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• ISBN: 0764597965
• ISBN: 9780764597961
• Physical Description: xvi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
• Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Pub., [2005]
• Copyright: ©2005

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What You're Not to Read 2 -- Part I What Is Freemasonry? 9 -- Chapter 1 Lodges, Aprons, and Funny Handshakes: Freemasonry 101 11 -- Chapter 2 From Quarries to Lodge Rooms: A History of the Freemasons 21 -- Chapter 3 Philosophy of Freemasonry 55 -- Chapter 4 Politics, Religion, and Freemasons: They Don't Mix 63 -- Part II Mechanics of Freemasonry: How It Works 91 -- Chapter 5 How the Freemasons Are Organized: Who Does What and Why 93 -- Chapter 6 Ceremonies of Freemasons 117 -- Chapter 7 Symbols of Freemasonry 131 -- Chapter 8 Myths and Misconceptions about Masons 153 -- Part III Knights, Swords, Fezzes, and Dresses: The Appendant Bodies 173 -- Chapter 9 Introducing the Appendant Bodies: Who's Who, and Who Isn't 175 -- Chapter 10 York Rite 191 -- Chapter 11 Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite 213 -- Chapter 12 Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine 229 -- Chapter 13 Extended Masonic Family 239 -- Part IV Freemasonry Today and Tomorrow 257 -- Chapter 14 So Is It Still Relevant? 259 -- Chapter 15 Freemasons and the Future 267 -- Chapter 16 So You Want to Become a Freemason 275 -- Chapter 17 Ten Groups of Famous Masons 289 -- Chapter 18 Ten Amazing Conspiracies, Anti-Masons, and Hoaxes 297 -- Chapter 19 Ten Cool Masonic Places 309 -- Appendix A Regius Manuscript 315 -- Appendix B Anderson's Constitutions 337 -- Appendix C Finding a Lodge 343.

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