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Post by Stash on Nov 26, 2004 5:48:07 GMT
Do you know of any books that deal with pythagorean contributions to freemasonry specifically?? I would definetly like to read something down that alley.
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Post by Jumile on Nov 26, 2004 12:43:05 GMT
Those of you familiar with TheLodgeRoom, and its excellent Forum may be aware that Canadian Bro Stephen Dafoe publishes a quarterly Masonic magazine called A Fourth Part of a Circle (ISSN: 1499-8521 - with a cover price of CA$8/US$5.95/UK£3.50). The Premiere Issue (Vol.1 No.1, Spring 2002) has an article named on the front page as The 47th Problem of Euclid & Masonic Mathematics and in the magazine as Pythagorean Symbolism and the Craft. The mathematically-inclined and PMs among us will need no explanation as to what it's about (oh yeah... the thread to which I'm replying gives it away, too ;D). It's just over 2 printed pages (US Letter format). It's an interesting article, and Stephen still has back issues you can purchase - via Paypal, etc, too. I'm not sure how it works, but Bro Bill may also be able to get them for you.
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Post by Stash on Nov 27, 2004 6:45:15 GMT
For CDN $8 I would like that specific issue SO much!! Other similar ones as well, that's a fair deal!!
Thanks for taking the time to track some things down for me
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Post by giovanni on Mar 16, 2005 9:41:03 GMT
Let me suggest to read In the Dark Places of Wisdom, by Peter Kingsley
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Post by leonardo on Mar 18, 2005 20:23:46 GMT
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Post by giovanni on Mar 21, 2005 15:27:10 GMT
Pythagoras Phoenician!?! It's a blasphemy!
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Post by taylorsman on Mar 21, 2005 17:53:31 GMT
Surely you are not claiming that he was an Italian or a Roman then? I too thought he was Greek but have no problems with him being Phoenician.
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Post by giovanni on Mar 22, 2005 8:33:08 GMT
Pythagoras was greek, born at Samos. But he lived for a considerable number of years in Sicily and Calabria (Crotone= Kroton).
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Post by atarnaris on Mar 22, 2005 8:43:38 GMT
Pythagoras Phoenician!?! It's a blasphemy! Oh Giovanni, Do not get upset. I am Greek and I don't. It seems (if you search the web) that the Phoenicians have done everything and been everywhere from inventing the wheel until the establishment of the Roman Empire and beyond !!! And you haven't met RuffAshlar of this forum yet, the original advocate of the Phoenician heritage (O.A.P.H.) I'll make them eat their hat on Monday coming, as this Easter holiday I will finally sit down to translate all my evidence in English.
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Post by giovanni on Mar 22, 2005 9:56:24 GMT
Andy, beat them: Pathemata Mathemata!
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Post by gasturb on Jun 18, 2008 21:33:24 GMT
Pythagoras was greek, born at Samos. Definitely yes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorasapart from what is written about his life, just check his name PythagoraS. : 99.8% of the greek classic and modern male names end in 's' such as sofoklis, periklis, thalis, promitheas, giorgos (george), pavlos (paul), stelios, nikos (nick), stratos (for 'stratosphere', mine ;D ) etc. Even olympian gods ended in 's' eg Dias (zeus), Poseidonas (Poseidon), Aris (Ares/mars) etc. Sorry for the post but i get bored of people misleading the truth of greek history (eg fyrom)
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Post by generatics on Nov 3, 2008 6:52:22 GMT
i'm currently reading "The Music of Pythagoras: How an Ancient Brotherhood Cracked the Code of the Universe and Lit the Path from Antiquity to Outer Space". bold title. so far this is a really great read and lots of wonderful info. not sure yet how much they are going to be discussing Masonry in specific, at least under that name, but i give it my "i'm 50 pages in and two thumbs up so far" recommendation. Amazon link: www.amazon.com/Music-Pythagoras-Brotherhood-Universe-Antiquity/dp/0802716318
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