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The ritual visualizes a peculiar philosophy from the time of the English Renaissance and the Enlightenment, a way of thinking. This book answers the question What is Freemasonry? - as a philosophy and as a fraternal society - beyond conspiracy theories. It explores the real role of Masonic lodges in history, especially during the bourgeois revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Acknowledgements<br \/>\nForeword<br \/>\n<strong>Essence of Freemasonry as a social phenomenon and philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Freemasonry?\n<ul>\n<li>Is all of this true or any of it?<\/li>\n<li>Definition of Freemasonry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Freemasonry as a social phenomenon<\/li>\n<li>Freemasonry as a philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Symbols, myths and rituals of the Freemasons\n<ul>\n<li>The meaning of symbols, allegories and myths<\/li>\n<li>Freemasonry and Religion<\/li>\n<li>Masonic wages, working tools and construction<\/li>\n<li>King Solomon&#039;s Temple \u2013 The Lost Truth<\/li>\n<li>Hiram Abiff<\/li>\n<li>Sacred numbers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Main theories about the origin of Freemasonry\n<ul>\n<li>From operational to symbolic craft<\/li>\n<li>The Templar theory<\/li>\n<li>The intersection of the two theories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The socio-historical role of Freemasonry in England and the USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The role of Freemasonry in England<\/li>\n<li>The role of Freemasonry in the USA<\/li>\n<li>Masonic architecture and urban planning in Washington, D.C., USA\n<ul>\n<li>The Capitol and White House Buildings<\/li>\n<li>The Washington Monument<\/li>\n<li>Sacred space<\/li>\n<li>The Scottish Rite<\/li>\n<li>The Grand Lodge<\/li>\n<li>Prince Hall<\/li>\n<li>The monuments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Influences of Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry on Freemasonry in the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conspiracy theories and the real influence of Freemasonry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some conspiracy theories\n<ul>\n<li>The image of Freemasonry as a conspiracy in the media and fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Real Influence of Freemasonry in Today&#039;s World<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Documentary sources and written evidence of Freemasonry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masonic Museums and Libraries<\/li>\n<li>Masonic literature\n<ul>\n<li>Non-fiction (primary sources)<\/li>\n<li>Historical and analytical literature (secondary sources)<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy literature (deliberate forgeries and literary fantasies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Historical documents and myths <\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":46562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[93],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-46525","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-masonic","first","outofstock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/46525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/46525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46563,"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/46525\/revisions\/46563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=46525"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=46525"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freemasonstore.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=46525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}