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The complete idiot's guide to freemasonry
Recent novels and films about the ancient society of Freemasons have increased interest and raised a lot of misconceptions about this mysterious fraternity. This guide gives you everything you need to know, from its beginnings to how it is organized and operates today.
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Architects of America
Did the Freemasons consciously affect the geographical growth of the USA in order to invest the layout of the states with a deeper, symbolic meaning? The narrative concentrates on the development of Masonic ritual during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesespecially their description of the 'ideal building' or Templethe concurrent construction of America and the role Freemasons played in it, and the emergence of a simple but highly symbolic mathematical formula that recurs regularly throughout the history of the Republic. Maps and diagrams illustrate the surprising coherence of the theory.
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From mythos to logos : Andrea Palladio, Freemasonry, and the triumph of Minerva
\"In his new book From Mythos to Logos : Andrea Palladio, Freemasonry and the Triumph of Minerva, Michael Trevor Coughlin provides an interpretive lens to explore how myth was used to encode sixteenth-century Italian works of architecture and their frescoed interiors with logos--providing powerful insights that promote a way of being in a world in which peace and freedom are the greatest hallmarks of society. Leaning heavily on the intersection between myth and philosophy, Coughlin convincingly argues Freemasonry began in the Italian city of Vicenza in 1546, offering fresh insight into the origin of Freemasonry, one of the most powerful and longstanding organizations in the world--one in the midst of a popularity and membership boom that is unprecedented\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Balades maçonniques en littérature
Depuis trois siècles la Franc-maçonnerie a été présente à de nombreuses reprises dans la littérature mondiale ; or cette réalité est mal connue. Désireux d'approcher ce domaine oublié, François Cavaignac s'est attaché à montrer la place occupée par les loges et les francs-maçons tant en matière théâtrale que dans le cadre du roman : se côtoient ainsi des grands auteurs, Alexandre Dumas, Tolstoï, Maupassant, Anatole France, André Gide, Thomas Mann, Jules Romains, Italo Calvino, Aléjo...
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The architects of America: how the Freemasons designed the republic
Did the Freemasons consciously affect the geographical growth of the United States in order to invest the layout of the states with a deeper, symbolic meaning? The narrative concentrates on the development of Masonic ritual during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, especially their description of the 'ideal building' or Temple, the concurrent construction of America and the role Freemasons played in it, and the emergence of a simple but highly symbolic mathematical formula that recurs regularly throughout the history of the Republic. Maps and diagrams illustrate the surprising coherence of the theory.
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Les sept lectures possibles du symbolisme maçonnique
La Franc-maçonnerie, société initiatique, rituelle et philosophique, procède, dit-on, de la méthode symbolique. Cette affirmation correspond-elle réellement à ce que nous observons dans nos loges ou, au contraire, n'est-elle qu'un leurre destiné à cacher notre propre incompétence, notre propre inaptitude à utiliser aujourd'hui cet outil essentiel à la démarche maçonnique » ? Cette question, Pierre Desseyre la posait déjà en 1996, lors de la première édition — aujourd'hui épuisée — de cette brochure...
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The Symbolism of Freemasonry
This fascinating book explains to the reader the multitude of symbolism present in Freemasonry, and discusses the truths, facts and legends behind the world's most famous 'secret' society. An excellent read both for members of the masonic movement and those interested in finding out more about its history, this book will answer many of your questions. It was originally published in 1882 and has now been converted and updated by Andrews UK especially for today's digital eBook platforms.
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From mythos to logos : Andrea Palladio, Freemasonry, and the triumph of Minerva
Michael T. Coughlin theorizes the possibility of interpreting art and architectural form as an index for Logos in Early Modern Italy, while simultaneously proposing a theory about the origin of Freemasonry from a historical perspective.
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\The world is a forest of symbols\: Italian Freemasonry and the practice of discretion
Members of Italian Masonic lodges, esoteric organizations widely perceived as secret societies, prefer to explain their elaborate practices of concealment and disclosure in terms of discretion. Through the aesthetics and epistemology of discretion, Freemasons view the world as a \"forest of symbols\" hidden in plain sight and awaiting interpretation. Taking \"discretion\" as both an ethnographic and analytic category, I ask how an anthropological study of discretion may reveal not only forms of cultural practice deemed secret but also the interpretive art of decoding that underlies the process of knowledge formation at the heart of Masonic communities of practice.
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Symbolic Dimensions of 19th Century Dutch Colonial Settlement at the Cape of Good Hope
During the 19th century the Dutch Reformed Church became a major agent in promoting the spread of Dutch settlement into the southern African interior. After 1841 it began to set out its villages according to a standard plan, known as the kerkplaats, which made use of a central nachtmaal plein, surrounded by residential stands. Key plots were allocated for the village church, a residence for the pastor and a Drostdy for the Resident Magistrate. The remaining stands were then auctioned off to parishioners to fund the construction of the church, and for over a century these settlements remained at the heart of Dutch, later Afrikaner, cultural, political and social life. The design of the first kerkplaats was probably owed to Willem Hertzog, Deputy Surveyor General of the Cape, who was also prominent in the Craft of Freemasonry, and there are strong indications that his plan was based upon an idealized reconstruction of the Temple of Solomon, also used by Freemasons in their planning of Masonic lodges. It appears likely, therefore, that throughout the 19th century the Masonic movement exerted a powerful influence in the affairs of the Dutch Reformed Church that was only broken off for political reasons in 1962. This paper examines the historical origins of Dutch colonial settlement in southern Africa during the 19th century, and posits that its roots lie in Masonic ideals commonly circulating in colonial society of that time.
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