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Part One: Who Are The Freemasons? |
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1 | (48) |
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2 | (2) |
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A Controversial Fraternity |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (3) |
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The Legend of Hiram Abiff |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (2) |
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The Halliwell Manuscript and the York Rite |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (3) |
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The Protestant Reformation |
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27 | (1) |
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King Henry VIII and Freemasonry Pre-1717 |
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28 | (2) |
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The Cooke Manuscript and the Schaw Statutes |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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Operative and Speculative Freemasonry |
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33 | (3) |
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The Grand Lodge of England |
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36 | (2) |
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Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (2) |
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Colonial Effects on Freemasonry |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (3) |
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47 | (2) |
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Part Two: Members Only, or, How to Become a Freemason |
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49 | (45) |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (4) |
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56 | (1) |
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Initiation of the First Degree: Entered Apprentice |
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57 | (3) |
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Obligations to the Brotherhood |
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60 | (3) |
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Initiation of the Second Degree: Fellowcraft |
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63 | (2) |
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The Seven Educational Steps |
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65 | (2) |
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Initiation of the Third Degree: Master Mason |
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67 | (3) |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (3) |
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Proceedings Behind Closed Doors |
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76 | (1) |
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The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite |
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77 | (4) |
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Chapter of the Rose Croix |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (2) |
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Consistory Degrees and the York Rite |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (2) |
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Council of Cryptic Masonry |
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88 | (3) |
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Commanderies of the Knights Templar |
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91 | (3) |
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Part Three: Freemasonry Friends, Foes, and Founding Fathers |
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94 | (49) |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (3) |
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The William Morgan Mystery |
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102 | (4) |
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Birth of the Anti-Masonic Party |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (2) |
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Political and Military Masons |
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110 | (3) |
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113 | (1) |
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Kramer Is a Mason?: Arts and Athletics |
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114 | (3) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (3) |
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122 | (3) |
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125 | (2) |
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Modern-Day Misunderstandings |
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127 | (2) |
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Links to Ancient Mysteries |
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129 | (2) |
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Anti-Masonic Sentiments Worldwide |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (2) |
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Freemasonry in Nazi Germany |
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135 | (3) |
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A Continental Persecution |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (3) |
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Part Four: Demystifying Freemasonry |
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143 | (49) |
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Secret Society ... or a Society of Secrets? |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (2) |
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Secret Handshakes and Passwords |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (3) |
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Influences from Everywhere |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (3) |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (1) |
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Other Significant Symbols |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (4) |
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Conspiracy and the Holy Grail |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (1) |
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Albert Pike and Freemasonry |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (3) |
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190 | (2) |
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Part Five: It's A Conspiracy! (Or Is It?) |
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192 | (37) |
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The Crime of the Century: Jack the Ripper |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (4) |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (4) |
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205 | (2) |
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Birth of the Enlightened Ones |
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207 | (1) |
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Freemasons and World Domination? |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (4) |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (1) |
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Small-Screen Brotherhoods |
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223 | (4) |
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227 | (1) |
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The Legacy of the Freemasons |
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228 | (1) |
| Appendix A: Recommended Reading |
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229 | (4) |
| Appendix B: Glossary |
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233 | (6) |
| Index |
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