The Key to Modern Freemasonry: The Hidden Mysteries of Nature and Science

Charles C. Lawrence

Hamilton House Publishing Ltd.

My Masonic brother, Leslie, is a kind and generous person, a counsellor, an ex-policeman and a school governor. I was taken aback, therefore, to learn that members of his extended family, learning he was a Freemason, accused him of devil worship. I was also very surprised to be once asked by someone I assumed to be intelligent and well read whether a goat was really involved in Masonic initiation. I set out to write a short lecture for my lodge to explain these daft ideas but the lecture turned into this book.The search for the origin of these and related ideas became a magical mystery tour of such events and people as the occult of 19th century France, the Santa Fe Trail and the mountain men, a Masonic hoax; ancient Egypt and the Book of the Dead; Greek gods and the afterlife; at least two Cleopatras; Cyrus the Great; fauns and satyrs; early Christianity, the gnostics and the gospel of Q; the history of the Bible; polytheism, henotheism and monotheism; the death of Pan; the problem of evil; the Bogomils and the Cathars; Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and John Donne; Wittgenstein and language games; reasons for worship; Augustine, Hume and Nietzsche; Kabbalah, the Templars and the Rosicrucians; and, of course, the wonderfully named Hermes Trismegistus - not forgetting Tecumseh, Crazy Horse and the Comanche.

The Goat, the Devil and the Freemason (Masonic)

David J. West

<p>The golden years of Freemasonry have passed with the departure of a world never likely to return. We cannot pretend that our membership problem will simply go away. If we are to rescue our order, we must take an objective look at ourselves and understand the society we now face. Our challenge will be to renew our ideals and bring them to the attention of a new audience, one that we as yet know little about. This will require hard work, open-mindedness, creativity and above all leadership. The optimism which runs through this book depends upon our ability to change, knowing that holding on to the past will be the last thing our order does.</p>

Managing the Future of Freemasonry: The Book of Optimism

Politics & Social Sciences

West, Dr David J.

Philosophy

Dr. Black traces the evolution of Alchemy from its earliest history, through medieval times and up to the present day.

The Secret Art of Alchemy

Religion & Spirituality

Black, Robert M.

Occult & Paranormal

Masonic Legends

Literature & Fiction

David West

Mythology & Folk Tales

Managing The Future of Freemasonry - Second Edition

The Enigma of The Royal Arch

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