Freemasons: How Freemasons Shaped the Modern World
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Freemasons: How Freemasons Shaped the Modern World
14.99 €
What do Mozart, Winston Churchill, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Walt Disney have in common? They were all Freemasons.
Established in the 18th century, the fraternity has united politicians, military personnel, athletes, actors, and writers from several continents throughout history. Today, there are 400,000 Freemasons in Great Britain, over a million in the United States, and approximately six million worldwide. Masons were considered oppositionists, saboteurs, and spies, and to this day, the movement is the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. How did the mysterious lodge meetings take place? What is the meaning of Masonic symbolism? What is the role of women in Masonic doctrine? In the 21st century, Freemasonry has several million members worldwide and continues to exert influence. British historian John Dickie lifts the veil of secrecy surrounding the Masonic fraternity.
"Some of the myths about Freemasons are quite harmless: they resemble those horror stories that teenagers tell each other with pleasant trepidation, which no one actually believes. But some are quite dangerous. Fear of a Masonic conspiracy led to the violent deaths of thousands of lodge members in the 20th century. Freemasonry is still banned in the People's Republic of China, and in the Islamic world, Freemasonry has long been viewed with paranoid suspicion. <…> Myths and misconceptions have become woven into the very fabric of Freemasonry's history and are now inseparable from it" (John Dickie).
Established in the 18th century, the fraternity has united politicians, military personnel, athletes, actors, and writers from several continents throughout history. Today, there are 400,000 Freemasons in Great Britain, over a million in the United States, and approximately six million worldwide. Masons were considered oppositionists, saboteurs, and spies, and to this day, the movement is the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. How did the mysterious lodge meetings take place? What is the meaning of Masonic symbolism? What is the role of women in Masonic doctrine? In the 21st century, Freemasonry has several million members worldwide and continues to exert influence. British historian John Dickie lifts the veil of secrecy surrounding the Masonic fraternity.
"Some of the myths about Freemasons are quite harmless: they resemble those horror stories that teenagers tell each other with pleasant trepidation, which no one actually believes. But some are quite dangerous. Fear of a Masonic conspiracy led to the violent deaths of thousands of lodge members in the 20th century. Freemasonry is still banned in the People's Republic of China, and in the Islamic world, Freemasonry has long been viewed with paranoid suspicion. <…> Myths and misconceptions have become woven into the very fabric of Freemasonry's history and are now inseparable from it" (John Dickie).
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