Over 300 Years of Masonic Ritual door Martin Gandoff

 

by Martin Gandoff

 

This book celebrates the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Premier Grand Lodge in June 1717, by reviewing the basis of our workings from the earliest records to the formation of the United Grand Lodge of England in December 1813 and further.

 

 

It addresses such important questions as:

 

• What is the Craft of Freemasonry and where did it come from?
• How was it practiced from 1200 to 1700?
• Why was the Premier Grand Lodge formed?
• What effects did it have on the organisation and practice of Freemasonry?
• How and why has our ritual changed over the years?

This fascinating work painstakingly presents a wealth of the available historical evidence, putting into context masonic ritual practice with the events and culture of the time. At the same time, it provides intriguing insights, observations and subjects for contemplation along the way.
This book is a must have for any mason who has an interest in the rituals of Craft masonry and even supplies descriptions of many ritual variations practiced throughout England.

ISBN: 9780853185437
 

Dimensions:  H21cm   W15cm

240 pages

£14.99

 

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The Regius Poem - Bilingual Edition in Modern and Middle English

Freemasons throughout the world are finally able to study a six-hundred-year-old manuscript of The Old Charges thanks to an unprecedented translation in modern English that has preserved the original rhyme scheme. For these Brothers, it may provide new and meaningful insight into the history of the Craft from a medieval perspective, which is more about the actual dos and donts for ancient stonemasons than todays Brotherhood and its symbolism. Nonetheless, it offers a lot of recognition when it comes to the origin of modern Masonic practices. Ever since James Halliwell (1820 1899) discovered The Regius Poem in 1842, English-speaking Masons have had to make considerable effort to cope with its language, which dates back to approximately 1425. Until now, the manuscript could only be read in its original wording, in modern prose or in attempts that failed to qualify as poetry. This implies that, in actual practice, the earliest document of The Old Charges has mostly been appreciated for its wisdom and strength - at the expense of its beauty. To reinstall this trinity, Brother Harry G. de Vries has translated the old text from rhymed Middle English to rhymed Modern English for the first time. It was his aim, he says, to facilitate his English-speaking brothers with a version in which the essential literary ingredient of rhyme would be revived in order to rekindle the poem's 600-years-old beauty. As a result, it helps bring today's Masons much closer to the impact the poem would have had on its medieval audiences. In the foreword, the Dutch author explains why being a native speaker of Dutch may have been a considerable help to understand and translate the language of The Regius Poem. You can check the results of his labour in this edition, in which each left-hand page has the original text and each right-hand page displays the modern translation. Brother Harry takes you back to a medieval lodge where a travelling word artist served masons the history of their craft as it was seen at the time - after the day's work had ended. At Lewis Masonic we are sure that this unique version in rhymed modern English will provide Freemasons with a new perspective on the beauty of their Craft.

Limited Edition of 500 only

Printed on Artisanal Textured Italian Paper

Cloth Bound

Beautiful End Papers

Limited Edition of 500 only Printed on Artisanal Textured Italian Paper Cloth Bound Beautiful End Papers 152 pages 168 x 240 978-0-85318-655-7 £39.00 Click Here To Order

The Secret Freemasonry of a Priest in the Temple of Nature door From the team of Rolf Keil / Josef Wäges and Paul Ferguson; Johann Samuel MUND

 

The earliest known Rosicrucian ritual system published for the first time.

The Secret Freemasonry of a Priest in the Temple of Nature From the team of Rolf Keil / Josef Wäges and Paul Ferguson   The earliest known Rosicrucian ritual system published for the first time. The subject of this book is Johann Samuel Mund artist, alchemist and Free-mason and his own special interpretation of the Royal Art. It was in Frankfurt that Mund founded the Masonic Lodge known as the Bund der Treue und Wahrheit zu den 3 Rosenkreuzern Weiß, Roth und Gold (Union of Loyalty and Truth of the 3 Rosy Crosses, White, Red and Gold), for which he developed his own doctrine with its own rituals and teachings, which have fortunately come down to us in various manuscript archives. In this book the authors provide the first complete overview of Mund's teachings, illustrated with the unique images and diagrams that he created specially for them. The authors also explore the conditions prevailing at the time the Lodge of the Union of Loyalty and Truth was founded, the influences that shaped it, and the impact it had upon the development of the High Degrees in the mid-18th century. What is more, the book sheds light on a fascinating chapter in Masonic history, and one that has been relatively neglected to date, namely the connection between practical and philosophical alchemy on the one hand and dogmatic Freemasonry (at that time not yet fully developed) on the other. This meticulously researched and richly illustrated volume is a joint production of Salier Verlag, Germany, and Lewis Masonic and contains all the relevant texts in both German and English. It is aimed both at academics specialising in the Enlightenment and the general reader with an interest in the history of ideas, alchemy and esotericism, as well as Freemasons who are eager to explore a fascinating and previously neglected chapter in the development of the Brotherhood.         A Complete Ritual System   Beautiful Symbolic art   Limited Edition 1st Edition 2024 (bilingual edition in German and English) Hard-cover binding in imitation leather with gold embossing, thread-stitched, two bookmarks (one Gold and one Rose coloured) Colour throughout with numerous illustrations 544 pages, 17 x 24 cm Only 400 copies available £49.00 Click Here To Order

De stilte van de leerling door Lut Seys

€ 28,00

Het boek “de stilte van de leerling” is een handleiding gebaseerd op ervaringen, opzoekingen en lectuur. Een gids voor de maçonnieke reis van de Leerling.

De titel verwijst naar het eerste werktuig van de Leerling:  de Stilte, of de kunst van het zwijgen en het horen, het proces van onthaasten, vertragen, loslaten. De stilte zorgt ervoor dat de Leerling luistert naar zijn innerlijke ik, het echte onderscheidt van het subjectieve en open staat voor nieuwe ideeën.

De maçonnieke reis is een continu proces. De profaan wordt ingewijd in de eerste graad, de leerling wordt opgenomen in de tweede graad, de gezel wordt verheven tot de derde graad. De vrijmetselaar arbeidt en evolueert maar blijft, ondanks bijkomende graden en hoedanigheden, altijd Leerling en weet dat de arbeid nooit helemaal voltooid zal zijn.

Dit instructieboek bevat nuttige informatie voor de Leerling, het verwijst naar gewoonten en tradities, geeft uitleg over de organisatie, over de ritus, rituelen en ritualen, over rituele banketten, over symbolen en werktuigen.

Maar het is de Leerling zelf die de aangereikte werktuigen daadwerkelijk hanteert en een eigen interpretatie zal geven aan de vele symbolen.

Kwadrato 
 

Royal Arch talks Mike Karn

This book explains all the basic information needed to understand the Royal Arch

There are 25 talks in this book covering a range of interesting Royal Arch topics, including:

Origins of the Royal Arch
Linking the Craft and the Royal Arch
Royal Arch Matters
Royal Arch Ritual
The Sojourners
Hiram Abif
Moses, Aholihab and Bezaleel
The Fall of Babylon
King Solomons Temple

 

The talks have been written primarily to be presented at convocations. However, they will
also clarify more about the Royal Arch and the characters involved and answer matters about
the Order that some may find confusing.

Hopefully, they will explain too why there is an
indissoluble link between the Craft and the Royal Arch, why they are to be considered as one organisation, and why a Master Mason should complete his journey in ‘pure Antient
Masonry’.

Each talk is separate and relatively detailed; if presented as written, each will last about 30
minutes. But if it is felt that a talk is too long, it can easily be reduced by omitting sentences,
paragraphs, or other details from the talk without changing the main topic. Some of the
information and dates in the talks have been included to explain a particular situation more
clearly and may be required to answer any questions.
 

The book has been produced in a convenient spiral-bound design so that a talk can be read
straight from the book and the pages easily turned. If presenting a talk, above all, make the
talk and any subsequent discussion as enjoyable as possible, Freemasonry is a wonderful
fraternity we should all enjoy!

 

£17.99

 

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Jan A. M. Snoek: Einführung in die westliche Esoterik, für Freimaurer

 

• Beschreibung
  

  Das Buch gibt einen Einblick in die Tradition der esoterischen Lehren der westlichen Welt, die von der Freimaurerei aufgegriffen und antizipiert wurden. Dazu gehören u. a. Astrologie, Neuplatonismus, Gnostizismus, Okkultismus, Kabbala, Hermetik, Rosenkreuzertum und Astrea-Kult. Auch die Steinmetz-Traditionen, der Pantheismus und der Deismus werden vom Autor bezüglich ihrer Einflüsse auf die Freimaurerei untersucht. Und es wird deutlich, dass sich Freimaurerei im Laufe ihrer Geschichte immer wieder verändert und für neue Denkrichtungen und Strömungen offen war und bis heute ist.
  Der Autor schreibt als Fazit am Ende des Buches: "Was klar geworden sein dürfte, ist einerseits, dass die Freimaurerei niemals etwas statisches war und sich immer weiter entwickelt hat, und andererseits, dass dabei nicht nur die Traditionen der Steinmetze und des Christentums, sondern auch die der westlichen Esoterik immer eine bedeutende Rolle gespielt haben.
  Die besonders im deutschsprachigen Raum übliche Tendenz, die Freimaurerei einseitig als Phänomen der Aufklärung zu betrachten, ist denn auch völlig fehl am Platz; eine bewusst so gestaltete Freimaurerei stellt eine Ausnahmeform von dem Hauptstrom der Freimaurerei dar. Wer also mehr der unterschiedlichen Bedeutungsebenen der einzelnen Aspekte und Symbole der Freimaurerei entdecken will, tut gut daran, sich auch in die Literatur der unterschiedlichen westlich-esoterischen Strömungen einzulesen, wo er vieles finden wird, was sein Verständnis für die Freimaurerei vertiefen kann. Wenn dieses einführende Büchlein einige Leser dazu anreizt, hat es sein Ziel erreicht."

• 26,00 €

• Produktdetails

  EAN: 9783962850685
  ISBN: 3962850686
  Libri: 3046422
  Salier Verlag
  Mai 2024 - 271 Seiten

Martin Papenheim Kleine Geschichte der Freimaurerei in Hamburg

• Beschreibung

  Hamburg hat in seiner Geschichte immer ein besonderes Verhältnis zur Freimaurerei gehabt. In dieser wichtigsten deutschen Hafenstadt mit weltweiten Beziehungen wurde 1737 die erste Freimaurerloge auf deutschem Boden gegründet. 1738 nahmen Hamburger Freimaurer den preußischen Kronprinzen Friedrich in den Bund auf. 1771 wurde Lessing Mitglied einer Hamburger Loge. Bis in die Gegenwart hinein sind bedeutende Hamburger Persönlichkeiten aus Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur Freimaurer gewesen. Wenn auch die enge Verzahnung zwischen den politisch führenden Kreisen der Stadt und den Logen nach 1860 merklich zurückging, ist die Freimaurerei doch ein kulturell und sozial bedeutendes Element der Hamburger Gesellschaft geblieben.
  Der Autor umreißt die Geschichte dieses besonderen Verhältnisses von Stadt und Logen in Hamburg sachkundig, verständlich und spannend. Prof. Dr. Martin Papenheim ist Historiker und forscht zur europäischen Religionsgeschichte und Freimaurerei. Er arbeitet am Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien der Universität Bochum.

 26,00 €

• Produktdetails

  EAN: 9783962850616
  ISBN: 3962850619
  Libri: 3004665
  Salier Verlag
  November 2023 - 223 Seiten

Salier Verlag