giovanni
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Post by giovanni on Sept 25, 2005 16:13:41 GMT
Tobias Churton, The Golden Builders: Alchemists Rosicrucians and the First Freemasons, 2002, Signal Publishing, paperbound, 250 pages, illustrations, $26.50 plus $10.85 postage and packaging. Order from Signal Publications, 34 Netherbridge Avenue, Lichfield, Staffordshire W514 9UF, payment by Western Union Money-Gram. (I'd suggest the best way to order is to e-mail them at signalmarketing@yahoo.co.uk for details.) Brother Churton is one of the most interesting Masonic writers on the scene today. He is the founder-editor of the magazine Freemasonry Today, which we've recommended a couple of times in this column. (Consider this a third recommendation-it is an excellent publication.) He also creates work for television and films. In this book he traces the wisdom tradition from the Hermetic philosophers to the Rosicrucians and into the beginnings of pre-Grand Lodge Masonry. His chapter on Elias Ashmole, the celebrated English antiquarian and Freemason of the 17th century, is especially interesting. I issue the usual warning-no one speaks officially for Masonry; you have to read and decide for yourself. But the research is carefully done, and I find the arguments compelling. The book reads easily and enjoyably, and it will certainly make you think. Bro. Jim Tresner www.srmason-sj.org/web/journal-files/Issues/jul03/brjul.htm* * * Some Italian Bren - worth of any esteem - who read the italian translation told me that it is a A class book.
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Post by mrmason on Sept 28, 2005 7:39:58 GMT
Hi Giovanni, I recently bought this book but at a much lower price of £7.81, new, from Amazon UK. Postage was about £2.50. Havn't read it yet but it looks like a good bedside book.
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giovanni
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Post by giovanni on Sept 28, 2005 8:16:12 GMT
Hi Bob,
I know, but I posted that topic since there was a recension.
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