Available here: amazon/dp/B00OEZ66PU Apparently I jumped the gun the third book of the Education Series is now available: The Ground Floor: The Freemasons: A History of the Worlds Most Powerful Secret Society The history of the Freemasons has been often shrouded in mystery and suspicion. Since 1717, with the establishment of Grand Lodge in London, the Freemasons have been a power within the nation, withstanding attacks from Catholic Church, Hitler and public disapproval. This title explores the role of society in both American and French Revolutions. What did Mozart and Bach, Oscar Wilde and Anthony Trollope, George Washington and Frederick the Great, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt have in common? They were all Freemasons, a subject of endless fascination. To the layman, they are a mysterious brotherhood of profound if uncertain influence, a secret society purported in some popular histories to have its roots in the fabled order of the Knights Templar, or in the mysteries of the Egyptian pyramids. They evoke fears of world domination by a select few who enjoy privileged access to wealth and the levers of power. The secrecy of their rites suggests the taint of sacrilege, and their hidden loyalties are sometimes accused of undermining the workings of justice and the integrity of nations. Though not a mason himself, Jasper Ridley nonetheless refutes many of the outrageous allegations made against Freemasonry, while at the same time acknowledging the masons’ shortcomings: their clannishness, misogyny, obsession with secrecy, and devotion to arcane ritual. In this much-needed reassessment, he offers a substantial work of history that sifts the truth from the myth as it traces Freemasonry from its origins to the present day. Dont let the last sentence fool you, this is one of the most comprehensive histories of Freemasonry ever written, and a must read for every tru learned Mason, for without history we are doomed to repeat it, and hence, why, in todays day and age, the written record is still so important with in our craft.
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