The Lost Key: The Supranatural Secrets of the Freemasons

by Robert Lomas

The Lost Key contains revelations that only an initiate of the highest orders of esoteric Freemasonry is in a position to make. Here is the truth behind the hints in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol that Freemasonry is concerned to reawaken the hidden potentialities and powers of the human mind. The thrilling narrative of this new book follows a candidate for initiation as he rises through the different grades of initiation, taking part in ceremonies that are sometimes terrifying but always revealing of new knowledge and presenting new mysteries which will only be solved when the next stage of initiation has been achieved. Dramatic episodes include the re-enacting of an ancient murder from 3,000 years ago in full gory detail, lowering the candidate on the end of a rope into a dark vault under the floor of the temple, holding a dagger to the candidates naked breast, and making the candidate attend his own funeral. In the secret teachings revealed to some high-level initiates, there is a type of instruction which seems curiously similar to religious and mystical teachings. Astrology, angels, chakras, and the powers of the mind to operate independently of the body, such as in remote viewing, are all a part of Freemasonic lore. Here Lomas reveals to a wider public and also explains these secret teachings for the first time. He shows that while they are dismissed as superstitious by campaigners for atheism such as Richard Dawkins, they are very much part of the strange, paradoxical world opened up by the latest thinking in quantum physics. This is why he prefers to call them "Supranatural."

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Philip J Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read twice or more

Very intense and interesting points raised. Broad and detailed. I would suggest it was read a piece at a time with opportunity for real thought. The science of Freemasonry is once again rising in study circles, it should be ignored at the peril of the UGLE.
I don't doubt many would file this book to the to read shelf but doing so would not be advisable as it is perhaps a book for the heart as well as the mind of men and women.
Well done Robert. You have lead me into looking into the masonic education of the natural and the extra natural.

[b e a c h g o t h · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hardly “secrets of the Freemasons”... that wouldn’t be allowed to remain in print lol
This is basically Robert Lomas wanting to write an autobiography about his life... and experience with freemasonry - complete with elegant language, and as a general book, this is beautifully written.
As for the “secrets”.... this just gave me a feeling he just wants to sell copies.
Read Albert Pike and Manly P Hall if you wanna know some serious secrets. Read this book if you want a romanticised version of one of histories darkest occultic secret societies.