The secrets of freemasonry : revealing the suppressed tradition /: revealing the suppressed tradition. (©2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Selected, revised and presented by Robert Lomas.
• Other Names: Lomas, Robert, 1947-
• Contents: Introduction; PART ONE -- William Preston's Story of the Origins of Freemasonry; 1. Early Masonry; 2. Early English Masonry; 3. William the Conqueror to Bloody Mary; 4. Elizabeth and the Stuarts; 5. Forming A Grand Lodge; 6. Rival Grand Lodges; PART TWO -- Robert Freke Gould on Scotland s Role in Early Freemasonry; 7. The First Scottish Statutes of Freemasonry; 8. The St Clairs of Roslin; 9. The Old Lodges of Scotland; 10. The Legend of Kilwinning. PART THREE -- J.S.M. Ward on Freemasonry and the Knights Templar11. The Higher Degrees of Freemasonry; 12. The Knights Templar; 13. Templar Transmission Theories; 14. The English and Scottish Knights Templar; 15. The Auvergne-Mull Templar Transmission Theory; 16. Other Chivalric Degrees in Freemasonry; 17. The VESICA PISCIS; PART FOUR -- A.E. Waite on Freemasonry, The Secret Tradition and the Knights Templar; 18. The Secret Wardens; 19. The Influence of Chevalier Ramsay; 20. The Strict Observance; 21. Mysteries of Dates and Origins; 22. The Legacy of Jacques de Molay; 23. The Royal Order of ScotlandPART FIVE -- W.L. Wilmshurst on the Origins of Freemasonry; 24. The Meaning of Masonic Origins; Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix 1: The St Clair Charters in the Original Scots.
• Publisher Details: London : Constable & Robinson
• Publication Date: 2006
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (558 pages)
• Subjects: 366.12; Freemasonry; Freemasonry -- Rituals; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Freemasonry; Freemasonry -- Rituals; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780333687; 1780333684
• ISSNs: 4539-0837
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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