Invisibles : The True History of the Rosicrucians by Tobias Churton

Invisibles : The True History of the Rosicrucians

by Tobias Churton

ISBN: 9780853183099
SKU: L3099

£9.99
(Approx €11.6542)

Lewis Masonic

400 years ago a document was published by an order calling themselves the Rosicrucians. A secret society of Christians who claimed to know the true teachings of Christ and that through this knowledge they had become immortal and gained divine powers. Jesus told his disciples that with faith they should be able to work miracles greater than him.
Since then, incredible myths and stories have been woven about the 'invisible' Brothers of the Rose Cross, the so-called 'Rosicrucians'. The men who know what it truly means to be a Christian. Indeed, in 1623, philosopher René Descartes was accused in Paris of being a Rosicrucian. 'How can that be possible?' replied Descartes. 'Everyone knows... they are invisible.' It has been said that Rosicrucians possess the secrets of Man, God and Nature, that they can turn lead into gold, that they govern Europe in secret, that they enjoy the elixir of life, that theirs is the true philosophy of Freemasonry, that they can save – or destroy – the world. Most amazing of all perhaps is the Rosicrucian vision of an invisible, inviolable and utterly secret body – the Hidden Guardians of the planet. This is the 'secret society' behind all mystical and magical secret societies. Only they, it is alleged, possess the true key to understanding the spiritual and material essence of all religion. The story of how a young German nobleman, Christian Rosycross, escaped his boring cloister and sped to the east in search of wisdom about a century before Columbus sailed west, has been told many times since it first appeared in a booklet in 1614. For much of the time between that date and today, the story of the genesis of the Rosicrucian movement - the founding of the 'invisible fraternity' and the discovery of the founder's extraordinary tomb in 1604 - has been taken literally in many quarters. The Fama Fraternitatis, the document in which the story first appeared, has been taken for historical fact and even more than that. From the dreams of a brilliant young student at Germany's university of Tübingen to the accidental publication of the Rosicrucian manifestos in 1614 – 'the greatest publicity stunt of all time' – the story takes us on to the creation of real Rosicrucian brotherhoods in Europe in the 18th century. These brotherhoods changed history. Never was there a story more controversial or more mysterious to tell. At last, the whole story can be told – the true history. ISBN-13 9780853183099 Binding Hardback Format 229 x 152 Extent 176 pages Was £19.99 now £9.99 

Schism The Battle that Forged Freemasonry by Ric Berman

Schism The Battle that Forged Freemasonry

by Ric Berman

This book examines the creation of the Antients Grand Lodge and traces the influence of Ireland and the London Irish, and most especially that of Laurence Dermott, the Antients' Grand Secretary, in the development of freemasonry in the second half of the eighteenth century. The book demonstrates the relative accessibility of the Antients and contrasts this with the exclusivity of the 'Moderns' -- the original Grand Lodge of England. The Antients instigated what became a six decades long rivalry with the Moderns and pioneered fundamental changes to the social composition of freemasonry, extending formal sociability to the lower middling and working classes and creating one of the first modern friendly societies. Schism does not stand solely as an academic work but introduces the subject to a wider Masonic and non-Masonic audience and, most particularly, supplements dated historical works. The book contributes to the history of London and the London Irish in the long eighteenth century and examines the social and trade networks of the urban lower middling and working class, subjects that remains substantially unexplored. It also offers a prism through which Britains calamitous relationship with Ireland can be examined.

Lewis Masonic

SKU: 9781845196073

£25.00
(Approx €29.1648)

The Genesis of Freemasonry

The Genesis of Freemasonry
David Harrison

Leis Masonic

SKU: 9780853184997

This book is a revealing but thoroughly enjoyable journey through the intricate history of English Freemasonry. Historian Dr David Harrison reconstructs the hidden history of the movement, tracing its roots through a mixture of mediaeval guild societies, alchemy and necromancy. He examines the earliest known Freemasons and their obsessions with Solomon's Temple, alchemy and prophecy to the formation of the Grand Lodge in London, which in turn led to rebellions within the Craft throughout England, especially in York and with the formation of the antients. Harrison also analyses the role of French immigrant Dr Jean Theophilus Desaguliers in the development of English Freemasonry, focussing on his involvement with the formation of the mysterious modern Masonic ritual. All Freemasons and more general readers will find much of interest in this fascinating exploration of the very beginnings of Freemasonry, still one of the most mysterious brotherhoods in the world.

Foundations: New light on the formation and early years of the Grand Lodge of England The 2016 Prestonian Lecture

Foundations: New light on the formation and early years of the Grand Lodge of England The 2016 Prestonian Lecture

zie ook Lecture Dr Richard Berman

Foundations - new light on the formation and early years of the Grand Lodge of England, the Prestonian Lecture for 2016, explores the evolution of Freemasonry from the fourteenth century to the creation of the first Grand Lodge of England in 1717. Ric Berman challenges old Masonic myths, explains the interconnections between Freemasonry, Grand Lodge and Britain's new Hanoverian government, and outlines how and why its leaders positioned the Craft as a bastion against Jacobitism. The book celebrates and provides a context for the 300th anniversary of the formation of the world's first Grand Lodge.