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Wilmshurst Revisited: The Meaning of Masonry
Michael Oliver brings a breath of fresh air to a subject that is all too often veiled in inaccuracies, mystery and deliberate distortion.
In Wilmshurst Revisited he has revised and updated the 1922 publication of Victorian freemason Walter Leslie Wilmshurst to better fit the modern eye and ear while faithfully preserving Wilmshurst's objectives.
As the reader will discover, no so-called secrets are revealed - there are none of any moment to reveal! But what is portrayed is the height to which the human soul may be raised; and the intellectual effort necessary to accomplish this since the possibility first occurred to mankind.
As in Wilmshurst's original 1922 publication The Meaning of Masonry, Wilmshurst Revisited consists of five major sections all of which have been reworked and rewritten to make the original work more accessible to a modern audience.
Wilmshurst Revisted begins with a commentary on the current position and potential of the Masonic Order and is followed by a discussion of symbolism as used to illustrate Masonic principles. The third section focuses on the philosophy of Masonry.
There is a major section on The Holy Royal Arch of Jerusalem considered by those who follow English Freemasonry to be the apogee of "The Craft" as the Order is familiarly known. Wilmshurst Revisited finishes with a study of the relationship Freemasonry has with the Ancient Mysteries of China, India, Egypt and Greece.
Michael Oliver was initiated into Freemasonry in Sri Lanka in 1965. He has lived in Eritrea, Kenya, Jamaica, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Bermuda, Barbados and Saudi Arabia. With the exception of the latter country he has been actively involved in Freemasonry since Sri Lanka including three years in Cornwall. He is a Past Provincial Grand Officer in the Provinces of Dorset, and Hampshire and Isle of Wight. He now lives with his wife Penny in the village of Bransgore on the edge of the New Forest.
In Wilmshurst Revisited he has revised and updated the 1922 publication of Victorian freemason Walter Leslie Wilmshurst to better fit the modern eye and ear while faithfully preserving Wilmshurst's objectives.
As the reader will discover, no so-called secrets are revealed - there are none of any moment to reveal! But what is portrayed is the height to which the human soul may be raised; and the intellectual effort necessary to accomplish this since the possibility first occurred to mankind.
As in Wilmshurst's original 1922 publication The Meaning of Masonry, Wilmshurst Revisited consists of five major sections all of which have been reworked and rewritten to make the original work more accessible to a modern audience.
Wilmshurst Revisted begins with a commentary on the current position and potential of the Masonic Order and is followed by a discussion of symbolism as used to illustrate Masonic principles. The third section focuses on the philosophy of Masonry.
There is a major section on The Holy Royal Arch of Jerusalem considered by those who follow English Freemasonry to be the apogee of "The Craft" as the Order is familiarly known. Wilmshurst Revisited finishes with a study of the relationship Freemasonry has with the Ancient Mysteries of China, India, Egypt and Greece.
Michael Oliver was initiated into Freemasonry in Sri Lanka in 1965. He has lived in Eritrea, Kenya, Jamaica, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Bermuda, Barbados and Saudi Arabia. With the exception of the latter country he has been actively involved in Freemasonry since Sri Lanka including three years in Cornwall. He is a Past Provincial Grand Officer in the Provinces of Dorset, and Hampshire and Isle of Wight. He now lives with his wife Penny in the village of Bransgore on the edge of the New Forest.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 25, 2014
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