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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Associations, clubs, societies > Freemasonry & secret societies

British Freemasonry, 1717-1813 Volume 5 (Hardcover): Cecile Revauger, Jan Snoek British Freemasonry, 1717-1813 Volume 5 (Hardcover)
Cecile Revauger, Jan Snoek; Edited by Robert Peter
R4,495 Discovery Miles 44 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment. It was to have an international influence across the globe. This primary resource collection charts a key period in the development of organized Freemasonry culminating in the formation of a single United Grand Lodge of England. The secrecy that has surrounded Freemasonry has made it difficult to access information and documents about the organization and its adherents in the past. This collection is the result of extensive archival research and transcription and highlights the most significant themes associated with Freemasonry. The documents are drawn from masonic collections, private archives and libraries worldwide. The majority of these texts have never before been republished. Documents include rituals (some written in code), funeral services, sermons, songs, certificates, an engraved list of lodges, letters, pamphlets, theatrical prologues and epilogues, and articles from newspapers and periodicals. This collection will enable researchers to identify many key masons for the first time. It will be of interest to students of Freemasonry, the Enlightenment and researchers in eighteenth-century studies.

British Freemasonry, 1717-1813 (Hardcover): Robert Peter British Freemasonry, 1717-1813 (Hardcover)
Robert Peter; Edited by (associates) Cecile Revauger, Jan Snoek
R20,533 Discovery Miles 205 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment. It was to have an international influence across the globe. This primary resource collection charts a key period in the development of organized Freemasonry culminating in the formation of a single United Grand Lodge of England. The secrecy that has surrounded Freemasonry has made it difficult to access information and documents about the organization and its adherents in the past. This collection is the result of extensive archival research and transcription and highlights the most significant themes associated with Freemasonry. The documents are drawn from masonic collections, private archives and libraries worldwide. The majority of these texts have never before been republished. Documents include rituals (some written in code), funeral services, sermons, songs, certificates, an engraved list of lodges, letters, pamphlets, theatrical prologues and epilogues, and articles from newspapers and periodicals. This collection will enable researchers to identify many key masons for the first time. It will be of interest to students of Freemasonry, the Enlightenment and researchers in eighteenth-century studies. Includes more than 550 texts - Many texts are published here by special arrangement with the Library and Museum of Freemasonry, London - Contains over 260 pages of newly transcribed manuscript material - Documents are organized thematically - Full editorial apparatus including general introduction, volume introductions, headnotes and explanatory endnotes - A consolidated index appears in the final volume

Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems (Hardcover): Peter Swift Seibert Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems (Hardcover)
Peter Swift Seibert
R619 R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Save R88 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems. A look at the rich and diverse heritage of American fraternal societies from the late 1800s through present times. Focusing upon larger organizations of the golden age, this book covers the basic symbols and emblems of groups as diverse as the Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Redmen, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and even the Ku Klux Klan. Usually couched in mystical symbolism, here find images of actual medals and regalia along with period photographs and imagery from trade catalogs. Fraternally Yours opens the secretive door of fraternal societies to everyone.

Freemasons For Dummies, 3nd Edition (Paperback, 3rd Edition): C Hodapp Freemasons For Dummies, 3nd Edition (Paperback, 3rd Edition)
C Hodapp
R594 R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 Save R44 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Unravel the mysteries of the Masons All the myths and rumors about Masonic organizations probably have you wondering "what do Masons really do?" Questions like this one are a natural by-product of being the oldest and largest "secret society" in the world. This book is an ideal starting place to find answers to your questions about the secret and not-so-secret things about Freemasonry. Now in its third edition, this international best-seller peeks behind the door of your local Masonic lodge and explains the meanings behind the rituals, rites, and symbols of the organization. Along the way the book covers nearly 3,000 years of Masonic history, introduces you to some famous Freemasons you already know from history books, and explains the relationship with related groups like Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, Order of Eastern Star, and the beloved fez-wearing Shriners. Look inside the book to learn: What it takes to become a member of the Freemasons, and what you can expect when you join How Lodges are organized and what really goes on during Masonic ceremonies The basic beliefs and philosophies of Freemasonry, including how Masons contribute to charity, and society in general The origins behind some of the wild myths and conspiracy theories surrounding Freemasonry and how to debunk (most of) them Written by a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason and the Public Relations and Marketing Director for the Grand Lodge F&AM of Indiana, Freemasons For Dummies is a must-read guide for anyone interested in this ancient fraternal order, whether you're looking to join or are just curious about some of the more mysterious aspects of Freemasonry.

The Secret Teachings of All Ages - an encyclopedic outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical... The Secret Teachings of All Ages - an encyclopedic outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy - being an interpretation of the Secret Teachings concealed within the Rituals, Allegories, and Mysteries of all Ages (Hardcover)
Manly Palmer Hall
R1,216 Discovery Miles 12 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum - Being the Transactions of the Lodge Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076, London; 4 (Hardcover): No Freemasons... Ars Quatuor Coronatorum - Being the Transactions of the Lodge Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076, London; 4 (Hardcover)
No Freemasons Quatuor Coronati Lodge
R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Ce que doit savoir un Maitre Macon - Les Rites, l'Origine des Grades, Legende d'Hiram (French, Hardcover): Papus Ce que doit savoir un Maitre Macon - Les Rites, l'Origine des Grades, Legende d'Hiram (French, Hardcover)
Papus
R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Precis Historique De L'ordre De La Franc-Maconnerie - Depuis Son Introduction En France Jusqu'en 1829, Suivi... Precis Historique De L'ordre De La Franc-Maconnerie - Depuis Son Introduction En France Jusqu'en 1829, Suivi D'une Biographie Des Membres De L'ordre, Les Plus Celebres Par Leurs Travaux, Leurs Ecrits, Ou Par Leur Rang Dans Le Monde Depuis Son Origi... (French, Hardcover)
Jean Claude Besuchet De Saunois
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
MK Ultra - Abuso rituale e controllo mentale - Strumenti di dominazione della religione senza nome (Italian, Hardcover):... MK Ultra - Abuso rituale e controllo mentale - Strumenti di dominazione della religione senza nome (Italian, Hardcover)
Alexandre Lebreton
R1,228 Discovery Miles 12 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
MK Ultra - Ritueller Missbrauch und Gedankenkontrolle - Instrumente der Beherrschung der namenlose Religion (German,... MK Ultra - Ritueller Missbrauch und Gedankenkontrolle - Instrumente der Beherrschung der namenlose Religion (German, Hardcover)
Alexandre Lebreton
R1,373 Discovery Miles 13 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Secret Societies (Paperback, Uk Ed.): Nick Harding Secret Societies (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
Nick Harding
R269 R120 Discovery Miles 1 200 Save R149 (55%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Secret Societies in one form or another have existed throughout the history of human culture. But what is their appeal? What is it that makes so-called respectable people indulge in peculiar ceremonies, dressed in fanciful costumes uttering blood-curdling oaths of loyalty with the threat of death hanging over them should they reveal the inner workings of the cult? Are these organisations simply a way for like-minded followers to get together in a convivial atmosphere for purely social reasons or is there really a dark side to their activities. Are they really trying, as some have suggested, to control world affairs for their own nefarious ends? Are the secret societies' claims that they are in the possession of great knowledge or valuable secrets also true? Are they really trying to engineer history or keep hidden that which may bring about the fall of a religion or a country? In Secret Societies, Nick Harding describes some of the best known organisations along with some of their least known counterparts. He highlights the similarities that all these cults have - they all work to a similar pattern and that basic human psychology plays a far more important role in their continued existence and their enduring appeal than any hidden wisdom, knowledge or world-shattering secret.

Triad Societies:Western Accounts 6 volumes (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Kingsley Bolton Triad Societies:Western Accounts 6 volumes (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Kingsley Bolton
R40,804 Discovery Miles 408 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


The international media has traditionally reported on the triad secret societies in terms of a mythic Chinese Mafia, and accounts of their criminal activities have often been sensationalised.
Academic historians, sinologists and sociologists in the last twenty years have taken a different view of the development of such societies in South China and Southeast Asia. Some saw them as primitive revolutionaries who played an indirect, yet important, role in the 1911 revolution of China. Others tended to conceptualise Chinese triads in terms of brotherhood associations and mutual aid societies.
This collection assembles for the first time a highly interesting mixture of scholarly studies and field reports.

MK Ultra - Abuso ritual y control mental - Herramientas de dominacion de la religion sin nombre (Spanish, Hardcover): Alexandre... MK Ultra - Abuso ritual y control mental - Herramientas de dominacion de la religion sin nombre (Spanish, Hardcover)
Alexandre Lebreton
R1,197 Discovery Miles 11 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Les douze clefs de Philosophie - suivi de Revelation et declaration concernant les plus curieux mysteres des teintures... Les douze clefs de Philosophie - suivi de Revelation et declaration concernant les plus curieux mysteres des teintures essentielles des sept metaux, & les vertus medicinales de celles-ci (French, Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Frere Basile Valentin
R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Freemasonry (Paperback, Uk Ed.): Giles Morgan Freemasonry (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
Giles Morgan
R279 R104 Discovery Miles 1 040 Save R175 (63%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The world of Freemasonry exerts a powerful influence on the modern imagination. In an age when perceived notions of history are being increasingly questioned and re-examined it is perhaps inevitable that secretive societies such as the Freemasons find themselves at the centre of considerable speculation and conjecture. To some they represent a powerful and shadowy elite who have manipulated world history throughout the ages, whilst to others they are an altogether more mundane and benign fraternal organisation. Giles Morgan begins by exploring the obscure and uncertain origins of Freemasonry. It has been variously argued that it derives from the practices of medieval stonemasons, that it dates to events surrounding the construction of the Temple of Solomon and that it is connected to ancient Mystery Cults. One of the major and often disputed claims made for Freemasonry is that it is directly attributable to the Knights Templar, generating a wealth of best-selling publications such as 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail' and more recently Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code', linking Freemasonry to a supposed secret order known as the Priory of Sion who are the guardians of the true nature of the Holy Grail. Freemasonry today is a worldwide phenomenon that accepts membership from a diverse ethnic and religious range of backgrounds. Entry to Freemasonry requires a belief in a Supreme Being although it insists it does not constitute a religion in itself. The rituals and practices of Freemasonry have been viewed as variously obscure, pointless, baffling, sinister and frightening. An intensely stratified and hierarchical structure underpins most Masonic orders whose activities are focussed within meeting points usually termed as Lodges. Giles Morgan examines its historical significance (George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were both Masons) and its position and role in contemporary society.

Lucifer et le pouvoir occulte (French, Hardcover): Marquis De La Franquerie Lucifer et le pouvoir occulte (French, Hardcover)
Marquis De La Franquerie
R1,030 Discovery Miles 10 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Arquitectos del engano - La historia secreta de la masoneria (Spanish, Hardcover): Juri Lina Arquitectos del engano - La historia secreta de la masoneria (Spanish, Hardcover)
Juri Lina
R1,102 Discovery Miles 11 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Young Turks in Opposition (Hardcover): M. Sukru Hanioglu The Young Turks in Opposition (Hardcover)
M. Sukru Hanioglu
R2,644 Discovery Miles 26 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first in-depth study of the secret society called CUP (Committee of Union and Progress), based on their own papers. It pays special attention to the Young Turks as an intellectual movement which continues to influence the thinking of Turkish intellectuals in the 1990s. It also provides important insights into diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the so-called Great Powers of Europe at the turn of the century.

Sacred Secrets - Freemasonry, the Bible and Christian Faith (Paperback, 2nd edition): Mike Neville Sacred Secrets - Freemasonry, the Bible and Christian Faith (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Mike Neville
R525 R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Save R47 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Who were Tubalcain, Aholiab and Zabud and what is their significance for the Freemason? There is a general interest in the rituals of Freemasonry, generated in part by the apparently obscure references they contain. This is the only book that offers a guide to the stories used in Masonic ritual and their links to the Bible and Christianity. The new Mason is directed to a 'serious contemplation of the Volume of the Sacred Law' - but that is easier said than done without a grounding in the Scriptures, something that fewer and fewer people have. The historical and geographical setting of the Bible is explained here, making such contemplation easier for Mason and non-Mason alike. Mike Neville has systematically cross-referenced the most influential Chapters of the Bible to the ceremonies. It is his intention to get Freemasons to understand the ritual - not just to memorise and regurgitate - as well as to elucidate for the non-Mason. Sacred Secrets will aid the clergy, theologians and any other person interested in Freemasonry to see the links between ritual and scripture.

ST.A.G.S. 2: D.O.G.S. (Paperback): M.A. Bennett ST.A.G.S. 2: D.O.G.S. (Paperback)
M.A. Bennett 1
R299 R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Save R54 (18%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

After the dramatic events of the last few weeks, Greer Macdonald is trying to concentrate on her A levels. Stuck for a play to direct for her drama exam, she gets help from an unexpected quarter . . .

A priceless lost play, buried by time, is pushed under her door. It is Ben Jonson's The Isle of Dogs, a play considered so dangerous in Elizabethan times that every copy was burned . . . except one. As the students begin to rehearse, events become increasingly dark and strange, and they lead Greer back to where she never thought she would return - Longcross Hall.

There she discovers that not only is the Order of the Stag alive and well, but that a ghost from the past might be too . . .

The FBI and the KKK - A Critical History (Paperback, Annotated edition): Michael Newton The FBI and the KKK - A Critical History (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Michael Newton
R1,171 R923 Discovery Miles 9 230 Save R248 (21%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Although on the face of it the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Ku Klux Klan seem to be very different organizations, they have more in common than one might imagine. In fact, the Bureau and the Klan share a long and complicated history.Beginning with their first confrontation in 1922, this book examines the similarities, covert collaborations and common goals of the FBI and the KKK. After briefly describing the history of each, it explores the development of their association and the specific ways in which each organization furthered the other's goals.The book traces eighty years of parallel development and the conservative attitudes that drew the FBI and the KKK together, especially in the area of civil rights. Political, societal and historical contributions to the atmosphere that encouraged this complicity are explored in detail. Statistics regarding Klan membership, racial violence and a suspicious lack of federal involvement lend support to the author's analysis of events. Special emphasis is placed on the leaders of each group, especially J. Edgar Hoover, who shaped the very foundation of the FBI. The final chapters cover more recent events, up-to and including those following the 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City.

The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor - Initiatic and Historical Documents of an Order of Practical Occultism (Paperback, New... The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor - Initiatic and Historical Documents of an Order of Practical Occultism (Paperback, New edition)
R719 R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Save R38 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, active in the last decades of the 19th century, was the only order of its time that taught practical occultism in the Western Mystery Tradition. This is the first complete and undistorted account, tracing the origins, founders, and practices of this very secretive order, which counted among its members many of the well-known figures of late 19th-century occultism, spiritualism, and Theosophy, including Max Theon, Peter Davidson, Thomas Henry Burgoyne and Paschal Beverly Randolph. This scholarly work provides all the materials for revisioning the history, assigning the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor its rightful place as one of the most influential esoteric orders of its time.

MK - Abus Rituels & Controle Mental - Outils de domination de la religion sans nom (French, Hardcover): Alexandre Lebreton MK - Abus Rituels & Controle Mental - Outils de domination de la religion sans nom (French, Hardcover)
Alexandre Lebreton
R1,322 Discovery Miles 13 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
British Poets and Secret Societies (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): Marie Mulvey-Roberts British Poets and Secret Societies (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
Marie Mulvey-Roberts
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A surprisingly large number of English poets have either belonged to a secret society, or been strongly influenced by its tenets. One of the best known examples is Christopher Smart's membership of the Freemasons, and the resulting influence of Masonic doctrines on A Song to David. However, many other poets have belonged to, or been influenced by not only the Freemasons, but the Rosicrucians, Gormogons and Hell-Fire Clubs. First published in 1986, this study concentrates on five major examples: Smart, Burns, William Blake, William Butler Yeats and Rudyard Kipling, as well as a number of other poets. Marie Roberts questions why so many poets have been powerfully attracted to the secret societies, and considers the effectiveness of poetry as a medium for conveying secret emblems and ritual. She shows how some poets believed that poetry would prove a hidden symbolic language in which to reveal great truths. The beliefs of these poets are as diverse as their practice, and this book sheds fascinating light on several major writers.

So Much Bad in the Best of Us - The Salacious and Audacious Life of John W. Talbot (Hardcover): Greta Fisher So Much Bad in the Best of Us - The Salacious and Audacious Life of John W. Talbot (Hardcover)
Greta Fisher
R1,437 Discovery Miles 14 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From supreme president to forgotten enemy, John W. Talbot lived a remarkable life. Charismatic, energetic, and powerful, he founded a national fraternal organization, the Order of Owls, and counted senators, congressmen, and business leaders among his friends. He wielded his influence to help causes close to his heart but also to bring down those who stood against him. In So Much Bad in the Best of Us, Greta Fisher's careful research reveals that Talbot was capable of great evil, causing one woman to describe him as "the Devil Incarnate." His string of very public affairs revealed his strange sexual preferences and violent tendencies, and charges leveled against him included perjury, blackmail, jury tampering, slander, libel, misuse of the mail, assault with intent to kill, and White slavery. Ultimately convicted on the slavery charge, he spent several years in Leavenworth penitentiary and eventually lost everything, including control of the Order of Owls. His descent into alcoholism and death by fire was a fitting end to a tumultuous and dramatic life. After 50 years of newspaper headlines and court battles, Talbot's death made national news, but with more enemies than friends and estranged from his family, he was ultimately forgotten. A gripping true crime story, So Much Bad in the Best of Us offers a mesmerizing account of the life of John W. Talbot, the Order of Owls, and how quickly the powerful can fall.

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