Guest Post by Duncan Burden Duncan’s Masonic Book Collection and Reviews The Most Important Book in Any Masonic Researcher’s Library! ‘The Early Masonic Catechisms’ by Douglas Knoop, G. P. Jones and Douglas Hamer GB SBN 7190 1201 5; The University of Manchester; The University Press. Seriously this, without doubt or …
Guest Post by Duncan Burden The Ring of Gyges – The Lord of Rings The pun in the title is intended, as the legend of the Ring of Gyges surely must be the Lord of all Rings, as not only is it one of the earliest ring of power stories, …
Guest Post by Duncan Burden What is Freemasonry? and 10 Common Myths on What Freemasonry isn’t 1)Freemasonry is a Universal System A common assumption is that Freemasonry is so universal that every mason around the world practises the same Masonic structure and rituals, with possibly only native languages representing any …
Guest Post by Beatrice Mercedes Coin Collecting Treasures: Rare Foreign Coins Following a promise to write a more conventional Treasure article, I hope you enjoy this and that it could be of worth, from a more ‘financial’ perspective. Although I appreciate that many of the readership of Mysterious Writings may …
Guest Post by Beatrice Mercedes Your Given Name is a Treasure The 1953 Arthur Miller play ‘The Crucible’ is an incredible work set around the Salem Witch trials of 1692. Yet this artistic representation is also stunning insight into human nature, with every character playing a significant and recognizable element …
Guest Post by Duncan Burden Top Ten Masonic Movies and References to Freemasonry Secrets in Films: Part Two Here is the second part of what I would consider the top ten Masonic Movies that hold a significant Masonic connection, either by referring to Freemasonry directly, or indirectly, but in a …
Guest Post by Duncan Burden Top Ten Masonic Movies and References to Freemasonry Secrets in Films: Part One There have been several masonic movies that draw their plots directly by referencing Freemasonry, such as the comedy ‘Are You a Mason?’ in 1915 and remade in 1934, and Johnny Depp’s horror-thriller …
Guest Post by Beatrice Mercedes I would not say I am a hoarder, in fact many of my friends will attest to how easy it is to help me move house, as it comes down to a few boxes and a couple of bits of furniture. That is not to …
Guest Post by Dan Coyote ‘The Illustrated Signs and Symbols Sourcebook – An A to Z Compendium of over 1000 Designs’ By Adele Nozedar HarperCollins Publishers, IBSN 978-0-00-793143-9, 543 Pages With so many, and I mean SO many books on the market that cover the subject of Symbols and their …
GUEST POST by John Davis I had the utterly remarkable chance to ask Mr. Jack Hood, world renowned designer, film maker, model artist, sculptor, painter teacher and author, to take a couple minutes to answer questions which might inspire others. His tantalizing background would take a book to do justice, …
