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What is Freemasonry, really? For three centuries the Craft has fascinated and unsettled the world in equal measure—revered as a school of virtue, feared as a hidden power, condemned by popes and kings alike. Now one of its own pulls back the veil.
In Freemasonry: Past, Present, and Future, Cipriano de Oliveira—a Freemason for more than forty years and Past Deputy Grand Master of the Grande Oriente Lusitano—traces the entire arc of the Craft with rare insider authority and a historian's clarity.
PAST: From the operative stonemasons of the medieval lodges to the speculative brotherhood born in London in 1717—its symbols and philosophy, its turbulent dance with religion and political power, the great schism that split "regular" from adogmatic Masonry, and the ancient Landmarks that still define it.
PRESENT & FUTURE: This third, revised edition confronts the questions the Craft can no longer avoid—the place of women, religious tolerance, secrecy versus transparency, and whether Freemasonry can stay relevant in a changing world. It even includes a fresh translation of Anderson's Constitutions of 1723, the founding charter of modern Freemasonry.
Erudite yet genuinely accessible, this is both an authoritative introduction for the curious and a searching call to reflection for the Mason.
If you've ever wondered where Freemasonry came from, what it believes, and where it must go—this is the listen that answers it.
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