Post by Tamrin on Jan 17, 2009 11:31:38 GMT 10
Freemasons’ origins unearthed
by Liverpool University academic
[Excerpt - Book Review by Mike Chapple, Liverpool Daily Post, 14 January 2009 (via MFoL) - Linked Above]
by Liverpool University academic
[Excerpt - Book Review by Mike Chapple, Liverpool Daily Post, 14 January 2009 (via MFoL) - Linked Above]
A MERSEYSIDE man has written a book unearthing the roots of what remains one of the world’s most mysterious and secretive of brotherhoods, the Freemasons.
Dr David Harrison’s The Genesis of Freemasonry reconstructs the history of the movement through its formative years in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, beginning with its connections to the medieval trade guild societies.
It also delves into the study of alchemy and necromancy which many of the early Masons indulged in, and which Dr Harrison accepts is one of the reasons why the fraternal organisation, with its estimated five million worldwide membership, is still treated with some suspicion today.
Dr David Harrison’s The Genesis of Freemasonry reconstructs the history of the movement through its formative years in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, beginning with its connections to the medieval trade guild societies.
It also delves into the study of alchemy and necromancy which many of the early Masons indulged in, and which Dr Harrison accepts is one of the reasons why the fraternal organisation, with its estimated five million worldwide membership, is still treated with some suspicion today.
(Based solely on the review, there seems to be is seems to nothing new in this)
