Freemason's Book of the Royal Arch
Author: Bernard E. Jones
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0359701299
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Scarlet Book of Free Masonry
Author: Moses Wolcott Redding
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 544
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Library of Freemasonry
Author: Robert Freke Gould
Publisher:
Published: 1906
Total Pages: 594
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Art and Architecture of Freemasonry
Author: James Stevens Curl
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781585671601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDue to the secrecy of Masonic society, the members heavily relied upon symbols and icons to communicate. This groundbreaking study details the secret society's influence on modern American and European aesthetics. In its own way, this book may be one of the most important contributions to an understanding of Western art, and will be invaluable to architects, artists, and anyone interested in the esoteric ideas and iconography of Freemasonry. Concepts such as death, trial, and descent into the depths are prevalent in Masonic architecture, and have permeated the designs of parks, gardens, and cemeteries for centuries. Architectural history professor James Stevens Curl also looks at the way Masonic ideas have permeated other art forms from literature to the performing arts, where operas like Mozart's The Magic Flute used Masonic elements in everything from the characters' names to the music to the stage designs-the original drawings of which are included here.The 190 exceptional illustrations are accompanied by detailed, informative captions.
The Grand Lodge of England & Colonial America
Author: Ric Berman
Publisher:
Published: 2020-08-20
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780995756854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book examines for the first time the men appointed by the Grand Lodge of England to act as Provincial Grand Masters in Britain's American colonies. The author uses primary source material to draw pen portraits of the men involved and the society in which they lived.
Manual of Freemasonry
Author: Richard Carlile
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBorn in Blood
Author: John J. Robinson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 1590771486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIts mysterious symbols and rituals had been used in secret for centuries before Freemasonry revealed itself in 1717. But where had this powerful organization come from and why had Freemasonry been attacked by the Roman Catholic Church? Robinson answers those questions and more.
The Freemasons
Author: Jasper Godwin Ridley
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 386
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA British historian who is not a Freemason debunks myths about Freemasonry being a threat to civilization as he traces this secret brotherhood's origins in Medieval building guilds, role in the French and American Revolutions, scandals, anti-Mason sentiment, spread worldwide, and modern presence in Britain and the US. This is a reprint of a 1999 book. c. Book News Inc.
The Secret History of Freemasonry
Author: Jeremy Harwood
Publisher: Hermes House
Published: 2013-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781844779659
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFreemasonry is part of a long tradition of Western mysticism, steeped in a long-standing and eclectic mixture of historical fact and legend. Much of the ritual and symbolism prevalent in Freemasonry has developed over many centuries and relies heavily on notions inherited from the customs and practices of medieval stonemasons. Members are still taught its precepts using ritual dramas that follow ancient forms and use stonemasons' tools as allegorical guides.This absorbing and informative book provides an account of the history and legends of the Freemasons, from its links with the Knights Templar, its explorations into alchemy and the hermetic tradition, through the age of Enlightenment and the founding fathers of the USA, to the Victorians and up to the present day.
Oxford Freemasons
Author: Joe Mordaunt Crook
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781851244676
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past 200 years, many thousands of undergraduates have been initiated into membership of Apollo - the Masonic lodge of the University of Oxford. These have included such diverse figures as Oscar Wilde, Osbert Lancaster, Samuel Reynolds Hole, Cecil Rhodes, Edward, Prince of Wales and his brother Leopold, Charles Canning, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Godfrey Elton and Roger Makins.Drawing on archives held in the Bodleian Library, this book is the first serious attempt to set the story of Apollo in the context of Oxford life and learning as well as its wider social and political diaspora. From the devastating numbers lost in the First and Second World Wars, as well as those decorated for bravery, to the significant number of Olympians who were members of the lodge, it also charts the lodge's charitable work, its changes of location, social events and adaptation to twenty-first-century life in Oxford.Illustrated with archival material, portraits and Masonic treasures, this is history in a minor key, but a minor narrative with major implications, documenting the remarkable numbers of Oxford freemasons with distinguished careers in government, law, the army and the Church.
