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Liber XXIV

Rosicrucians, Freemasons & Secret Societies

The Rosicrucian manifestos, Masonic lodges and initiatory orders.

The anonymous Rosicrucian manifestos of 1614–1616 announced a hidden brotherhood of reformers and set Europe searching for it. Freemasonry, emerging from Scottish and English lodges in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, developed a system of symbolic degrees that later occult orders imitated. This section explains the real history of these societies, their symbols and rituals, and the myths and conspiracy theories that have grown up around them.

Chapters

  1. Introduction1 article
  2. I.Conspiracy Myths5 articles
  3. II.Freemasonry6 articles
  4. III.Initiatory Orders3 articles
  5. IV.Rosicrucianism7 articles
  6. V.Templar Legends4 articles

On the shelf

All 30 books
Cover of The Bavarian Illuminati in America: The New England Conspiracy Scare, 1798 The Bavarian Illuminati in AmericaVernon Stauffer Cover of Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity Black SunNicholas Goodrick-Clarke Cover of Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry Born in BloodJohn J. Robinson The Chemical Wedding of Christian RosenkreutzJohann Valentin Andreae The Chemical Wedding of Christian RosenkreutzJohann Valentin Andreae Cover of Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction Conspiracy TheoriesJovan Byford Cover of Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture Conspiracy TheoriesMark Fenster Cover of A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America A Culture of ConspiracyMichael Barkun Cover of Everything Is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-ups Everything Is Under ControlRobert Anton Wilson Foucault's PendulumUmberto Eco Foucault's PendulumUmberto Eco Cover of The Freemasons: A History of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society The FreemasonsJasper Ridley Cover of Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich Hitler's MonstersEric Kurlander Cover of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail The Holy Blood and the Holy GrailMichael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln Cover of Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism Memoirs Illustrating the History of JacobinismAugustin Barruel Cover of Morals and Dogma Morals and DogmaAlbert Pike The Morning of the MagiciansLouis Pauwels The Morning of the MagiciansLouis Pauwels & Jacques Bergier Cover of The Origins of Freemasonry: Scotland's Century, 1590–1710 The Origins of FreemasonryDavid Stevenson Cover of The Paranoid Style in American Politics The Paranoid Style in American PoliticsRichard Hofstadter Cover of The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion The PlotWill Eisner Cover of Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All the Religions and Governments of Europe Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All the Religions and Governments of EuropeJohn Robison Cover of Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 Real EnemiesKathryn S. Olmsted Cover of The Rosicrucian Enlightenment The Rosicrucian EnlightenmentFrances A. Yates Cover of The Secret History of the World The Secret History of the WorldJonathan Black Cover of The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries The Secret Societies of All Ages and CountriesCharles William Heckethorn Cover of The Secret Teachings of All Ages The Secret Teachings of All AgesManly P. Hall

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