The Royal Arch Journey
The Royal Arch Journey

Author: Neville Barker Cryer

Publisher: Lewis Masonic Pub Limited

Published: 2009-12

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780853183310

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The complete story of the emergence and development of the Order of the Holy Royal Arch in England from its origins in the 18th century through to the present day by one of the country's most popular Masonic authors. Over the years the Revd Neville Barker Cryer has delivered many lectures to Lodges throughout the country. His lectures manage to both entertain and inform the lodge members and one perennially popular subject is the Royal Arch Journey. In this volume the author draws on his many years of research into the topic to present an analyis of the history of the Royal Arch, its origins and development, and its place in the present day Masonic tradition. His findings may prove controversial for some as he goes back to its origins in the 18th century but all readers will find this book presents a fascinating and compelling argument. The book has two objectives: to tell the story of how the degree, later known as the Order, of the Holy Royal Arch in England emerged and developed. The other is to show, through that story, why the Royal Arch is essential to the Speculative craftsmen and has always been regarded by many as the culmination of Freemasonry.

The Templars
The Templars

Author: Barbara Frale

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1611450195

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A history of the powerful medieval military order, based on the author's discovery of the long-lost Inquisition transcript of their trial, traces their rise and fall against centuries of war, religious fervor, and power struggles.

Freemasonry: Royal Arch
Freemasonry: Royal Arch

Author: Christopher Earnshaw

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-06

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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After the spiritual awakening following the Transmission of Light in the First Degree, the stimulation of the "dew" that animates the soul in the Second Degree, followed by the "Dark Night of the Soul" and the mystic resurrection in the Third Degree, the Mason is now perfected. However, without understanding the 25th Signpost, he is without a guide: "The Grand Master is dead, the Temple is not complete, and we have not found the Lost Word." Like the Royal Arch Degree, this book completes the journey, and understanding the symbolism of the Royal Arch, completes this remarkable transformation. *What was thought to be so important about the Royal Arch Degree that it is included in the Blue Lodge as a Chapter, as well as both the Scottish and York Rites? *What the various hints (Signposts) in the preceding three degrees were pointing to, and an explanation of the import of the Twenty-fifth Signpost. *How this degree categorically refutes any notion of the soul dying after death. *Why Freemasonry may hold the secret teaching that religions around the world, including the Abrahamic faiths, have either not found, or do not want the faithful to know. *Why Trinitarianism was thought to be so essential to Christianity that it was enshrined in law, and how Freemasonry's rituals complete this doctrine. *How the Third Degree completes the Mason's journey with a life-changing experience. This book answers these questions, and many more!

Tell Me More about the Mark Degree
Tell Me More about the Mark Degree

Author: Neville Barker Cryer

Publisher: Lewis Masonic Pub

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780853182788

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Ten five-minute talks to be performed in a Mark Lodge or just to read at home. Including : About the Mark Man and Mark Master, About the Mark, The true meaning oft he Key Stone and the Cornerstone. Discover the symbolism behind The Mark Tracing Board and much much more.

Famous American Freemasons
Famous American Freemasons

Author: Todd E. Creason

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1435703456

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Famous American Freemasons is a collection of stories about some of the Masons from America's past. Through little-known stories of some of the fraternity's most influential members, Todd E. Creason shows the amazing range of contributions Masons have made to the causes of freedom, politics, philosophy, scientific discovery, and the arts-contributions that have helped to define the nation. In Famous American Freemasons, author and Freemason Todd E. Creason also gives unique insight into the history and philosophy of Freemasonry in America while debunking common myths and misconceptions about the world's largest and oldest fraternal organization. These famous American men came from all walks of life with different religious beliefs as well as educational, cultural, economic, and career backgrounds. They became patriots, Presidents, military leaders, entertainers, and American legends-and one and all were Freemasons.

Freemasonry: Spiritual Alchemy
Freemasonry: Spiritual Alchemy

Author: Christopher Earnshaw

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08-09

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781086885415

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In 1716 four Lodges of Operative Masons met at the Apple Tree Tavern in London and decided to create a "Grand Lodge" to reorganize Freemasonry, which was slowly dying out. After the establishment of the Premier Grand Lodge the next year, 1717, one of the Lodges, the Rummer and Grapes, took a decidedly new direction that resulted in the creation of what would later become known as Speculative Freemasonry, the basis of modern Freemasonry. However, as there is very little documentation from this period, many questions are left unanswered: *Why three educated and busy men decided to rewrite the ritual of a stonemasons' guild, when they were neither stonemasons nor manual workers. *Why the first three Grand Masters gave eight years of their lives to this cause. Not only that, but why they thought it necessary to add a third degree to the ritual. *Why the literati and aristocracy of Europe were motivated to join these three men, an antiquarian, a Huguenot priest and a possible alchemist, in a room above a tavern to study the new degrees. *Why there is a "key to the rituals" that Desaguliers referred to in the Constitutions of 1723. *Why the first three Grand Masters were interested in "making good men better," when they were also not philanthropists. *Why the first three Grand Masters used steganography to hide secrets in the rituals, making them a puzzle for Freemasons to discover. *Lastly, and probably most importantly, why the English nobility (and later royalty) believed so strongly in what these three men had conceived that they lent their names to the enterprise by becoming its figurehead, Grand Masters. This book answers these questions, and more!

The Story of the Royal Arch
The Story of the Royal Arch

Author: William Harvey

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-11

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780342471652

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Morgan
Morgan

Author: Stephen Dafoe

Publisher: Cornerstone Book Publishers

Published: 2014-04-07

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9781613421734

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For more than a century, Freemasons have held fast to the belief that Masons did not murder William Morgan; rather they deported him to Canada. In "Morgan: The Scandal That Shook Freemasonry," author, journalist and Freemason Stephen Dafoe disassembles that myth while reassembling the trail of evidence that remains to uncover the facts behind this 183-year-old Masonic cold case.