Product ReviewsNew Encyclopedia of Freemasonry by Arthur Edward Waite (1994, Hardcover)

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A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry by Arthur Edward Wai

Provides a complete view of the history, literature and myths surrounding Freemasonry. Comprehensive explanations of their rituals and symbolism. Including alchemy, astrology, Kabbalism, ceremonial magic, animal magnetism and the secret.Read full review...

great book for a seeker!!

good book haven't finish reviewing it but so far so good it gives you comprehensive explanations of the masonic symbols

Masonry Encyclopedia

Very informative book. Contains a large amount of history that is especially helpful to an entered apprentice or even to the master mason

Encyclopeadia of Freemasonry

It is informible of many of my questions, it is written whereby anyone who would read it, can understand.

A New Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry

In one magnificent edition, Arthur Edward Waite has provided a comprehensive view of the history, the literature, and the muths concerning Freemasonry, with comprehensive explanations of Masonic ritual and symbolism. Richly illustrated with sixteen full-page plates and thirty pictures in the text, and carefully indexed, Waite’s New Encyclopaedia covers every topic related to the order of Freemasonry from Acacia to Zohar.

Waite’s approach to his topic is sympathetic; “Masonry..is part of a Divine Quest;..it becomes an open gate into a world of real knowledge, where the Divine Quest ends in Divine Attainment.” waite is also mercilessly objective, and he has applied meticulous research and careful scholorship to explode dozens of myths that have pervaded Masonic lore through the centuries.

There are fascinating sections on the occult sciences -Alchemy, Astrology, Kabalism, Ceremonial Magic, Animal Magnetism -and their claims to connections with Masonry.

Waite charts the course of Freemasonry throughout the world -in China, Australia, Austria, Brasil, Central America, Wales, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Peru, Portugual, Netherlands, Africa, India, Canada, west Indies, Japan, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Scotland, and the United states.

there are forty-nine pages on Masonic chronology -beginning in the clouded region of mythical invention in 926 A.D. and ending in 1917 with the second centenary of the Grand Lodge of England.

In addition to biographical sketches of great leaders and writers of the Masonic Order, there are vignettes of mountebanks and fakers who have surfaced from time to time in Masonic history, including the famous charlatan, Count Cagliostro, and his attempt to take over the Masonic Order.

Ex-priest Emmett McLoughlin, author of People’s Padre, American Culture and Catholic Schools, crime and Immorality in the Catholic Church, Famous Ex-Priests, An Inquiry into the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and Letters to an Ex-Priest, has provided an engrossing Introduction to A New Encylopaedia of Freemasonry, in which he details his transition from priesthood in the Roman catholic Church. to membership in its ancient adversary, the Masonic Order. Waite’s New Encyclopaedia offers interesting insights into why the Catholic Church cannot tolerate Freemasonry, and traces the Church’s attacks on the Order through the Anti-Masonic Congress at Trent; the Inquisition; the Bull of Pope Clement XII (1738)’ the Bull of Pope Benedict XIV (1751); the Bull of pope Pius VII (1825); papal condemnations in 1829, 1832, 1846, and 1856; and the Humanum Genus Encyclical of pope Leo XIII (1884).Read full review...