Foundations of a World under Construction

In this second collection of Masonic essays, historian and Masonic scholar Dr David Harrison has put together a number of his past papers and articles, including examinations of literary figures who were Freemasons, such as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, looking at how Freemasonry influenced their creative ideas and their writing. Papers on natural philosophers such as Dr Jean Theophilus Desaguliers and men of the Enlightenment such as Thomas Garnett continue the theme of Masonic personalities; Desaguliers and Garnett being examples of men who attempted to make the world a better place with scientific ideas and education. There are essays on esoteric writers such as Godfrey Higgins, and an exploration of the similarities in certain practices between Freemasonry and the Sufi Orders of the Balkans, the collection being completed with Harrison's award winning paper on the Liverpool Masonic Rebellion. This new collection certainly presents an eclectic mix of Masonic history, though the reader will find similar themes running through each piece; themes that resonate the search for the hidden mysteries of nature and science.

CONTENTS

AUTHORS FOREWORD

Bram Stoker, Freemasonry and the Byronic Hero

Thomas De Quincey: The Opium Eater and the Masonic Text

A Masonic Conundrum: Freemasonry, Gentlemen's Clubs and Jerome K. Jerome

The Masonic and Esoteric World of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Dickson Carr and the Detection Club

Dr Jean Theophilus Desaguliers and the Newtonian System of the World

Godfrey Higgins, Anacalypsis and the York Grand Lodge

Thomas Garnett, the Lodge of Lights and the Radical Enlightenment

Oronhyatekha and the Independent Order of Foresters

Freemasonry and the Islamic Mystical Movements of Balkan

The Lost Goddess and the Third Pillar

A Most Miserable Trade

The Liverpool Masonic Rebellion and the Grand Lodge of Wigan

Select Bibliography

Index

ISBN	9788418379796
Pages	218
Width	5,5 in
Height	8,5 in

Masonic Mosaic | David Harrison

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