Freemasonry by Alexander Piatigorsky

Freemasonry by Alexander Piatigorsky

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

This volume examines freemasonry as a "phenomenon": analyzing it both as an object of thought - how it is perceived by masons themselves as well as outsiders; and as an object in itself - the Lodges, rituals, signs, symbols, their habits, and language and speech.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Freemasonry by Alexander Piatigorsky

This study considers the institution of Freemasonry from the point of view of both masons and their critics, as well as from the author's own. In the first section, it gives an outline of masonic history, from the foundation of the Grand Lodge in Covent Garden in 1717 through its major role in Enlightenment Europe and the American War of Independence, its many tribulations and schisms in the 19th century to the present day. The book looks at one of the main sources of masonic history, Anderson's "Constitutions", which documents masonic practice and the masons' mythical history back to Hiram Abiff, the first Master Mason in the reign of King Solomon.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781860462658
ISBN 10 1860462650
Title Freemasonry
Author Alexander Piatigorsky
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1999-09-21
Number of pages 204
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.