The 5 Books Every Freemason Needs ASAP!
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- Discover 5 must-have books for every Freemason! From Masonic history to Esoteric philosophy, these books are essential for any Mason looking to deepen their knowledge and understanding.
From the House of the Temple Library in Washington DC, one of the largest Masonic Libraries in the United States, host Maynard Edwards, 32° KCCH discusses five books every Mason should consider adding to their personal library.
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Brother from South Carolina, agree with the list. My only add would be Manly P Hall's Lost keys to Freemasonry.
Good one. But a newer mason might find it confusing. I’ll do another list. Like an intermediate list.
That's a gem.
@@ScottishRiteMasons Why don't Prince Hall freemasons learn esoteric and occult teachings like mainstream freemasons?
One of my favourites!
@@Heartless-oi3sp My thoughts are because of the deep ties to Christianity in PHA lodges. A few of the PHA GLs ive looked into do not allow any other VSLs.
1.Observing the Craft by Andrew Hammer
2. Measured Expectations by Michael Poll
3. North American Freemasonry Idealism and Realism by Thomas Jackson
4. The Masons Words by Robert Davis
5. The Journey of the Elu to Enlightenment by Robert Davis
are a few works I would suggest.
Thanks. I want to join FM. my better half wants to first read about FM before making her final judgement. I am getting these ASAP.
Thank you for this video!
Esoterika is an amazing book! It seems to fly under most Masons radar, but is a must read.
Absolutely. The Masonic exposures in the back are worth it alone.
I'm reading “Born In Blood” right now. 14:01 I'm enjoying it so far. I'll have to pick up the other four. Thanks, brother.
I would also recommend Behold a Pale Horse.
Haha
i'm actually starting my journey and as a matter of fact I was kind of anxious about what to read besides the kybalion even though it had me a long time looking at myself in retrospective. Thank you very much for the list!.
I highly recommend you being with the Idiots Guide to Freemasonry by S. Brent morris.
@@ScottishRiteMasons thank you a lot! I just went over the first pages and it was a good read to get myself over some things that i've overlooked. I'm really excited and looking forward to my iniciation in a couple of days.
I'm not a Mason, but i listened Morals and dogma audio book, it is masterpiece.
And lessons from Manley P. Hall are so profound.
I need to understand more about society.
Probably join, since all i saw and read from masons was honourable.
agree on morals and dogma, sometime pike get a bad rep... but that book is a work of genius
This is a great list! The only one I would add for a new Mason is the Builders by Joseph Fort Newton.
Thank you for guiding me out the Darkness with your suggestions 👌 Very enthusiastic about becoming a brother in the Eastbourne lodge UK 🇬🇧
Wish I can visit the libray being a Francmasons this is very important materials.
Thank you for some good information on our books to read
Morals and dogma is readily available in audiobook on TH-cam for free, gets interesting after 17 degree lecture were philosophy comes in.
Observing the craft by Andrew hammer
Have not checked that one out. Thanks for the tip!
My personal favorite is “Studies in Freemasonry and the Compagnonnage” by Rene Guenon. I strongly suggest giving it a read.
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The Allen Robert's book can be purchased most of the time from McCoy's Publishing. My favorite book I recommend is "Coils Masonic Encylopedia, 1st edition".
Macoy, not McCoy's thank you not autocorrect lol
I have both also
I am a beginner in the esoterics i have read the kyballion, and am about half way through the secret teachings of all ages, and am waiting for morals and dogma in the Mail what else would you suggest??
Hello I am looking for reference documents relating to the Regius Poem 1. is it a separate manuscript is it the Cooke manuscript or one and the same please? 2. Also I saw on this video that some Masonic Scholars date its subject back to 949 AD. Do you know who these scholars might have been where could I find the reference documents if this is the case?
The two manuscripts are different. I don’t know of any scholars who date masonry to that far back.
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Aloha from Hawaiian Lodge! Great list. Esoterika is definitely a crunchy deep dive into the blue lodge but worth the delving into. My top 5 in no particular order.
Contemplative Masonry( a great read and provides practices for spiritual and mental growth).
The Builders (my goto historical timeline for the foundations of our craft).
Short Talks on Masonry ( I recommend the audiobook, I would call this “Esoterika lite”, an accessible commentary on the blue lodge and what it means to be a mason).
The Secret Teachings of all Ages( A catalogue of thought and philosophy that may peak your interest into the adjacent disciplines).
Solomon’s Memory Palace( A aid to memory through an Masonic lens. This book has been invaluable to me as an aid for memorizing my proficiencies)
Mahalo
Great list!!!
'Idiot's guide' and 'Morals and Dogma' we're great reads, and I am in the midst of 'Esoterika' and 'Secret Teaching of All Ages'.
Though I would class 'Secret Teaching...' in an esoteric group beyond direct Masonic literature, and class it with 'Kybalion', Apocryphal texts, 'Hermetic Museum', and 'Alchymical Wedding...'.
Thank you for the suggestion of 'Solomons Memory Palace'!
As a headphone user, I beg you to pot down your intro!
If you can keep the audio level roughly the same as your content, it would be greatly appreciated.
Dad said all I need was my Kentucky monitor, look to the east, and Duncan’s ritual.
These are my picks for top three.
Giving thanks for the foundation
I do believe😂in being back in the same places they entrapped me and my emotional body.
I was wondering what literature to check out not bad at all
Great news
The meaning of masonry by Walter wilmshurst.
This should be required reading...
A Pilgrim's Path is a good book.
I use to have a large collection of esoteric / occult books and sold off a bunch over the years. I wish I had kept some of the Freemason related books now that I am a Mason. I thought I would add to the list "The Secret Teachings of all ages" by Manly P. Hall. That is one I still own.1977 edition hard copy.
I must confess I am not at all a fan of Manly P. Hall. I think he did more harm than good to the craft.
Could you please explain how so Manly P. Hall did more harm than good to the Craft? I must know.
@@user-qx3go3vb5g I have since read the issue was Manly P. Hall wrote about Freemasonry in the book I mentioned before he was a Freemason and since he delved into the subjects of the Occult perhaps readers associate Freemasonry with the Occult. Plus his writings were before he had actual experience as a Mason. Perhaps @ScottishRiteMasons will chime in with clearer information.
I love being a mason.
Is it true that moving through the degrees requires a lot of memorization that you are required to recite?
In some grand jurisdictions yes. Depends on where you live.
Nice video! I'm curious what the oldest book is in the library? Thank you
We have some books going back to the 1500s
@@ScottishRiteMasons That sounds amazing! Thank you replying!
@@ScottishRiteMasons how do you find Masonic books from 1850’s -1900’s?
Greetings Brothers I'm John from Ascendus Lodge Lynn, Ma and 32* Scottish Rite Mason out of the Valley of Boston. I recommend Freemasonry and its Hidden Meaning by George Steinmetz.
Great book.
Greetings from Progress Lodge #22, Utah. Excellent list, really interested in Albert Pike's Esoterica, it's now on my list.
It may be on back order. But it will be available again very soon
Very interesting video and thank you
I know this is off topic, but was wondering if you could make a video describing the difference between York rite first three degrees and the Scottish rite first three degrees
I guess you got to Google it for answers
The first 3 Blue Lodge degrees are Ancient Craft Masonry. They are not called York rite.
@@d.charlespyle I'm not sure if you are English or American. But in the US many Lodges follow the Preston -Webb ritual. Which is not called York but called Ancient Craft Masonry. The appendant degrees that follow are called The York rite. YMMV
The Alchemical Keys to Masonic Ritual ByTimothy Hogan is a good read
June 11th, 2022. Lafayette, Colo. Merci beaucoup. That was great. So, Have most of these in my library. Have Esoterica, and Annotated version of M. and D. on small shelf by my bed. So, My one thought is. If you wanted, you could extend this list to famous authors, who were F.M. , particularly those of the 19th century. For example....Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle and Mark Twain. Thank you again, for the selections. Right on. (bro. julian. Laf. #91).
Great idea brother!!!
Thanks a lot for the info.
Can you make a video specifically for those who are looking for a longer list of those higher-priced books?
Give me an example.
I have the Idiot's guide to Freemasonry by S Brent Morris and The Scottish Rite Monitor with Art DeHoyas and I read a lil of Born in Blood my daughter got it from a library lol.
Thank you for making this video. Currently seeking more information out of Las Vegas nevada
visit beafreemason.org and that will be a good resource.
Symbolism in Craft Freemasonry by Colin Dyer
The Path of Freemasonry by Mark Stavish
The Secret Teachings of all Ages by Manly P. Hall
Only read morals & dogma and freemasonry for dummies, from the list. Manly P. Hall’s secret teachings of all ages is a great read.
How would you rank the chemical wedding? Is that book even Masonic or just esoteric?
You mean the chemical marriage? I’ve heard of it. Never read it. I believe it’s Rosicrucian. So not Masonic per se. but likely there is some overlap.
It's Rosicrucian. Freemasonry has a Rosicrusian appendant (side) body well, Societas Rosicrusiana.
I am not a mason/... but want to know abt it and have been so attracted to it and want so much to b a mason... Is there a lodge in Kenya?
I am not a Freemason (I’ve never been asked to join, I wouldn’t know where to begin in joining, and from what I understand of the caveats for joining- I am disqualified)…. But I am an ARTIST.
Artists, very famously, utilize Freemasonic imagery, symbols and themes (from the Ancients, to Mozart, to today) and from an outsiders perspective- I would add to the list of works anything where it’s creator pays tribute to the FM’s.
I’ve read many books of the history and rites of FM’ry and they all are useful in picking out words, phrases and imagery- for finding the familiar.
In my humble opinion, reading any book/poem/etc that is using the familiar (and typically makes it known pretty early in the read) is the best way to pick up on how the individual artist can encode the same information in creative ways- helping to contextualize the reading of “official” FM text.
If you’re fascinated by FM’ry, appreciate its integral stamp in the arts, but either get lost/overwhelmed by the cryptic laws and history and speeches to memorize and use of olde English, and don’t yet understand the usefulness a trestle board serves for these things, make use of the art created for FM’ic sake.
That’s all.
No one will ever ask you to join. YOU must ask. We do not recruit. Which is why all the people on here saying “they tried to recruit me” are lying OR were approached by scam artists claiming to be masons.
It is why we say “to be one, ask one”.
You need to request entrance. Ask a freemason.
Thank you. Grateful
I love your program it’s fun
I had 2 copies of Pikes Morals and Dogma available to me from the time I was 11 years old. I still have problems getting my head around the writing style. The newest one was from 1955 when my father took the degrees in Wichita,Kansas. The older one is from 1912 when my maternal Grandfather took the degrees in Winona, Wisconsin. The local valley of McAlester usually has a book table and I will look for a couple of these titles at our fall reunion.
Pikes writing style entailed the premise that those born the the 18th and 19th Centuries were all schooled in classical romance languages, including Greek and Hebrew. Over time, I've taught myself: Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Tibetan and Arabic. Most all of these known to A.P. Made my own 'annotated version" of mand d. before I knew about the huge updated version by de Hoyos. thank you so. bro. julian.
...I know there's some Jurisdiction that don't recomend Moral and Dogma.
@@michaelwhite5606 that's because he admits the god of freemasonry is Lucifer and the lower level masons are intentionally mislead because freemason are liars
Just finished Born and Blood and I must say I completely slept on this book! Definitely one of my favorites now and highly recommended!
- Bro. J.A. - Monte Moria Lodge #52, Grand Lodge of the Dominican Republic
Great video Brother!
Thanks for tuning in!
I agree great video brother and as a brother we know the holy books on the altar, and what the bible and holy quran is open up on. I would suggest ,just saying that brothers read all of the VSL first if possible but that's my opinion , The only problem that I have and if you or someone can guide me in that direction if not no problem , is the with the three fold lotus sutra , The Bhagavad Gita, The book of Mormon, The Zend Avesta, and The Granth Sahib. where are they open up to and The Zend Avesta is very hard to get or to come by Thank you
Hello. I'm from Brazil. I would like suggest the book "The Hiram Key", by Robert Lomas. For me this book is perfect to understand the masonic order, and his relation with the historic moments. It is a great reading. I recommend a lot.
Brother Lomas is well meaning. And you’re right it’s not a bad book. But it’s light on facts and long on speculation, which means at the end of the day. It’s doing us all the disservice by providing an inaccurate unprovable history. There are several instances by which he uses, no proof as proof that is not sound reasoning
@ScottishRiteMasons Yes, I agree. But my intention was to comment that I like the brother Lomas' books. Only this it. Thanks.
Agreed, it is a good read!
2:26 EA here, i got a copy off amazon for about 20 bucks. I was a great read, though my mentor told me to hol off reading past EA in my other books.
Ill consider myself lucky for getting my hands on it.
It may be controversial in some circles, but personally I’m a fan of Brother DuQuette’s The Key to Solomon’s Key ☺️
The Craft and its Symbols was one of the first books that I purchased. Good read. I'd like to recommend a few books, but I may be brought up on charges for doing so. If The Craft is not in your heart, you won't find or understand my selections anyway. Travel Light. Just found your channel Brother. Keep up The Good Works.
Please tell
Not sure if this was said below or elsewhere, but "The Craft and its Symbols" is readily available on Amazon now, for about $20. I started reading it by the beach on vacation this year, but had to stop because I ran out of flags to mark informative passages. :)
Found it on ebay for the same price 👍
1.Coils Encylopedia
McCoy's has The Craft and its Symbols for 16.95
Your choices are good ones.💯
Thank you.
Albert pike morals and dogma is on Abebooks for $20, $14 for used copy.
Found the first book on ebay for 20.00.
Thank you
Thanks for the info.
Dante Michelangelo Fedeli d'amore, devo continuare?
Where is the list??
I love to add some of these to my personal library
I need to join
How much to join
Depends how much your soup costs
Is it true that only wealthy people or people of influence can become Freemasons, or is it possible for regular folks to be invited in to learn these ancient traditions and knowledge?
Anybody can join. But you must ask. Masons do not recruit.
Hey folks. I’d like to know more about Masonry. My faith (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) is 100% ok with me becoming a Mason.
Of course I have heard the conspiracy stuff, which I largely attribute to Washington D.C. 33rd degree folks, and probably only some of those folks as well. But just like everyone else, I can only go off of what I have heard, rather than personal experiences, etc.
So where is a good place to get started? What is Masonry really all about? Is it about magick, symbols, energies, the psyche, morals, the temple of Solomon, the human potential, the mysteries of the universe, all/any of these, or is it still something else? Why have so many U.S. presidents, including the founder of my church, Joseph Smith, been Masons? What is it about being a Mason that can make life more meaningful, etc.?
I am very much speaking in earnest. A good number of folks out there have thought poorly of my church because of certain connections with Masonry. I would like to understand those connections better, and yeah, just get into it more, I suppose…
Masonry teaches that YOU yourself are a god, then ultimately reveals luciferianism to the initiate. Albert Pike dedicates his book to Lucifer. A certain masonic ritual is a literal black mass. Of course everyone here will say otherwise.
Complete Idiots guide to freemasonry. It’s the best resource to start. Available on Amazon.
My name is Scottish but I am ethnically Honduran and Black American. Does that qualify me for Scottish Rite Masonry?
It really has nothing to do with being Scottish. It is open to any Master Mason
@@ScottishRiteMasons thank you. A buddy of mine I am in school with is guiding me in my journey to become a mason
Good luck! Let us know how it goes!
Good picks!
Beautiful library what a privilege.
hello everyone, how do i become or join a lodge?
Visit beafreemason.org
Ask a freemason.
لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله
Only this is the right path who will follow he will get success in life and also in afterlife
Allah pak give bless you
And I thought my whole life it's a secret. And now I see there are 250k books about it. WHAT??😮
Hey you told a fib! The Masonic Bible isn't JUST a bible, it has a recreation of the temple in the front!
It's still just a normal Bible. My family Bible has a copy of our family tree in it. That doesn't make it some kind of special kind of Bible. Just a regular old KJV.
Greetings sir, I look forward to visiting, perhaps I can trade or purchase a copy of titles I’m interested in.
Craig Lloyd Schillreff
I am a Master Mason in Tennessee with interest in joining the Scottish Rite. My Masonic library right now consists of 2 copies of Morals and Dogma, The Meaning of Masonry - W.L. Wilmshurst, and Solomon's Builders by Christopher Hodapp.
Good picks! Have you got one of the older copies of M & D? With the warning in it?
also, I will be in TN next week. What part of TN are you in? I will be visiting Graceland for my annual trip.
@@ScottishRiteMasons my copies aren't so old. i think the oldest is either 1940s or 50s. both hardcover and bought on Ebay. I'm on the other end of the State compared to Memphis. East Tennessee about 2 hours away from Knoxville.
what do freemasons even do? ive heard yall just build lodges.
it's a little more involved than that. If you're really interested, contact your local lodge and ask some questions.
Do I have to be a freemason to get some of these books?
No.
How do I join?
th-cam.com/video/YS5YXJDm6RY/w-d-xo.html
My family created freemasonry. Every emperor is my family Raymond Solomon Constantine Raymond started the crusades all the saints. All the Templars Raymond started it and Raymond won George, Washington, Raymond
No one person or family created masonry. It evolved over about 4 centuries into the form we would recognize today. Whatever your genealogy may be, I am sorry to say your family did not create freemasonry. This type of untruth is what causes conspiracy crazies to eventually seek to cause harm to masons. Whether it was you or some one before you- this is a fabrication.
And yes. I know morals and dogma is on audible. I am the one who put it there.
hold up, so i can finally have access yo these secrets?
Yeah. Just get a library card or man up and find a lodge.
@@ScottishRiteMasons man up? Lol I'm more of a man than you think. But yea, i thought these was like hidden. I just magical stumble upon this video.
😂
I think it’s easier to get info (on the go) from people who are Masons themselves, instead of spending hours upon hours, days, etc. reading book after book on Masonry. Which sounds great, sure, but many of us don’t have buckets of time to devote to the subject. Which is why this video seems pretty handy.
Thing is, at some point, most folks will lose interest, esp. if the reading material gets particularly tedious. Which is why it’s great to have books that both summarize and clarify what Masonry is.
I mean, is it really necessary to have over 250,000 books on the subject? If so, this subject must be insanely complex and intricate, etc…@@ScottishRiteMasons
The newer morals and dogmas is missing parts that are in my 40s version.
really? which parts, i have a 60s version
I really want to become a member but I want to talk to someone about it and see if I can make my self a better person with the help of the brotherhood and be able to help others with the wisdom
I'm from Allentown Pennsylvania
The freemasons were started in Kilwinning 0 Scotland in 1400 first recorded lodge but Masons were building the Abbey for a least 200 years prior to this.the remnants of the knights templar made their way to Kilwinning Abbey and Portugal 🇵🇹 All Scottish freemasons know about the templar degree. The remnants of the jacobites ended up in France 🇫🇷 taking with them freemasons or the Scottish rite which formed that type of freemasons in USA 🇺🇸 .
The part played by the Scottish rite freeing and founding the country is incalculable. The European 🇪🇺 peoples who played a part in the start of the USA 🇺🇸 are too numerous to mention
France 🇫🇷 alone guaranteed the new country with the statue of liberty and the Scottish rite and of course 33 out of 45 presidents can trace their roots to Scotland
We lost our monarchy in Scotland. But very proud the rite our ancestors gave you is freemasonry world 🌎 wide.
Alba gu brath
I just got my acceptance letter to be a Mason . Any book recommendations would be much appreciated.
Complete idiots guide to freemasonry. Excellent reference book!
Well hello brothers 🤝🌎❤️
At 23, I became a MM and pushed to become lodge librarian bc they did not have M & D by Pike - to begin with.
But between you and I, no one acknowledges the great tracts plagiarized verbatum from the work of R.A Bro. Higgins, Godfrey: Anacalypsis. 2 Vol. 1836.
How do i know? Because i cross referenced each and every unacknowledged passage.
Higgins deserves a bust and a statue, bc Pike ripped him off 6 ways from Sunday, yet mentions Anacalypsis, a couple times.
What of the "soldiery of the Jesuits" that plagued his time, constantly adding degrees to stop infiltration?
What of the "unremitting war against crown and sceptre"?
Anyone else notice Papa Francis is a Jesuit, masking as a Franciscan?
To whom does the Black General answer?
Only the White one.
Smells like a coup to me.
Too many brothers have folded in that war.
God help us *ALL*
Great video.
due to the fact that the said "books that are available" indicates that he knows of books that he has or others may have yet he is indicating YOU will not be able to get them. Is he really sharing any knowledge here? Are there some "holy grails" out there but he is only offering styrofoam cups? I say list the best books and let the viewers try to get the books. "if you seek you shall find"
You’re getting it all wrong.
Masonic books, are a niche publication. So by and large, they are not “best sellers”. Many of them come from small presses or vanity presses that may only print a few thousand copies. Once those are sold, they can be hard to come by. Not that they are hidden or secret or some other silliness. It’s just that there weren’t that many copies to begin with. In this video I didn’t want to recommend a book that was only going to be available on eBay or second hand platform. ~M
@@ScottishRiteMasons understood, however, it remains a fact that not everyone can scale Mt Everest yet the idea shouldn't be to refer everyone to Sutter Buttes. Deep wisdom may always be hard to obtain but the compass should always point in that direction, for those who are up to the potential challenges of research and discovery..
👍from a conspiracy lunatic
Rex R. Hutchens - Bridge to Light is a great book as well. /G\
Absolutely True
Hi . Why we don’t have here Mankato Mn. Woman’s Freemason?thank you
I read Pikes M&D 5 times Before I joined the Lodge... wish others did
Kibalion
I was raised 7/11/23 and I am looking to the East for more knowledge. Shout Out to Rone Lodge No 25 Kansas City, Missouri.
Hello sir How are you
Sir...illuminati real...???
None of them Freemasonry is curse.
Nope. Just a fraternity.
@@ScottishRiteMasons Square and compass.... is actually the pyramid ...Either you are part of these pharaohs or you are a useful idiot...trying to reach the 33rd degree which you will NEVER reach because you are NOT so called nobility... AKA feudal robber barons... or you are NEARLY 33rd then your family might be the bastards of one of these pharaohs...still makes you a useful idiot.... you will NEVER be accepted by them.... just realize this and cut the BS....
You are incorrect and you’ve made this nonsense up totally. There is no such thing as a “low level” mason.
@@ruppert5134 What an idiot