The fraternal order of Freemasons has been a mysterious organization since its origins centuries ago. Many historical figures such as Voltaire, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin were Freemasons and made the society all the more intriguing. This classic text illuminates the society's origins as well as the philosophical and ritual foundations on which it is built. Readers can explore the mythical tales about Freemasonry and learn how they relate to the historical truth. Included are excerpts from rare sacred documents along with explanations of their significance, plus black and white illustrations.

The History of Freemasonry: Its Legendary Origins

Religion & Spirituality

Mackey, Albert

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

Gramercy

Freemasonry and the Crusades: Robert I. Clegg

New Age & Spirituality

Cornerstone Book Publishers

We would be kidding ourselves if we believed that the Masonic lodge experience of today is the same as the experience when Speculative Freemasonry began, or in the days of the old Operative Freemasons. Albert Mackey provides us with a detailed explanation of how we evolved from a one degree operative system of Freemasonry into the three craft lodge degrees of today. This is an important work for any student of Freemasonry.

Invention of the Degrees of Freemasonry

Legendary Masonic authors, Albert Mackey and Albert Pike take us on an amazing venture from the days of the Crusades and the Knights Templar to the creation of modern speculative Freemasonry in a collection of inspiring papers. Includes the rare, The Order of the Temple by Albert Pike. Edited by Michael R. Poll with a Foreword by S. Brent Morris.

Knights & Freemasons: The Birth of Modern Freemasonry

History

PIKE, ALBERT

Europe

Symbolism is the language of Freemasonry. But what is symbolism? Why does Masonry use it? Who else has used symbolism? Some of the great minds in Masonic history (Albert Mackey, Joseph Fort Newton, Oliver Day Street, H. L. Haywood and more) answer these and other questions concerning the Masonic method of teaching as well as explain the symbolism of the Masonic degrees. This is an indispensable work for anyone seeking to better understand Freemasonry and its practices.

The Freemasons Key

Self-Help

Newton, Joseph Fort

New Age

Volume one of two volumes. Albert Mackey's "An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry" is one of the most significant and well-known of Masonic works. Its usefulness and aid to Masonic students worldwide has been the cornerstone of its popularity since it was first published in 1873. This photographic reproduction of the 1916 Edition was revised and expanded by William J. Hughan &amp; Edward L. Hawkins and includes a 2015 Foreword by Michael R. Poll. This is a must-have work for all students of Freemasonry.

An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry: Volume One

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Cornerstone Book Publisher

Volume two of two volumes. Albert Mackey's "An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry" is one of the most significant and well-known of Masonic works. Its usefulness and aid to Masonic students worldwide has been the cornerstone of its popularity since it was first published in 1873. This photographic reproduction of the 1916 Edition was revised and expanded by William J. Hughan &amp; Edward L. Hawkins and includes a 2015 Foreword by Michael R. Poll. This is a must-have work for all students of Freemasonry.

An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry: Volume Two

Historical Study & Educational Resources

This treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry" is doubtless one of the most important and invaluable works in a Freemasonic library. This book was carefully put together, and is not a scan of the original.In presenting to the fraternity a work on the Principles of Masonic Law, it is due to those for whom it is intended, that something should be said of the design with which it has been written, and of the plan on which it has been composed. It is not pretended to present to the craft an encyclopedia of jurisprudence, in which every question that can possibly arise, in the transactions of a Lodge, is decided with an especial reference to its particular circumstances. Were the accomplishment of such an herculean task possible, except after years of intense and unremitting labor, the unwieldy size of the book produced, and the heterogeneous nature of its contents, so far from inviting, would rather tend to distract attention, and the object of communicating a knowledge of the Principles of Masonic Law, would be lost in the tedious collation of precedents, arranged without scientific system, and enunciated without explanation.When I first contemplated the composition of a work on this subject, a distinguished friend and Brother, whose opinion I much respect, and with whose advice I am always anxious to comply, unless for the most satisfactory reasons, suggested the expediency of collecting the decisions of all Grand Masters, Grand Lodges, and other masonic authorities upon every subject of Masonic Law, and of presenting them, without commentary, to the fraternity.

The Principles of Masonic Law [Annotated] (Mackey)

Independently published

The Symbolism of Freemasonry.

Literature & Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Symbolism of Freemasonry

Action & Adventure

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