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Cracking the Freemason's Code

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One word to sum up this book. Excellent!!! Freemasons, buy this book! You will not be disappointed. Scottish Freemason, Brother Cooper, offers an easily read education on Freemasonry from a very unique Scottish perspective. It is so darn good and you can sense the author's love and passion for the Craft within it's pages is genuine. Brother Cooper talks about the first Freemasons; the transition from Operative to Speculative Masonry; the differences between Scottish, English, Irish and American Freemasonry; a little known major impact of Scottish Masonry on American Masonry; the future of Freemasonry; Neoplatonism and Freemasonry; the Art of memory and Freemasonry; Greek and Roman influences within Freemasonry; the symbolism of Freemasonry; ETC..., but perhaps the most important is; THE OLDEST RITUAL OF FREEMASONRY IN THE WORLD TODAY! No matter your level of knowledge or time in the Craft, this book is for you and you will find Brother Cooper's Masonic scholarship is a match for your own! Buy it and read it. Now!!! By doing so you will stay one step ahead of the game regarding Anti-masons and be able to SHARE REAL KNOWLEDGE with your less informed brethren. Bravo to Brother Cooper for a book that is such a Masonic Treasure. Most highly recommended.

Bro. Bob Cooper is a good friend and an excellant writer. There is not to many people more knolegable on the history of Freemasony than Bob Cooper. This is an great book if you want the provable REAL history of the lodge.Sam Matthews Past Master Pryor Creek Lodge #100

This one of the books of knowledge that I need and it has good information that helps me to teach others whom wants to learn. thank you

No, this has nothing to do with the DaVinci Code, which although a great work of fiction, cannot be substantiated. The Freemaons' Code, although having a very shallow title to improve it's sales, is a fine piece of history on one of Societies' most giving and illustrious organizations.

I gave a 2 out of 5 for this book because of the title being so misleading. There are no smoking-gun secrets given, there are no big reveals; a lot of history and repetitive citations.

I'm a Master Mason and an Ashlar Award achiever of my lodge. I did enjoy the ability to read through chapters going into detail some of the allegorical symbols & degree work; which his only covered for one chapter. The rest is a historical projection and the author states that there's a lot of `conjecture' in his material. At least I tip my hat to the author for delineating that there's a lot of `guessing' in his material; however I also would like to point out that on the same note, there are a few conspiracy theories addressed in this book which (as a Mason) I hope will finally clear up a few misconceptions about our Order.

In the end, save your money for "Freemasons for Dummies". There's just as much historical and other important dates given within as well as a fantastic section on presenting the book to individuals who are interested in an open tour (so to speak).

Before someone reads a book about Freemasonry one must understand that a Freemason is sworn to secrecy. There are 33 degrees to the Scottish-Rite Branch of Freemasonry, the 33rd being an honorary degree for those who have went above and beyond in their mission to complete the great work. Freemasons swear oaths of secrecy after each degree, but most never see the top. Think of it as an onion, the center being the 33rd degree. The true meaning (esoteric) is only known to those closest to the center, while those in the outer layers are merely being conditioned and are the financial backbone of this group. Those in the center will not reveal their secrets to members of the public, and the outer layer initiates will only receive an exoteric explanation rather then the esoteric one. The secrets of Freemasonry contained in this book therefore are merely exoteric explanations that do not reveal the true meanings of these signs, symbols, handshakes "grips", etc... and no Freemason will dare say otherwise.