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Can the ancestry of freemasonry really be traced back to the Knights Templar? Is the image of the eye in a triangle on the back of the dollar bill one of its cryptic signs? Is there a conspiracy that stretches through centuries and generations to elevate this shadow organization with secret rituals and ties to world governments and religions? Myths persist and abound about the freemasons, Margaret C. Jacob notes. But what is their origin? How has...
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Conspiracy theorists call it a sinister cabal. Others have called it a harmless social club, a charitable organization, or a brotherhood of learning and enlightenment. So what, exactly, is Freemasonry? This episode of In Search of History investigates as it takes a probing look at arguably the world's most famous secret organization.
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"In the first comprehensive history of the fraternity known to outsiders primarily for its secrecy and rituals. Steven Bullocks traces Freemasonry through its first century in America. He follows the order from its origins in Britain and its introduction into North America in the 1730s to its near-destruction by a massive anti-Masonic movement almost a century later and its subsequent reconfiguration into the brotherhood we know today. With a membership...
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"For more than three hundred years the practice of Masonic rituals of initiation has been part of Western culture, spreading far beyond the boundaries of traditional Freemasonry. Henrik Bogdan explores the historical development of these rituals and their relationship with Western esotericism. Beginning with the Craft degrees of Freemasonry - the blueprints, as it were, of all later Masonic rituals of initiation - Bogdan examines the development of...
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Do certain symbols and Latin words found in the Great Seal of the United States indicate a nefarious connection between the Founding Fathers and Freemasonry? And was Benjamin Franklin a member of England's notorious Hellfire Club? This A & E Special considers these and related questions as it looks for connections between secret societies and the creation of the United States.
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"Hidden within age-old classic stories lie the hermetic teachings of alchemy and Freemasonry [bullet] Explains how the stages of the Great Work are encoded in both little known and popular stories such as Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood [bullet] Reveals the connection between Mother Goose and important esoteric symbols of the Western Mystery tradition [bullet] Demonstrates the ancient lineage of these stories and how they originated...
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