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Post by leonardo on Jan 19, 2010 20:25:15 GMT
Herman Hesse is the guy for me. Not a Mason as far as I know, but his book Siddhartha remain one of my alltime favourites.
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 19, 2010 21:05:09 GMT
Herman Hesse is the guy for me. Not a Mason as far as I know, but his book Siddhartha remain one of my alltime favourites. Beautifully written, with a simple, elegant, common sense approach to the subject.
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Post by billpearl on Apr 26, 2010 12:46:41 GMT
My favorite writer of all time is Steven King. Favorite masonic author is Albert Pike.
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Post by KNOs1s on May 2, 2010 0:31:49 GMT
Forgot to mention Olaf Stapledon and Stanislaw Lem. Aldous Huxley. Voltaire. Spinoza. David Hume. Cervantes. Nathaniel Brandon. Ayn Rand. Bertrand Russell I forgot to mention many others. Oh well. They really do change! ;D
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Post by offramp on Aug 21, 2010 18:03:51 GMT
It's weird that I recently acquired Morals & Dogma and I was delighted - it was only about a tenner. But it is heavier going than a one-legged man in a diving suit; I am reading the words but they don't seem to be taking me anywhere.
I have read a bit of Wilmshurst - I'll go for him.
Kafka is my other favourite, specifically The Castle - very funny in parts.
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Post by KNOs1s on Aug 21, 2010 19:39:01 GMT
Kafa is brilliant, to be certain. I read Wilmhurst and Pike, but have to admit they didn't stick so well. Borges and Stapledon are holding up well for me as 'favorite writers'.
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Post by offramp on Aug 22, 2010 7:49:27 GMT
I also like James Joyce.
He is a bit of a one-hit wonder, but the hit is a real Althea & Donna.
Ulysses has probably more masonic content than any other novel by a leading writer and I urge all masons to read it.
The trick is to miss out the first three chapters; start at chapter 4 with the arrival of Leopold Bloom (the freemason).
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Post by KNOs1s on Aug 22, 2010 12:16:59 GMT
Leopold Bloom is the name of Zero Mostel's character in The Producers by Mel Brookes with Gene Wilder co-starring. Just as a side. ;,)
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Post by offramp on Aug 22, 2010 12:26:21 GMT
Gene Wilder played Leo Bloom in The Producers. Mr Mostel played Max Bialystock.
Bialystock was the site of a terrible pogrom. Bialystock's initials are the same as Brooks's.
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Post by KNOs1s on Aug 22, 2010 13:13:12 GMT
Gene Wilder played Leo Bloom in The Producers. Mr Mostel played Max Bialystock. Bialystock was the site of a terrible pogrom. Bialystock's initials are the same as Brooks's. You're right, of course. Just got it twisted in my head. Silly me! I haven't watched the DVD in a while, but must do so. It's always worthwhile to hear Wilder say, 'Mister Bialystock!' I don't have the remake, though it was good!
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Post by offramp on Dec 12, 2011 15:18:54 GMT
There is a line in Kafka's The Castle - (unintentionally?) Masonic: "For these gentlemen it was always midday." LOL!
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