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Matt Liotta · 08-02-2008, 07:06 PM

Brothers,
I've started to read House Undivided, The story of Freemasonry and the civil war. It's an interesting read. It was pretty cool to read a quote from a member of Paris lodge 108 (my lodge) from 1856. Any suggestions for future reading material.

cemab4y · 08-02-2008, 11:33 PM

I highly suggest "A Pilgrim's path" by John Robinson. Available from Amazon.com a good read for about $3 plus shipping.

**Ashlar521** · 08-03-2008, 07:29 AM

I would suggest both "A Pilgrams Path" and "Born In Blood" By John J . Robinson .

Matt, I merged your thread with an on going Masonic book thread .

Matt Liotta · 08-03-2008, 05:54 PM

Ash,
Thanks for merging them, sorry I didn't see the thread earlier. Lot's of good info here. All the best!!

**Ashlar521** · 08-04-2008, 09:56 AM

No problem .

**Jason** · 08-04-2008, 01:23 PM

Almost done with V for Vendetta and I think the Watchmen will be next.

mndane · 08-04-2008, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashlar521

Mndane , I just noticed your post . Here's a very brief review of " Born in Blood "

Based on years of research, this probing book solves the last remaining mysteries of the Masons--their secret words, symbols, and allegories whose true meanings had been lost in antiquity but whose origins can be traced to Norman French, the language spoken by the Knights' Templar. Demonstrates how, more than 600 years later the heritage of the Knights Templar lives on in the largest and most successful secret society in the history of the world: Freemasonry.

I hope this answers your question . Sorry it took so long to get to your question , I must have just missed it .

Thanks
I started Born in blood and House Undivided at the same time ( I have a bad habit of having 3 or 4 books going at the same time). Both are great books. I only wished I had more time to read.

walls0stone · 08-17-2008, 11:41 PM

Personaly I've been reading mostly about men who were Masons, Franklin, Rosevelt, Washington ect.

I find looking at Pike's personality from the perspective of books that were not related to his Masonic life, but he political, personal, and millitary life much more intresting. It gives some other perspectives that would shed light on his choices...for example, many would point at him and say that he was a confed officer, and a suspected member of the clan, but keep in mind that he beleaved in states rights and ones own idividual liberty....giving little mind to the views of 2008...

He may have been a member of the clan, but what we now think of as the KKK was not what it was in his time, but infact it was a group of men who wished to remember what they had been through in the war. Somthing more like a VFW with out the booze. Sadly it was infiltrated by the sons of men who had passed and the southeren men who did not enlist in the CSA and those bad apples mixed with emotions that changed what Nathon Bedfor Forrest had started.

I come to this thinking by reading books about Masons, but books that do not touch on that detail.

08-02-2008, 07:06 PM	#41 (permalink)
Matt Liotta Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Paris, TN Posts: 32	Masonic Books Brothers, I've started to read House Undivided, The story of Freemasonry and the civil war. It's an interesting read. It was pretty cool to read a quote from a member of Paris lodge 108 (my lodge) from 1856. Any suggestions for future reading material.

08-02-2008, 11:33 PM	#42 (permalink)
cemab4y Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salerno, Afghanistan Posts: 114	I highly suggest "A Pilgrim's path" by John Robinson. Available from Amazon.com a good read for about $3 plus shipping. __________________ Charles E. Martin Salerno, Afghanistan cemab4y@hotmail.com www.dcmetronet.com/landseaandairlodge1iraq www.cemab4y.blogspot.com

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Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 666 Blog Entries: 3	I would suggest both "A Pilgrams Path" and "Born In Blood" By John J . Robinson . Matt, I merged your thread with an on going Masonic book thread . __________________ 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 Last edited by Ashlar521; 08-03-2008 at 07:39 AM.

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Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 666 Blog Entries: 3	No problem . __________________ 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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08-03-2008, 05:54 PM	#44 (permalink)
Matt Liotta Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Paris, TN Posts: 32	Ash, Thanks for merging them, sorry I didn't see the thread earlier. Lot's of good info here. All the best!!

08-04-2008, 01:23 PM	#46 (permalink)
Jason ex oriente lux Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 608	Almost done with V for Vendetta and I think the Watchmen will be next.

08-17-2008, 11:41 PM	#48 (permalink)
walls0stone Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 21	Personaly I've been reading mostly about men who were Masons, Franklin, Rosevelt, Washington ect. I find looking at Pike's personality from the perspective of books that were not related to his Masonic life, but he political, personal, and millitary life much more intresting. It gives some other perspectives that would shed light on his choices...for example, many would point at him and say that he was a confed officer, and a suspected member of the clan, but keep in mind that he beleaved in states rights and ones own idividual liberty....giving little mind to the views of 2008... He may have been a member of the clan, but what we now think of as the KKK was not what it was in his time, but infact it was a group of men who wished to remember what they had been through in the war. Somthing more like a VFW with out the booze. Sadly it was infiltrated by the sons of men who had passed and the southeren men who did not enlist in the CSA and those bad apples mixed with emotions that changed what Nathon Bedfor Forrest had started. I come to this thinking by reading books about Masons, but books that do not touch on that detail.