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FREEMASONS FOR DUMMIES   #M724                 $19.99

          

By Christopher Hodapp               

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This is your plain-English introduction to this ancient organization. This balanced, eye-opening guide demystifies Freemasonry, explaining everything from its elaborate rituals and cryptic rites to the veiled symbols and their meaning, without giving away actual ritual. You will understand the Freemasonry philosophy, meet famous Masons through out history, explore the many controversies and conspiracy theories that swirl around the organization, and discover the changes coming to the Craft. The author, Christopher Hodapp, is a Master Mason and Past Master of Broad Ripple Lodge No. 643 and Vitruvian Lodge No. 767, both F. & A.M. in the state of Indiana. He is also a Royal Arch Mason, Cryptic Mason, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite Mason, and a Shriner, who has traveled extensively reporting on Masonic practices in Great Britain and France. He was honored in 2003 with the Philalethes Society Award of Merit. He has written for the “Indiana Freemason” magazine.


#M732 "HEREDOM" - The Research Books of the Scottish Rite Research Society                                                                                                         $35.00 per volume

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CUMULATIVE CONTENTS OF HEREDOM

Volumes 2–13

Volume 1 is out of print.

VOLUME 2,1993

•The Mystery of the Royal Arch Word, Arturo de Hoyos

•Reflections on the Thirteenth Degree Lecture, Abbas William Samii

•Albert Pike and the Confederate Indians, Michael A. Botelho

From the Constitutions and Regulations of 1762 to the Grand Constitutions of 1786, Jean-Pierre Lassalle

•The Degree of Elect of Perignan, Eric Serejski & S. Brent Morris

•Masonic Lodge Rooms and Their Furnishings, 1870-1930, William D. Moore

•The Reality of Anti-Masonry, Michel L. Brodsky

VOLUME 3,1994

•Wheelbarrow and Gridiron: the Colorful Life of Ben Perley Poore, Hugh Y. Bernard

•Chinese Thought and Freemasonry in the 18th Century: The Degree of Irish Master, Provost and Judge, Rene Desaguliers & Roger Dachez

•The Degree of Elect of the Fifteen, S. Brent Morris & Eric Serejski

•A Bibliography of Pre-1850 American Scottish Rite Imprints (Non-Louisiana), Kent Walgren

•Catalyst for Change: Intersection of the Theater and the Scottish Rite, C. Lance Brockman

•Beyond the Scenery: Effects Used to Enhance Scottish Rite Ceremony, Lawrence J. Hill

•Astronomical Symbols in Albert Pike’s Ornamentation of the Lodge, Norman D. Peterson

VOLUME 4,1995

•The Union of 1867, Arturo de Hoyos

•The Controversy of Joseph Cerneau, Michael R. Poll

•The Symbolism of Colors in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Leon Zeldis

•According to Their Rank: Masonry and the Revolution, 1775-1792, Steven C. Bullock

•The Degree of Junior Architect, S. Brent Morris and Eric Serejski

•Freemasonry Under the Cloak: A Masonic Text of the Old Regime, Philip M. Katz

•Questions about Albany, Alain Bernheim

•An Historical Sketch of Pre-1851 Louisiana Scottish Rite Masonry, Kent Walgren

•A Bibliography of Pre-1851 Louisiana Scottish Rite Imprints, Kent Walgren

•Reappraising Scottish Rite Freemasonry in Latin America, Paul Rich & Guillermo De Los Reyes

•On Mithraism and Freemasonry, J.R. Russell

VOLUME 5, 1996

•A Philosophical Background for Masonic Symbolism, W. Kirk MacNulty

•Funding the Temples of Masculinity, William D. Moore

•On the Origins of the Prince Hall Scottish Rite Rituals, Arturo de Hoyos

•Themes and Variability in the 28th Degree, Norman D. Peterson

•Did Early “High,” or Ecossais Degrees Originate in France?, Alain Bernheim

•The Christian Right and the Scottish Rite, William L. Fox

•The Confession of Leo Taxil, Alain Bernheim, A. William Samii, & Eric ­Serejski

•The Degree of Senior Architect, S. Brent Morris and Eric Serejski

•Scottish Rite Freemasonry and Opus Dei in Mexico, Paul Rich & Guillermo De Los Reyes

•U.S. Recognition of French Grand Lodges in the 1900s, Paul M. Bessel

•A Skit on Ancient Ritual, James L. Sieber

•Masonic Stones of the Washington Monument, Gary T. Scott

VOLUME 6, 1997

•An Introduction to Joseph Cerneau and His Biographers, Alain Bernheim

•Perishing on the Rise, Rob Morris

•An Architectural Sketch of Book: Lodge of the Double-Headed Eagle, William L. Fox

•James Foulhouze: Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Louisiana, Michael R. Poll

•The Lausanne Congress of 1875, C. John Mandleberg

•A “Genius” Is He, George H. Hebard

•Smuggling Masonic Books to Mexico: A Philadelphia Publisher and the Inquisition, Paul Rich, Guillermo De Los Reyes, and Antonio Lara

•Why Did La Fayette Come to America?, Andre Kesteloot

•Avatars of the Knight Kadosh in France and in Charleston, Alain Bernheim

•Recovering a Rite: The Amaranth, Queen of the South, and Eastern Star, Paul Rich & Guillermo De Los Reyes

•Anti-Masonic Abuse of Scottish Rite Literature, Arturo de Hoyos

•The True Harmony Lodge of Vienna, R. William Weisberger

•Nineteenth-Century American Masonic Songbooks, Sion M. Honea

VOLUME 7, 1998

•The Post Boy Sham Exposure of 1723, S. Brent Morris

•The Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Establishment of the Masonic ­Community, Lisa Kahler

Dimasalang: The Masonic Life of Dr. Jose Rizal, Raymond S. Fajardo & Fred Lamar Pearson, Jr.

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Anti-Masonry and Anti-Semitism, Leon Zeldis

•The Geometry of the Visible Lodge, Herbert P. Bangs

•Kabbalah and Freemasonry, W. Kirk MacNulty

•J. T. Desaguliers: Newtonian Experimental Scientist, R. William Weisberger

•Dr. W. Begemann vs. The English Masonic History Establishment: A Love-Hate Story, Alain Bernheim

VOLUME 8, 1999–2000

•Royal Arch: The Fourth Degree of the Grand Lodge of the Ancients, Yasha Beresiner

•Farewell to the Lodge, Dan Frost

•The Early Years of the Grand Consistory of Louisina (1811-1815), Michael R. Poll

•The Career of J.T. Desaguliers: A Bibliographical Essay, R. William ­Weisberger

•The Rite That Wasn’t: The Cardenista Masons of Mexico, Paul Rich, Guillermo De Los Reyes, & Antonio Lara

•The Order of Kilwinning or Scotch Heredom, The Present Royal Order of Scotland, Alain Bernheim

•St. John’s Day Among the Creek: A Rediscovered Speech of Albert Pike, James T. ­Tresner

•The Posthumous Success of James H. C. Miller, Degree Peddler, Arturo de Hoyos

•The Mystery of Mathew Carey: Continuing Adventures in Masonic ­Bibliography, Paul Rich & Antonio Lara

•Reuel Bella Clifford’s “A Free Mason Song,” Arturo de Hoyos

VOLUME 9, 2001

Masonic Membership Myths Debunked, John L. Belton

•The Egyptian Influence on Nineteenth-Century Freemasonry, Paul Rich & David Merchant

•The “Jack the Ripper” Murders: An Examination of Alleged Masonic ­Connections, Paul M. Bessel

•The Early Years of the Grand Consistory of Louisiana (18111815)—A ­Rejoinder, Arturo de Hoyos

•A Few “Rejoinder” Comments, Michael Poll

•King Solomon & the Temple Builders: A Biblical Reading of Giorgione’s ­Painting “The Three Philosophers,” Neil K. MacLennan & Ross S. Kilpatrick

•Service Over Secrecy: How Lodge-Style Fraternalism Yielded to Men’s Service Clubs, Clifford Putney

•The Spurious Rites of Memphis and Misraim, Albert Pike & William L. ­Cummings

•An Evaluation of Grand Masters Classes in the District of Columbia, Paul M. Bessel

•Freemasonry as a Source of Jewish Civic Rights in Late Eighteenth-Century Vienna and Philadelphia, R. William Weisberger

•Scottish DeWnitions and Transitions, Lisa Kahler

•Johann August Starck: The Templar Legend and the Cleric, Alain Bernheim

•UNESCO of the Eighteenth Century: La Loge des Neuf Sœurs and Its Venerable Master, Benjamin Franklin, Nicholas Hans

VOLUME 10, 2002

•Understanding Manhood in America: The Elusive Quest for the Ideal in ­Masculinity, Robert G. Davis

•A Visit with General Albert Pike, James T. Tresner II

•Presenting Freemasonry through a Public History Exhibition, Mark Tabbert

•James Anderson: Man & Mason, David Stevenson

•Is Freemasonry Afraid of Its Own Shadow? Masonry’s Love/Hate ­Relationship with Esoteric Traditions, Jay Kinney

•Parisian Masonry, the Lodge of the Nine Sisters, & the French Enlightenment, R. William Weisberger

•In the Eye of a Hurricane: German Freemasonry in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, Ralf Melzer

•Albert Pike’s Address before the Grand Consistory of Louisiana, Michael R. Poll

•Anti-Masonic Conspiracy Theories: A Narrative Form of Demonization and Scapegoating, Chip Berlet

VOLUME 11, 2003

•The Evolution of the Hiramic Legend in England and France, J. A. M. Snoek

•The Mystery of the Acception, 1630–1723: A Fatal Flaw, Matthew D. J. Scanlan

•The New Age Magazine’s Reportage of National Socialism, the Persecution of European Masonry, and the Holocaust, Aaron T. Kornblum

•Shedding Light on a Possible Inspiration for Taxil’s Hoax Letter: Pike’s The Masonry of Adoption, Jay M. Kinney

•The Degree of Knight of the Sword and of Rose Croix, William E. Parker, 33° & S. Brent Morris

•Masonic Periodicals: Stepdaughters in Their Own Homes, Larissa P. Watkins

•The Ancient Toltec Rite: 100 Years of a Masonic Secret in Topeka, John M. Karnes, 32°, k\c\c\h\

•The Scottish Rite in Greece, Andreas C. Rizopoulos

 

Volume 12, 2004

David Bernard’s Light on Masonry: An "Anti-Masonic Bible"
    Arturo de Hoyos, 33°

The Supreme Council’s Library & Museum: 1801–1939
    Heather K. Calloway

Theatrical Interpretations of the Indispensable Degrees
    Wendy Rae Waszut-Barrett

Business and the Brethren: The Influence of Regalia Houses on Fraternalism
    Harriet W. McBride

The Esoteric Rosicrucians: The Beginnings of the O.T.O. in North America
    Martin P. Starr, 33°

Tales from a Trunk: Edwin A. Sherman, A Masonic Whirlwind
    Jay M. Kinney, 32°

Rediscovered Recollections on the Life of Albert Pike
    Dick E. Browning, 33° & C. James Graham, 33°

In Search of an Identity: The 1877 Convent of the Grand Orient of France
    Michel L. Brodsky, 33°

Knights and Heroines of Jericho, Good Templars, and True Kindred
    Paul Rich, 32°

An Encapsulated Look at the Development of Freemasonry in the United States of America
   
Richard W. Van Doren, 33° 

Volume 13, 2005

Benjamin Franklin: A Masonic Enlightener in Paris
R. William Weisberger, 32°

Freemasonry for Bobos
    W. Kirk MacNulty, 32°

Brother Weems and Washington’s Cherry Tree
    Paul Rich, 32°, and Daniel Guiterrez

The Initiated Eye: Secrets, Symbols, Freemasonry, and the Architecture of Washington, D.C.
    Paul D. Dolinsky, 32°, and Peter Waddell

The Golden Age of Fraternalism: 1870–1910
    Harriet W. McBride

The Mortar & Pestle Degree
    Paul Scheeler, 32°

Unspoiled by the Attention of Historians
    Larissa P. Watkins

European Freemasons and the Greek War of Independence
    Andreas C. Rizopoulos, 32°

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#M710,            THE LEVEL CLUB                                           $20.00

By Bruno Bertuccioli                               

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 A NY City story of the 20's--splendor, decadence and resurgence of a monument to human ambition; with an architectural commentary by Andrea Bassa.

Soft covers, 183 pages. Illustration of the Masonic symbols and cartouches.


#M522,    "LET THERE BE LIGHT:" A STUDY IN ANTI-MASONRY  $3.50

By Alphonse Cerza                                              

 

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The author honestly and factually presents Freemasonry's enemies and their claims against the order.  Be informed!

Paper covers, 72 pages.


#M 333,          FREEMASONRY AT THE TOP               $10.95

By John E. Beaumont                                          

 

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How one Master: Revitalized his lodge, Surefire paths to spectacular lodge attendance, Attracted new members, Old and young members got involved, committees who really functioned.  This is a "workbook" which any lodge can use to bring new life, interest and meaning to many.

Soft cover, 131 pages.  Illus.


#M720,           BEFRIEND AND RELIEVE                        $29.95

By Richard Eugene Shields, Jr.

 

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A wonderful book full of stories about Masons helping Masons during wartime.

77 pages. Hard cover.


THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO FREEMASONRY   #M505           $18.95

By S. Brent Morris, Ph.D. 33 °, is managing editor of the Scottish Rite Journal, the largest-circulation Masonic magazine in the world, and is the only American member of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London, the premier Masonic research lodge.  He is the author of Masonic Philanthropies and Cornerstones of Freedom, and is co-author of Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry?

 

     

You're no idiot, of course.  You know many of our Founding Fathers were Freemasons--and that rumors of evil-doing have plagued this secret society for centuries.  But the basics of Freemasonry remain a mystery to you. . .

Get in on the secrets.  This book debunks the myths--and fills in the facts--about the Masons and their mission.  In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:

Soft cover, 334 pages.

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#M338,      THE MASQUES OF SOLOMON   Now $17.50     -     Reduced from  $22.50

By C. Bruce Hunter                New Book by Hunter        

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Explores the origins of the Third Degree.  although the Third Degree is the most important part of the masonic ritual, it has always been a curiosity because no one knows precisely who created it or when or why.   Hunter approaches these questions with the methods of a detective investigating a "cold case" and in the process follows clues that lead to surprising conclusions.


MORE INNER WORKINGS,  #M093                                 $17.50

5 or more purchased - 25% off               BRUCE HUNTER'S NEWEST BOOK

By C. Bruce Hunter

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Explores two questions left unanswered by its companion book, Inner Workings.  The first book examines the origins of the "Master's Word", a word so secret that even the Masons themselves don't know its meaning.  But Inner Workings leaves the story in the 18th century, when the Masons placed the word they didn't understand at the heart of a new ritual.

More Inner Workings begins there and asks the crucial questions:  why the Masons gave this word, of all things, a central role in their ritual, and why they insisted it came from the original language of the Bible.  These questions are of key importance because the language of the Bible is believed by some to be a "Holy Tongue" that contains hidden, sacred meanings.  This book explores the crucial half-century of Masonic history when the Craft fashioned a new ritual that contains unexpected layers of symbols.  And those symbols, in turn, explain why a word the Masons didn't understand had to be at the center of their ritual...and reveal the word's true meaning.

Hardcover,  200 pages.  ISBN 0-88053-097


#M336,        INNER WORKINGS                     $17.50

By C. Bruce Hunter

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This book is the results of years of research and more than a few in depth discussions involving the time and energy of several people.  It is undoubtedly speculation, but it is far from idle.  Mr. Hunter has approached the subject on the basis that the Masons who created the modern fraternity were well aware of the importance of the ritual and they designed its ritual to invite speculation. 

Hard cover.  194 pages.


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