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Good Masonic education starts with the basics. These Freemasonry books explain what the fraternity is, how a lodge works, and what its words mean.
The standard reference on the Craft, with thousands of alphabetical entries on Masonic terms, symbols, rites, degrees and people. Look up any word you hear in lodge and get a clear explanation.
A plain-language walk through the three degrees of the Blue Lodge, written for the Mason who wants to understand what he has just been through. Each step of the ritual is explained along with its history and meaning.
An esoteric reading of the lodge, its furniture and its ceremonies, from the opening to the higher degrees. Leadbeater explains what he believes happens behind each part of the ritual.
Eleven lectures first given to a lodge, tracing the Egyptian, Greek and Christian mysteries and how they connect to Masonry. A short, readable overview of the origins, legends and symbols of the fraternity.
The best-known guide to the three symbolic degrees of the York Rite, plus Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master and the Royal Arch. Every ceremony is given word by word, with notes and engravings.
A famous 1820s exposure of English Masonic ritual, covering the three Craft degrees, the Royal Arch, the Knights Templar and many higher degrees. Carlile adds his own commentary on where the ceremonies come from.
A classic lodge monitor with the lectures, charges and prayers of the Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees. Also includes the ancient ceremonies and the Masonic burial service.
The monitor that shaped American lodge work, here in the 1865 edition with the first three degrees, the funeral service and other public ceremonies. Includes the forms a lodge needs for petitions and records.
A short guide to the third degree, from the opening and the symbolical journeys to the legend and the tracing board. Ward explains what each part of the ceremony means.
From medieval stonemasons to the first Grand Lodge of 1717. These books on the history of Freemasonry trace how a builders' guild became a worldwide fraternity.
The book many lodges hand to a new Mason. It tells where Masonry came from, how the Grand Lodge of England was formed, and what the fraternity teaches.
A one-volume history by the leading Masonic historian of his day, built on documents instead of legend. It covers the medieval operative masons, the old charges, the Grand Lodges of Britain and the spread of the Craft worldwide.
A brief account of secret societies from the ancient world to the Templars and Rosicrucians, leading up to the operative masons and the first Grand Lodge. A good first read on how Freemasonry fits into that longer story.
A history of Masonry that starts with the Egyptian, Greek and Mithraic mysteries and moves through the medieval guilds to the Scottish Rite and Co-Masonry. The companion volume to The Hidden Life in Freemasonry.
A long study of the ancient mysteries and their link to Masonry, followed by the history of the Craft in Saxon and Norman England, the high grades and the Grand Lodge era.
A peer-reviewed history of the women who joined Masonic lodges in France over two centuries. It shows how adoption lodges and mixed orders gave women a place in public life.
Mackey explains the legends, myths and symbols of the Craft, from Solomon's Temple and the form of the lodge to the sprig of acacia. The classic starting point for anyone studying Masonic symbols.
Five papers on the deeper symbolism of the Craft, Masonry as a philosophy, and the Holy Royal Arch. Written for Masons who want to know what the ceremonies are really about.
Hall follows the candidate through the Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees and reads each one as a stage of inner growth. Also published as The Lost Keys of Freemasonry.
A study of light as the central symbol of the lodge. Castells looks at the pillars, the pavement, the winding staircase and the middle chamber, and what each one teaches.
Pike's lectures on all thirty-two degrees of the Scottish Rite, from Apprentice to Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret. The most famous book in Masonic philosophy, complete in one file.
An illustrated monitor with instructions for every degree from the fourth to the thirty-third. Also covers the ceremonies of installation and the constitutions of the Rite.
A full history of how the Scottish Rite began, how it reached America and how its Supreme Councils were formed. The appendix reprints the original documents.
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