History of freemasonry books

He gave many years of his life to this research and the book is wellworth every year he spent in dusty libraries, to produce this work. An historian and masons look into the rich history of freemasonry, discovering the things that drove it to be the oldest and largest fraternal organization in the world. Bentley wrote in his 1874 book history of the abduction of william morgan and the antimasonic excitement of 182630, the two men entered into partnership to print a book which the public. When findels history of freemasonry was translated from german to english in 1866, woodford in england and murraylyon in scotland were already active writers on the subject. I highly recommend this book for any masonic scholar. Quickly looking up history, symbols, words, and their meanings. The lost history of the freemasons conspiracy theories abound about the freemasons.

Best masonic books on freemasonry masonic sourcebook. Freemason books masonic books to read online, download. Its legendary origins by mackey, albert and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The great masonic library is a collection of 314 outofprint masonic books from some of the most respected authors of the 18th and 19th centuries. It is americas most private organization with secretive meetings and a membership that includes the most powerful men in americaand the world. Discover librarianselected research resources on freemasonry from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines. This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. The history of freemasonry is clouded with time, personal prejudice, suppression and many other factors. Origin of freemasonry and knights templar 1907 cloth cover book john bennett.

Well go no further than taking time to view our wide range of masonic history books including english freemasonry and the first world war. A concise history of freemasonry gould, robert freke on. Yet, men like mackey lay the paverstones for the path of selfdiscovery amongst masons. The beginnings of this book contain very archaic language, but the struggle is worth the time given to study. List of books and articles about freemasonry online research. That having been said, much of mackeys history has to be taken at face value of victorian romanticism rather than historical fact. An historian and masons look into the rich history of freemasonry, discovering the things that drove it to be the oldest and largest fraternal organization in the. Mackey is, in my opinion, the best masonic author of his time. I must take a small exception, though, to the authors description of hanged, drawn, and quartered at location 264 of 6491, where he discusses the penalty king henry viii would impose on any of his subjects denying his not the popes role as supreme head of the church of england. Lost in the mists of time, with expired s and a dwindling interest in freemasonry over the centuries. Explores the hidden history of freemasonry from ancient rome, through the middle ages. It contains a 40page history of masonrybeginning with adam to the reign of king george i. It seems that most books are a variation of this material. Published june 7th 2005 by gramercy books first published october 27th 1898.

Beyond this insight, the book does a fairly decent job of describing the history of freemasonry. It is an historical account of the science of geometry and the royal. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. Explores the hidden history of freemasonry from an. Robinson, the lost symbol by dan brown, morals and dogma of the a. Bentley wrote in his 1874 book history of the abduction of william morgan and the anti masonic excitement of 182630, the two men entered into partnership to print a book. But scotlands true masonic history, while forgotten by many for centuries, remains hidden in plain sight. The 1917 code of canon law explicitly declared that joining freemasonry entailed automatic excommunication, and banned books favouring freemasonry.