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Freemasons for Dummies
Contents at a Glance |
Introduction
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Part I. What Is
Freemasonry, ..............................................9
Chapter 1:
Lodges, Aprons, and Funny Handshakes: Freemasonry 101........
11
Chapter 2: From Quarries to Lodge Rooms: A History of
the Freemasons ....21
Chapter 3: The Philosophy of Freemasonry ................................................55
Chapter 4: Politics, Religion, and Freemasons: They
Don't Mix ..................63 |
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Part II: The Mechanics
of
Freemasonry: |
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How It Works
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Chapter 5: How the Freemasons Are Organized: Who Does
What and Why .93 |
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Chapter 6: The Ceremonies of Freemasons
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Chapter 7: The Symbols of Freemasonry
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Chapter 8: Myths and Misconceptions about Masons
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Part
III:
Knights, Swords, Fezzes, and Dresses: |
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The
Appendant
Bodies ....................................................173 |
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Chapter 9: Introducing the Appendant Bodies: Who's
Who, and Who Isn't
.175 |
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Chapter 10: The York Rite
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Chapter 11: The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
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Chapter 12: The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine
...229 |
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Chapter 13: The Extended Masonic Family
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Part
IV:
Freemasonry Today
and Tomorrow
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Chapter 14: So Is It Still Relevant?
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Chapter 15: Freemasons and the Future
...................................................267 |
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Chapter 16: So You Want to Become a Freemason
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Part V:
The Part of
Tens ......................................................287 |
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Chapter 17: Ten Groups of Famous Masons
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Chapter 18: Ten Amazing
Conspiracies, Anti-Masons, and Hoaxes
...........297 |
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Chapter 19: Ten Cool Masonic Places
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Part
VI: Appendixes |
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Appendix A: The Regius Manuscript
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Appendix B: Anderson's Constitutions
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Appendix C: Finding a Lodge
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Index ..............................................................................355 |
