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Freemasonry: Sons of the Widow by [TempleofMysteries.com, Iain Gray]

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FIRST written more than 10 years ago, Sons of the Widow has been updated to take account of new developments in Freemasonic research – but its general theme remains unaltered. Modern day Freemasons persistently maintain that Freemasonry is not a secret organisation, but an organisation with secrets. In recent years the organisation has ‘opened up’ to the inquisitive outside world in a manner which would have been unheard of previously – to the extent of even hosting its own websites – while books detailing Freemasonic rituals can be acquired with ease by the uninitiated. Yet secrets remain – secrets unknown to even the vast majority of Freemasons themselves. None of the readily available manuals on Freemasonic ritual actually explain the esoteric background. Sons of the Widow casts a new light on the dark mysteries of Freemasonry and reveals, for the first time, how the central motif of Freemasonic ritual is one of death and resurrection – a motif with roots in our ancient past. It explains how the Freemason has to symbolically die to achieve illumination - how all Freemasons become, through ritual, ‘sons of the widow’.
Central to any study of Freemasonry is an examination of the mysterious band of warrior monks known as the Knights Templar. Since the publication in 1982 of Baigent, Lincoln and Leigh’s ground-breaking The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, a veritable industry has been spawned in Templar-related topics. What many researchers have missed, however, is the fact that the Knights Templar have existed, in one guise or another, up until the present day.
In July 2002 the international order of the Knights Templar – Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani (OSMTH) – was granted special consultative status by the United Nations. Earlier in 2002 the Order had initiated a special three-day ‘reconciliation’ meeting in Khartoum between Muslim and Christian leaders.
While researching Sons of the Widow, the author was granted rare access to material in the care of the present-day Scottish Knights Templar of the Chivalric Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem. He was also accorded the privilege of being allowed to attend the Order’s ceremony for the Investiture and Receipt for the Accolade of Knighthood – based on a ceremony first practiced more than eight centuries ago. Sons of the Widow describes this ceremony for the first time.
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Publisher: Temple of Mysteries (December 3, 2010)
Publication Date: December 3, 2010
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Language: English
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A very broad attempt by the author

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2013

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A fairly recent attempt by two authors to (a) trace the history of the Craft (b) describe the current eveloutions. In the former they examine many ancient beliefs and customs over time to the life of Christ, then subsequent absobations by the church. A description of the Crusades leads to an examination of the Templars, their demise and fragmentation and ventures in Scotland. Eventually the books gets to the first London Grand Lodge and its growth and offshoots. They also dwell on the fragments of the Templars in Scotland, the Jacobite uprisings, etc. Thkey then go into summary descriptns of the current craft. The whole effort is sometimes disjointed. Sometimes they 'major in minors'. I am not certain the read is worth the effort.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2014

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All of my Freemason Brothers should read this fine work

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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2012

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This has been a great book for helping me understand the history of Freemasonry. My husband is a Mason and we both are members of OES and learning about all of this helps my understanding of where OES comes from as well as what my husband is participating in as a Mason. I find it intersting to read both books that have so called "correct info" aka "conspiracy shtuff" as well as as the real information for making an intelligent and informed/educated opinion of the workings of our organizations.

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J. Gladstone

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2013

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Quite a good book but with a fairly strong American bias. I found it useful when preparing a lecture I was to give.

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Interesting read but seemed to wonder off the subject several times

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