Freemasonry & Fraternalism
FREEMASONRY
REEMASONRY: A FRENCH VIEW
e reader seeking to understand the origins of the world’s
emier and most controversial secret society, and of the
ount of considerable use, as will those more informed
o wish to review and reflect. Some will find that the
hors have revealed too much while others will wish they
d given away more. This is a valuable glimpse of what an
hteenth-century lyricist cautioned:
Who can unfold the Royal Art?
Or sing its secrets in a song?
They’re safely kept in Mason’s heart,
And to the ancient Lodge belong.
ain Bauer is a Professor of Criminology in Paris, New
rk and Beijing. An adviser on many occasions to the
ench Government, he was Grand Master of the Grand
ient of France.
A
FRENCH
VIEW
FREEMASONRY: A FRENCH VIEW
rhaps one should speak not of Freemasonry but of
eemasonries in the plural. In each country Masonic
toriography has developed uniqueness, but it is safe to
that one of the highest levels of scholarship has been
France. This book is a case in point, as two of the bestown French Masonic scholars present their own view of
worldwide evolution and challenging mysteries of the
ternity over the centuries.
Roger Dachez
& Alain Bauer
ger Dachez is professor at the Paris Diderot University. A
ysician, he is President of the Institute Alfred Fournier in
is and Secretary General of the Masonic Institute of France.
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Freemasonry: A French View
by Roger Dachez and Alain Bauer
Perhaps one should speak not of Freemasonry but of Freemasonries in
the plural. In each country Masonic historiography has developed uniqueness, but it is safe to say that one of the highest levels of scholarship has
been in France. This book is a case in point, as two of the best known
French Masonic scholars present their own view of the worldwide evolution and challenging mysteries of the fraternity over the centuries.
The Lodge of Washington and his Neighbors
by Charles H. Calahan
In 1928, the Masonic lodge that George Washington had presided over as
Worshipful Master gathered anecdotes about his connections with Alexandria,
Virginia, and commissioned photographs of relics and places that provide
unusual insights into his career. Anyone interested in American history will
find this short monograph to be of value.
Fiat Lux: Piano & Vocal Score
by Gregory Thomas Woolford Martin
Gregory Thomas Woolford Martin is a composer and musicologist.
John Cooper, to whom this work is dedicated, has served as Grand
Secretary and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons
of California, as well as chair of the North American Conference of
Grand Masters.
Ritual and Secrecy Confront Reality
Edited by Pierre Mollier
This special issue of Ritual, Secrecy and Civil Society, among other
things, questions and explores the ways in which the secret initiatory societies interface with political and social history.
Between Conflict and Conformity: Freemasonry During the
Weimar Republic and the "Third Reich"
by Ralf Melzer, Translated by Glenys A. Waldman
One might ask, "Is that a chapter of forgotten persecution or a legend of
persecution?" The history of the German Masonic lodges and their members in the Weimar Republic and the "Third Reich" is a story of conflict
and conformity.
Philippine Masonic Directory 1918
by Chas. M. Colton
Originally limited to the Spanish occupiers, Freemasonry attracted leaders
of the Philippine independence movement and has played an important
role in the history of the islands.
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