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**Ashlar521** · 04-28-2008, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Abot

How did you find the book Ashlar? I am planning to get it from the nearby library for the weekend coming

I find most all my Masonic literature from Amazon. com

**Jason** · 04-30-2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ashlar521

"Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry?" by Arturo de Hoya and S. Brent Morris

You know I haven't heard of that one. Would love to hear your opinions on it.

jvlighting1 · 04-30-2008, 05:24 PM

Just finished “American Freemasons” "Three Centuries of Building Communities"
By Mark A Tabbert

**Ashlar521** · 05-01-2008, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason

You know I haven't heard of that one. Would love to hear your opinions on it.

I liked it . They give rational , detailed and well researched responces to all the accusations leveled against our Fraternity .

Take Rev. Jim Shaw's and Tom McKenney's book " The Deadly Deception " They disprove the verifiable lies told by Jim Shaw .

They expose how some antis' misquote Pike's Morals and Dogma and show what Pike's writings really meant .

They go into detail of Leo Taxil's hoax . This hoax was disproved by it's own writer as a joke , yet anti-masons still claim it's true and use it against us .

They have explained away the accusations of how Freemasonry is anti -christian and that freemasons can't be Christians .

Though it will not change the mind of rabid anti-masons , no amount of verifiable facts will do that , but it will help those on the fence about us make an informed descision . I think it should be a "must read" for all Freemasons . Get it , you will not be disappointed .

**Ashlar521** · 05-30-2008, 11:56 AM

Just read "101 Things You Didn't Know about the Freemsons " by Barb Karg and John K. Young . Had some good information in it for those looking into the Fraternity . Dispels many of the rumors and myths against us . There are better books out there but some a lot worse . All in all , not a bad little book for $9.00 .

JamesCanby · 06-01-2008, 08:45 AM

I just received a copy of Mackey's Jurisprudence of Freemasonry and have browsed several topics. I bought it as much as a reference book as I did for its great insights. I am also working my way through Mackey's Symbolism of Freemasonry. I find that reading texts by Mackey give me a deeper appreciation of the foundations of our gentle Craft.

I would also highly recommend The Meaning of Masonry by Wilmshurst. This book has greatly helped me to understand how to apply the allegories of Freemasonry to my own life.

**Ashlar521** · 06-02-2008, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JamesCanby

I would also highly recommend The Meaning of Masonry by Wilmshurst. This book has greatly helped me to understand how to apply the allegories of Freemasonry to my own life.

I've read it several times myself . I usually lend my copy out to newly raised MM's in my lodge .

**Ashlar521** · 06-07-2008, 10:58 AM

Started reading "Freemasons at Gettysburg" by Sheldon A. Munn . Interresting to find out what officers of the Civil War were Freemasons .

mndane · 06-08-2008, 06:05 PM

Amazon is a great place to shop for any books. I have a hard time only buying one when I visit the site. I know that some of the books I can borrow from my lodge, but I like to have my own copy.

mndane · 06-08-2008, 06:08 PM

Is born in blood about the Knights Templars ?.

05-30-2008, 11:56 AM	#25 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 666 Blog Entries: 3	Just read "101 Things You Didn't Know about the Freemsons " by Barb Karg and John K. Young . Had some good information in it for those looking into the Fraternity . Dispels many of the rumors and myths against us . There are better books out there but some a lot worse . All in all , not a bad little book for $9.00 . __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy

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JamesCanby Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Columbia, MD Posts: 8	I just received a copy of Mackey's Jurisprudence of Freemasonry and have browsed several topics. I bought it as much as a reference book as I did for its great insights. I am also working my way through Mackey's Symbolism of Freemasonry. I find that reading texts by Mackey give me a deeper appreciation of the foundations of our gentle Craft. I would also highly recommend The Meaning of Masonry by Wilmshurst. This book has greatly helped me to understand how to apply the allegories of Freemasonry to my own life. Last edited by JamesCanby; 06-01-2008 at 08:49 AM.

06-07-2008, 10:58 AM	#28 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 666 Blog Entries: 3	Started reading "Freemasons at Gettysburg" by Sheldon A. Munn . Interresting to find out what officers of the Civil War were Freemasons . __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy

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04-30-2008, 05:24 PM	#23 (permalink)
jvlighting1 PA The Keystone State Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 102	Just finished “American Freemasons” "Three Centuries of Building Communities" By Mark A Tabbert

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mndane Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 40	Amazon is a great place to shop for any books. I have a hard time only buying one when I visit the site. I know that some of the books I can borrow from my lodge, but I like to have my own copy.

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mndane Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 40	Is born in blood about the Knights Templars ?.