Fascinated by Freemasons? Freemasons For Dummies is the internationally best–selling introduction to the Masons, the oldest and largest "secret society" in the world. This balanced, eye–opening guide demystifies Freemasonry, explaining everything from its elaborate rituals and cryptic rites, to its curious symbols and their meanings. Find out what goes on in a Masonic meeting. You′ll understand the true purposes of Masonic "secrecy" and philosophy, meet famous Masons throughout history, and discover related organizations like the Knights Templar, the Scottish Rite, Order of the Eastern Star, and the Shriners. Explore the controversies and conspiracy theories that swirl around this organization at the center of Dan Brown′s novel The Lost Symbol , and discover the changes coming to the Craft.
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"...a delight; no masonic prudery here, no academic dry ... simple readable style that encourages one to read on...great value..." ( The Square , March 2006)
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Covers Masonry′s origins, purpose, and symbols Your plain–English introduction to this ancient organization Fascinated by Freemasons? This balanced, eye–opening guide demystifies Freemasonry, explaining everything from its elaborate rituals and cryptic rights to the veiled symbols and their meanings. You′ll understand the Freemasonry philosophy, meet famous Masons throughout history, explore the many controversies and conspiracy theories that swirl around the organization, and discover the changes coming to the Craft. Discover how to Get a handle on how this fraternal order operates Understand the degrees and groups of Freemasonry Gain knowledge of the Freemason degrees Recognize misconceptions about Masons Find a lodge
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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This is a 'good' book as far as it goes. I, like other reviewers, can see that this is a book about Freemasonry as practiced in the USA. It has little relevance to Freemasonry as it exists in Europe. The belief that Freemasonry across the world is the same is quite wrong but this book reinforces that incorrect view. Even within the UK Freemasonry is substantially different. For example there are substantial differences between Freemasonry as practiced in Scotland compared that in England. People in Britain (and Europe) would be far better advised to buy the books: Cracking the Freemasons Code or The Rosslyn Hoax? which contains a huge range of material relating to Freemasonry in the United Kingdom. However, anyone wishing to understand the different kinds of Freemasonry that exist are recommended to buy this particular book.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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Although this book has some interesting information for the new and soon to be Mason, 75% of it relates only to Masonic Lodges in the USA. Apart from the 1st, 2nd & 3rd degree stuff, the rest is not relevant and actually misleading to anyone who is about to become a Mason in the UK. That apart, it does offer some useful pointers, just be aware that most of the information given about American lodges means absolutely nothing to someone joining a U.G.L.E Lodge.
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An easy to use book, I have used a few books for Dummies, because I could not be bothered to wade through loads of other books to find an item, these books give you information in easy to understand English, however this is and American written book, So has an American slant on freemasonry, it does cover loads of things to do with freemasonry, but a lot is not used or relevant to UK freemasonry. Having said that it does have some little gems in it, I would recommend it to anyone wishing to learn a little more about the subject, just a shame there is not one covering UK freemasonry.
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Well pleased with my purchase. The book exceeded my expectations and will provide a very useful reference source in the future.
By kevin
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i enjoyed some parts of this, some parts i can relate too, but as always its so easy to misread into these.
By Diane U
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I was originally looking for a brief explanation of the Masonic symbols (having just visited the beautiful temple in London), and this was just the ticket. After reading that chapter, I started from the beginning, and have found the book delightful, humorous, and concise. The author's ability to filter out the essence of a very complex historical subject is wonderful.
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I read this cover to cover. Very good, very interesting. Ok so its a bit American but still the UK reader can learn a thing or two...
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The book is very informative, provides some interesting history, with information on the various degree's of Freemasonry, the only downside is that there is a definate bias toward American Freemasonry, with slight confusion on how this applies to other global organisations.
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Great companion
A big Dan Brown fan and this book is a great companion. All about the Masons, the history, the myths etc. very good.
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I found this very helpful. It brought more clarity to a journey i have just begun.
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