Freemasonry: A Study of a Phenomenon by Piatigorsky, Alexander
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Freemasonry: A Study of a Phenomenon by Piatigorsky, Alexander
Softcover, ISBN 9781860462658
Publisher: Harvill Press, 1999
Used - Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The wraps have some slight/limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Gift Inscription.
In the eighteenth century, Freemasonry was seen to be a force of enlightenment, yet it has come to be regarded as a sinister influence in public life. This definitive study reveals more about Masonry and the way it functions than any other work.Throughout his book Alexander Piatigorsky considers the institution from the point of view of both Masons and their critics, as well as from his own. In the first section he gives an outline of Masonic history, from the foundation of the Grand Lodge in London's Covent Garden in 1717 through the extraordinary role of Masonry in Enlightenment Europe and the American Revolution to the present day. In the second part, he describes Freemasonry's rituals and symbolism, within which all Masonic religious ideas find their place. It is here that Piatigorsky's wide knowledge of the world's religions comes into its own.
