The Key to Solomon's Key: Is This the Lost Symbol of Masonry? [Paperback]

Lon Milo DuQuette (Author), James Wasserman (Introduction), Mark Stavish (Afterword)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 20, 2010

Sketching out a fascinating network of historic figures, cults, and Christendom, this book by an occult-studies expert and respected authority on magic and sorcery takes Western spiritual traditions seriously—but examines them with common sense and self-effacing humor. Working backward from the Freemasons to one of their original orders, the 14th-century Knights Templar, the account considers sorcery, heresy, and intrigues; explores the legend that the Knights possessed a powerful secret dangerous to the Church of Rome; and finds an essential clue to the order's practices in their connection to the biblical Solomon, king of Israel in the 10th century BC. This updated edition features new images, chapters on important symbols, and a new preface.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Learn the Masonic teaching by which the human spirit may be elevated - without ignoring either historical or scientific fact." -- James Wasserman, author of The Templars and the Assassins: Militia of Heaven. "This intriguing look at intersections between Freemasonry and the Western magical traditions will be sure to evoke outrage from many quarters, but it poses crucial questions that deserve close attention from Masons, magicians, and anyone else concerned with the nature of religion and reality in a post-Christian age." -- John Michael Greer, 32nd degree, author of Inside a Magical Lodge, The New Encyclopedia of the Occult and A World Full of Gods. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Lon Milo DuQuette is the author of Angels, Demons & Gods of the New Millennium; The Magick of Aleister Crowley, and My Life in Spirits, a memoir of his life as a practicing ceremonial magician. He lives in Costa Mesa, California. James Wasserman specializes in esoteric literature and currently works in book production and graphic design. He lives in New York City. Mark Stavish is the Director of Studies for the Institute for Hermetic Studies, and is the author of Between the Gates: Lucide Dreaming, Astral Projection, and the Body of Light in Western Esotericism.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: CCC Publishing; Second edition edition (April 20, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888729287
• ISBN-13: 978-1888729283
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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47 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR, April 5, 2006

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Lon Milo DuQuette - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Key to Solomon's Key: Secrets of Magic and Masonry (Paperback)

The popularity of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has ignited an explosion of public interest in Freemasonry and the role this ancient and secretive fraternity has played in the untold history of western civilization. What (if any) is Masonry's connection to the intrigues of the Knights Templar - the crusading order of military monks condemned for heresy and sorcery in the 14th century? Did the Templars, as so many modern commentators are suggesting, really possess a secret so astonishing that it threatened the very existence of the Church of Rome, and the monarchies of Europe whose power rested upon the "Divine Right of Kings?"

I am a Freemason, and in my new book, "The Key to Solomon's Key", I share the reasons I believe that the secret of the Templars has, for the last three hundred years, been quietly revealed to those who have eyes to see in the symbols and ceremonies of Freemasonry. I am also a ceremonial magician, and as such it is clear to me that the traditions of Magic and Masonry meld in the person of Solomon, the legendary Magician-King of Israel, and the archetypal centerpiece of both Masonic lore, and the rituals of ceremonial Magic.

Is Solomon's story true? Or do myth and tradition hold the key that unlocks mysteries of human consciousness infinitely more astounding than history?

Perhaps the purpose of Masonry's veneration of Solomon is not to advance an alternate view of history, but to present, however subtly, the archetype of the future human being - men and women who truly possess Solomon's Key - the power to master our own demons and redirect their destructive energy to build the Temple of our own evolving soul. -- Lon Milo DuQuette

64 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DAN BROWN - MOVE OVER FOR THE REAL THING!, April 15, 2006

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Renus Hyena - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Key to Solomon's Key: Secrets of Magic and Masonry (Paperback)

The Knights Templar - The Freemasons - and The Most Dangerous Secret in the World are not elements of fiction, and while this book is marvelously entertaining, THE KEY TO SOLOMON'S KEY is not a novel - it's the real thing.

Lon Milo Duquette is also the real thing. He's a high-degree Freemason, a leading figure in esoteric Templarism, and perhaps the most eminent and respected living magician in the world today.

The earthshaking secret supposedly possessed by the legendary Knights Templar and preserved in the rites and traditions of Freemasonry is infinitely more devastating to the religious and political institutions western world than the possibility that Jesus may have had a wife and children.

Yes, he does indeed reveal a mind-blowing secret of history - one that will forever change your view of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. But it is also a true magical key that unlocks the mysteries of the human soul.

Critics have called him the most entertaining author in the field of magic and the occult. But Duquette is more than entertaining - he's the real thing - and this little book is unquestionably his greatest gift to the world.

43 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and informative! In a class of its own, and a respectful challenge to tradition!, April 10, 2006

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Errin Davenport "Ronin Dervish" (Fresno, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Key to Solomon's Key: Secrets of Magic and Masonry (Paperback)

I was privileged enough to hear a section of this wonderful book read at an open lecture. This is an author who uses common sense with his scholarly pursuits. The reader is definitely in for a fresh new angle to a subject gaining more and more popularity, the "hidden" mysteries which lay right before our eyes. This is book not only meant to be read but reread and studied. Far from being another mass in the mounds the unique approach this author uses will really leave an impact with the reader.

As with this authors other books this is definitely not just a book for the shelves, or just a book full of interesting facts and ideas which leave us unchanged, but a masterpiece full of life transforming tools and insight. He is funny and informative. I wish my school books were written by him, he really keeps your attention. He is so easy to read but gives massive amounts of information. His books can be read over and over each time gaining a deeper understanding. I cannot recommend him highly enough!

In reading his works one soon discovers that this is a man who not only is full of a tremendous amount of information, but a true master who resonates with what he teaches and is able to give a huge amount of knowledge in a simple and straightforward manner.

I have no hesitation in recommending this book and every other book written by this amazing author!