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The Architects of America : Freemasons and the Growth of the United States.

Did the Freemasons consciously affect the geographical growth of the USA in order to invest the layout of the states with a deeper, symbolic meaning? The narrative concentrates on the development of Masonic ritual during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries-especially their description of the �...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blackwell, Russell
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Publishing, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Did the Freemasons consciously affect the geographical growth of the USA in order to invest the layout of the states with a deeper, symbolic meaning? The narrative concentrates on the development of Masonic ritual during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries-especially their description of the 'ideal building' or Temple-the concurrent construction of America and the role Freemasons played in it, and the emergence of a simple but highly symbolic mathematical formula that recurs regularly throughout the history of the Republic. Maps and diagrams illustrate the surprising coherence of the theor.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (330 pages)
ISBN:9780875869087
0875869084