The Best Masonic Book in Print

I can't believe how someone can give this book a 1-Star review!

If I could own just ONE Massonic Book, this would be the one.

The only problem with it is that it was written in 1922, so the language takes some getting used to. I guess that can be a challenge for some people, but I ended up appreciating this early style of literature.

Another point I'd like to make is that this book was originally written specifically for Masons, so Non-Masons may not be able to appreciate it. -- There is too much in this book that a Non-Mason will not be able to see.

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Wilmshurt himself said:

"For those who see Masonic "science" as nothing but ceremonial and social pleasantries tempered with elementary ethics, my interpretations will be discredited as fanciful.

For such, however, they are not written.

They are meant for the happily increasing number of Brethren who realise the Craft to be a custodian of the "knowledge of oneself" and to enshrine profound truths of spiritual science beneath its veil of allegory."

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Anyone reading this book needs to actively look behind the veil of allegory, both in Masonry and in this book. If they don't, they just won't get it.

Dated Languge but Up to Date Ideas

Walter Leslie Wilmshurst is the most spiritually aware writer about Freemasonry who ever lived. This book explores Freemasonry as an uplifting form of spiritual philosophy. It is not an easy read, as Wilmshurst was a solicitor and so he writes like a lawyer, but is it well worth the effort of studying for the deep insights it contains. If you want to know what Freemasonry is really about read this book. The rewards it offers are worth the effort.

skip this badly written book

Nothing in the on-line description of the book nor on the flaps
can prepare the reader for this mishmash of 19th century prose and repetions in what is actually a series of lectures delivered
???
There are no dates, or explanations for the writing in these verbose, boring lessons.