The Secret History of Freemasonry: Its Origins and Connection to the Knights Templar

by Paul Naudon

Book Overview

Explores the hidden history of Freemasonry from ancient Rome, through the Middle Ages, to the present - Shows the close connection between medieval masons and the Knights Templar - Illustrates the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159477028X
• ISBN13: 9781594770289
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Inner Traditions International
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Essential Reading

This is a book that merits a shelf all on it's own. In my own little library are the best and worst of books on this subject, but this one does the best and most believable job altogether. I commend it.

A Truly Great Work

The Secret History of Freemasonry, By P. Naudon is an indispensable tool, for the serious student of Freemasonry and its evolution. I do not recommend this book for the masses, curious, or highly opinionated dabblers; you may actually find it rather boring. I continually re-read and use this book. I use it for citing in my own work as well as a reference tool for research papers. Paul Naudon was an exceptional intellect. The amount of information and research covered is immense. Only years of such study and research could eventually yield to something as thorough as this particular work.

A rare find amongst the myriad of speculative theories

This book presents as one of the best researched in the area of the history of freemasonry. The author has no hidden agendas to meet and so does not dabble in speculation - which unfortunately is becoming the "norm" for books on this topic. As a thoroughly researched volume it does tend to bog down in names, dates and details, but this only lends more support to it's validity. If you want a book that cuts through the nonsense you'll read in 60% of what others offer, and yet makes the history it documents almost as diverting as the wild speculations found in other books, this is the book for you. You will learn much.

One of the best written & researched books ever connecting KT with FM

I have a house full of books on this subject - take my advice! This one vol. belongs on your short list of books to read which connects the dots between the ancient Knights Templar & modern day Freemasonry. Due yourself a big favor and enlighten yourself with some important historical insights. Unburden your mind of previous theories which refuse to go back to what actually happened. A novel like the Da Vinci Code this is NOT. I am talking real scholarship from a translated text written by a Frenchman who knows how life was like in his country hundreds of years ago. This author causes one to see into the past and understand how the culture really operated at this place & time. Kind of rare to find a book like this any longer - just the facts please madam. Now go and due your research on Rosslyn Chapel to complete the story! "Seek, and ye shall find: if ye do not seek, neither shall ye find." "A man could read every Masonic ritual there is, and discover all the "secret work," but he still would not be a Mason. Being a Mason does not come from study. It is something that happens in your heart and mind when you take the Degrees." - Bro. Jerry Marsengill

The hidden history of freemasons from Rome to modern times

The hidden history of freemasons from Rome to modern times is revealed in a survey which traces modern freemasonry back to colleges of artisans in ancient Rome, and their organization evolution to the Arab turuqs, brotherhoods of builders created under the Knights Templar. Spiritual, social and cultural history blend in a survey which examines both Freemason history and spiritual concepts and how they changed from early to modern times. The Secret History Of Freemasonry: Its Origins And Connection To The Knights Templar provides fascinating and informative chapters covering everything from cooperative masonry associations to speculative masonry rituals.