The Secret History of Freemasonry

236 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING The admission of "accepted" members is a very old practice in masonry. Cleri ...

Speculative Freemasonry 237 path. In fact, we have already seen that since 1439 the Scottish lodges had hereditary grand masters ...

238 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING In 1670, more than three quarters of the members of the Aberdeen Lodge were ...

Speculative Freemasonry 239 incorporate the new architectural style were completed, working masons were forced to disperse in or ...

240 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING Do what you will, because people who are free, well-born, well- bred, and ea ...

Speculative Freemasonry 241 who called each other brother, devoted themselves in complete freedom to philosophical discussion an ...

242 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING Rabelais. It was Ficino's contribution to develop a syncretic philosophy ins ...

Speculative Freemasonry 243 in the Leipzig Library, this Guild of Mages gave birth in Germany to the Brothers of the Gold Rose-C ...

244 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING founding of that great scholarly association known as the Royal Society.^12 ...

Speculative Freemasonry 245 ures, at least with respect to the freemasons. It is also certain that they intensified the establis ...

246 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING reference to "the Holy Church" to which masons had always been expected to s ...

13 The Grand Lodges and Modern Freemasonry The Grand Lodge of London On June 24, 1717, Saint John's Day, four London lodges with ...

248 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING New Rochelle who emigrated to London following the revocation of the Edict o ...

The Grand Lodges and Modern Freemasonry 249 Persuations they may be distinguish'd; whereby Masonry becomes the Center of Union a ...

250 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING proved by later editions of the Book of Constitutions in which theism took t ...

The Grand Lodges and Modern Freemasonry 251 lodges, especially those in the provinces, were reluctant to abandon their independe ...

252 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING In Scotland, the lodges long retained their independence with respect to cus ...

The Grand Lodges and Modern Freemasonry 253 know that this interpretation is strongly rejected by the English, who today are cle ...

254 FROM THE ART OF BUILDING TO THE ART OF THINKING France, daughter of Henri IV and Marie de Medici, accepted a royal refuge in ...

The Grand Lodges and Modern Freemasonry 255 ment.* We are somewhat better informed about the Scots and Stuart lodges founded at ...