This Is A New Release Of The Original 1904 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1906 Edition.

From 1993 through 2012, historian Ivan M. Tribe wrote over ninety biographical articles for Knight Templar Magazine on Masons who have made significant contributions to American History and Culture. These figures include Brothers from government, the military, business, sports, entertainment and philanthropy. Subjects range from Gerald Ford and Hubert Humphrey to Gene Autry and John Wayne. The sketches cover both their public and Masonic careers. Three articles are hitherto unpublished. Those interested in American History and Freemasonry will find this book a fascinating read as well as a good reference volume.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1882 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1874 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.

Colorful vigilantes and saloon keepers are brought to life in dynamic stories of early San Luis Obispo Freemasonry. Marvel at the archival photographs and architectural drawings that highlight King David's Masonic Temple's original construction and historical restoration. Be amazed by the vibrancy and breadth of the brethren's social and fraternal activities.

HISTORY / FREEMASONRY Thanks to documents discovered nearly two hundred years after his death, we now have a fuller picture of the profound influence that Freemasonry had on the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Musicologist Jacques Henry shows that the Masonic influence on Mozart's work goes far beyond pieces such as The Magic Flute that were overtly Masonic or fulfilled a ritual purpose for the composer. For those initiated, many of Mozart's other compositions express the same Masonic ideals no less clearly. His works actually provide a complete musical lexicon of Masonic symbols inspired by the principles of the craft and the spirit of the Masonic quest. Mozart constructed his Masonic compositions by creating auditory correspondences to the symbols present in the rituals, choosing keys and tempos that transpose their content into harmony. His understanding of the use of symbol allowed him to create music that would lead the listener into a harmony that transcended earthly existence.A number of musicologists believe that the place of the Masonic spiritual vision in Mozart's work is comparable to that held by Lutheran Christianity in the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. Mozart wed his deep understanding of music to the esoteric wisdom he gained as a Freemason to show that when we lose ourselves in the expression of the purest harmony, it is the same as the symbol being lost in what it symbolizes. Jacques Henry provides a rigorous and original analysis of Mozart's works that reveals their inner meaning as shaped by the composer's profound embrace of the spiritual principles of Freemasonry.Jacques Henry is artistic director of the annual Mozart festival in the Drome region ofFrance and an expert on the symbolism in Mozart's work. He lives in France.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1879 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1868 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1846 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.