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Freemasonry is one of the world's oldest, most widespread voluntary organizations. With a strong sense of liberation, moral enlightenment, cosmopolitan openness, and forward-looking philanthropy, freemasonry has attracted some of the sharpest minds in history and created a strong platform for nascent civil societies worldwide. With the secrecy of internally communicated knowledge, its clandestine character, the enactment of rituals, and elaborate use of symbols, freemasonry has also opened up feelings of distrust, along with allegations of secretiveness and conspiracy. Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction introduces the organization, rituals, and symbols of freemasonry, navigating through the prevalent fictions and conspiracy theories. It also sheds light on the participation of women in freemasonry.

Freemasonry --- Franc-maçonnerie --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Guides, manuels, etc --- Masonic orders --- Masonry (Secret order)

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This book uncovers the early Jewish, Scottish, and Stuart sources of 'ancient' Cabalistic Freemasonry that flourished in Écossais lodges in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing on architectural, technological, political, and religious documents, it provides real-world, historical grounding for the flights of visionary Temple building described in the rituals and symbolism of 'high-degree' Masonry. The roots of mystical male bonding, accomplished through progressive initiation, are found in Stuart notions of intellectual and spiritual amicitia . Despite the expulsion of the Stuart dynasty in 1688 and the establishment of a rival 'modern' system of Hanoverian-Whig Masonry in 1717, the influence of 'ancient' Scottish-Stuart Masonry on Solomonic architecture, Hermetic masques, and Rosicrucian science was preserved in lodges maintained by Jacobite partisans and exiles in Britain, Europe, and the New World.

Freemasonry --- Franc-maçonnerie --- History --- Histoire --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Civilization --- Civilisation --- Franc-maçonnerie --- Masonic orders --- Masonry (Secret order)

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Freemasonry --- Franc-maçonnerie --- History --- Histoire --- United States --- 18th century --- 19th century --- Masonic orders --- Masonry (Secret order)

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