Download or read book Western Esotericism and Rituals of Initiation written by Henrik Bogdan and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than three hundred years the practice of Masonic rituals of initiation has been part of Western culture, spreading far beyond the boundaries of traditional Freemasonry. Henrik Bogdan explores the historical development of these rituals and their relationship with Western esotericism. Beginning with the Craft degrees of Freemasonry—the blueprints, as it were, of all later Masonic rituals of initiation—Bogdan examines the development of the Masonic High Degrees, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn—the most influential of all nineteenth-century occultist initiatory societies—and Gerald Gardner's Witchcraft movement of the 1950s, one of the first large-scale Western esoteric New Religions Movements.

Download or read book Hiramic Brotherhood written by William Hanna and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel follows journalist Conrad Banner who is intent on filming a documentary in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Inspired by his father Mark – an author and foreign correspondent with numerous journalism awards for his coverage in the Middle East ­– Banner’s documentary presents a factually impartial account of the conflict. Hatred and violence was also being continually provoked by Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population which was whitewashed by a form of propaganda known was hasbara, or ‘explanation’. Such propaganda was aimed at an international audience to portray contentious Israeli action and policies – past and present – in a positive light while providing a negative portrayal of Arabs in general, and Palestinians in particular. Along with Jewish activist Adam Peltz and Palestinian guide Sami Hadawi, Banner finds himself unwelcome, resulting in some hazardous and ultimately fatal consequences. Hiramic Brotherhood is motivated by the blatant denial of human rights to millions ot people, and in particular children, by the double standard of Western democracies. Exploring themes of culture, racism, religion and violence, Hanna brings to the fore a compelling story of struggle and divide.

Download or read book The Secret Scroll written by Andrew Sinclair and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a how a little known manuscript in a Masonic Lodge in Kirkwall has become one of the most important historical documents of the Middle Ages. It is also the story of the Templars, who were its guardians, and of what happened to them after the Crusades. Although references to this famous order of military knights rarely appears in standard histories of the time, a great deal of information about them can be gleaned from other, more esoteric sources, such as sculpture and architecture. Suppressed by Philip of France out of greed, the Templars were gradually driven underground in more and more European countries. Yet they continued to exist, still guarding the knowledge and relics that they had gathered for the defence of the Holy Land. It is this that connects all this to Henry St Clair, Earl of Orkney and Grand Master of the Knights Templar and discoverer of America. All of these threads come together in one extraordinary scroll still in Kirkwall which revelas in full the secrets of the Knights Templar.

Download or read book The History of Freemasonry written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an expert on "the craft," this classic traces Freemasonry's origins from biblical times to its practice among America's founding fathers. It also explores philosophical, symbolic, and ritual traditions.

Download or read book British Poets and Secret Societies Routledge Revivals written by Marie Mulvey-Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprisingly large number of English poets have either belonged to a secret society, or been strongly influenced by its tenets. One of the best known examples is Christopher Smart’s membership of the Freemasons, and the resulting influence of Masonic doctrines on A Song to David. However, many other poets have belonged to, or been influenced by not only the Freemasons, but the Rosicrucians, Gormogons and Hell-Fire Clubs. First published in 1986, this study concentrates on five major examples: Smart, Burns, William Blake, William Butler Yeats and Rudyard Kipling, as well as a number of other poets. Marie Roberts questions why so many poets have been powerfully attracted to the secret societies, and considers the effectiveness of poetry as a medium for conveying secret emblems and ritual. She shows how some poets believed that poetry would prove a hidden symbolic language in which to reveal great truths. The beliefs of these poets are as diverse as their practice, and this book sheds fascinating light on several major writers.

Download or read book The History of Freemasonry written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Freemasonry written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freemasonry is the largest, oldest, and most influential secret society in the world. The Brill Handbook of Freemasonry is a pioneering work that brings together, for the first time, leading scholars on Freemasonry. The first section covers historical perspectives, such as the origins and early history of Freemasonry. The second deals with the relationship between Freemasonry and specific religious traditions such as the Catholic Church, Judaism, and Islam. In the third section, organisational themes, such as the use of rituals, are explored, while the fourth section deals with issues related to society and politics - women, blacks, colonialism, nationalism, and war. The fifth and final section is devoted to Freemasonry and culture, including music, literature, modern art, architecture and material culture.

Download or read book The Freemason s Repository written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Secret Societies and Subversive Movements written by Nesta H. Webster and published by Book Tree. This book was released on 2000 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the best books on secret societies ever written. Webster was an historical writer who wrote a number of books on the French Revolution. After World War I she was intrigued with the Marxist revolt, so wrote World Revolution, examining how and why people continue to revolt. As her search went deeper, clear meanings surfaced behind our revolutionsand they involved an agenda by secret societies. This book lays out, in historical perspective, how these secret societies and subversive movements have operated from behind the scenes. Not all of them aspire to rule the world or manipulate politics or world currency, but there are some major ones, according to Webster, that are. As a respected writer and world historian, she provides proof from within these pages.

Download or read book Grand Lodge Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Secret Societies and Subversive Movements written by Nesta Helen Webster and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Grand Lodge Bulletin written by Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Freemason s Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of Freemasonry Its Antiquities Symbols Constitutions Customs Etc Embracing an Investigation of the Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England Scotland Ireland British Colonies France Germany and the United States written by Robert Freke Gould and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Library of Freemasonry written by Robert Freke Gould and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Freemason s Book of the Royal Arch written by Bernard E. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guess at the Rest written by Elisabeth Soulier-Detis and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This engaging study reveals how a half-hidden thread of Masonic symbolism runs through Hogarth's work. The classical and Biblical references, whose ambiguity and apparent paradoxical relation with the eighteenth-century situations depicted have often been underlined, gain coherence and unity when they are analyzed in the symbolic framework of freemasonry and alchemy Hogarth was busy both using and concealing in his prints. The coded meaning is often entirely at odds with the surface one, a factsuspected but never proved by critics so far. A very original and titillating book for academics and general reader alike. Readers will be intrigued by the secrecy of symbols from mythological, biblical and Masonic references and hidden codes that have to be deciphered. Furthermore, they will be also left intrigued by the secret message that the very popular and well-known painter is attempting to deliver. Academics will be interested in the book since this thorough approach has never been proposed by any of Hogarth's scholars so far."