Dear readers:
I was simply trying to show that a KKK connection was tenable. As to "stereotyping the KKK"---the irony just drips! I supported my argument with evidence (albeit second-hand). This line of reasoning doesn't fall under the definition of stereotyping a group.
Perhaps the owner of the book was a Rosicrucian. I've also read (long ago) of some connections between them and the Methodist Church.
Katrina