasonry. The idea of chivalric Freemasonry first occurred ca. This creates the distinction between Anglo-American and Continental Freemasonry.