The Stairway to freemasonry door Julian Rees 5Lewis Masonic)
THE STAIRWAY OF FREEMASONRY
For any enquiring mind, whether Freemason or not, this little book sets out to help answer questions not so much: What does it mean? but rather: What can it mean?, since the journey is concerned not with learning other peoples answers, but in working out answers for yourself. This is a book about what it means to walk the path of a Freemason; to be inspired by its rituals, to live your life by its precepts and to cultivate virtue within yourself.
If you are not a Freemason, you may want answers to questions such as the following:
Why can I not become a Freemason by reading about it in a book? What would initiation do for me?
What is the point of secrets in Freemasonry?
Why are the square and compasses in Freemasonry such a universal symbol?
What are Masonic symbols for? Do they mean anything?
Can Freemasonry be as meaningful for me as my religion?
By being a Freemason, can I be closer to God?
If you are already a Freemason, you may want answers to other, but similar questions:
Why are we called Free Masons?
If secrets in Freemasonry are not to hide something, what are they for?
What does the ritual mean when it talks of avoiding fear and rashness?
How can symbols best be used?
Can working tools really be used to make me a better person? If so, how?
Julian Rees was for some years on the Precepting Committee of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement in London. He has been a regular contributor to the quarterly magazine Freemasonry Today since its founding in 1997. In 2003, he joined the editorial team as deputy and news editor, and in the same year delivered the prestigious Wendel K. Walker Memorial Lecture in New York entitled Through Ritual to Enlightenment. He was one of the founding members of The Cornerstone Society, serving as Secretary for a number of years, and has lectured extensively to lodges in this country and abroad. Rees has been honoured by the Institut Maçonnique de France with the Ordre Maçonnique de Lafayette. He is now a member of the International Order of Freemasonry Le Droit Humain in England. He is the author of Making Light – A Handbook for Freemasons, The Stairway of Freemasonry, Ornaments Furniture and Jewels and So You Want To Be A Freemason?
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