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Introduction | |
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Who Are the Freemasons? | |
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A Veil of Secrecy | |
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A Controversial Fraternity | |
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The Three Virtues | |
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Landmarks of Freemasonry | |
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Degrees | |
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Origins of Freemasonry | |
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The Legend of Hiram Abiff | |
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The Knights Templar | |
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The Crusades | |
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Jacques de Molay | |
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The Scottish Rite | |
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The Halliwell Manuscript and the York Rite | |
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Breaking New Ground | |
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The Protestant Reformation | |
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King Henry VIII and Freemasonry Pre-1717 | |
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The Cooke Manuscript and the Schaw Statutes | |
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Rebuilding London | |
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Operative and Speculative Freemasonry | |
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The Grand Lodge of England | |
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Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry | |
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Rifts in the Brotherhood | |
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Colonial Effects on Freemasonry | |
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Rival Unity | |
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Vive la Masonry! | |
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Members Only, or, How to Become a Freemason | |
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What Qualifies a Mason? | |
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Degrees of Freemasonry | |
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Masonic Rituals | |
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Initiation of the First Degree: Entered Apprentice | |
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Obligations to the Brotherhood | |
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Initiation of the Second Degree: Fellowcraft | |
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The Seven Educational Steps | |
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Initiation of the Third Degree: Master Mason | |
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Lodges Defined | |
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Lodges So Grand! | |
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Proceedings Behind Closed Doors | |
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The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite | |
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Chapter of the Rose Croix | |
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Council of Kadosh | |
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Consistory Degrees and the York Rite | |
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The Royal Arch Chapter | |
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Council of Cryptic Masonry | |
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Commanderies of the Knights Templar | |
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Freemasonry Friends, Foes, and Founding Fathers | |
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American Freemasonry | |
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The Boston Tea Party | |
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Founding Fathers | |
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The William Morgan Mystery | |
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Birth of the Anti-Masonic Party | |
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From Franklin to Fitch | |
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Political and Military Masons | |
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Scientists and Aviators | |
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Kramer Is a Mason?: Arts and Athletics | |
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Free Thinkers | |
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Historical Masons | |
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Freemasonry as Religion? | |
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The Catholic Church | |
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Modern-Day Misunderstandings | |
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Links to Ancient Mysteries | |
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Anti-Masonic Sentiments Worldwide | |
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Il Duce vs. Freemasonry | |
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Freemasonry in Nazi Germany | |
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A Continental Persecution | |
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A Reverent Forger | |
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Demystifying Freemasonry | |
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Secret Society...or a Society of Secrets? | |
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Freemason Phraseology | |
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Secret Handshakes and Passwords | |
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By The Numbers | |
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'Til Death Do They Part | |
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Influences from Everywhere | |
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Tools of the Trade | |
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Dressing the Part | |
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The Letter "G" | |
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Other Significant Symbols | |
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Masonry as a Cult | |
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Satanic Suspicions | |
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The Ku Klux Klan | |
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The All-Seeing Eye | |
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Fallen Idols | |
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Conspiracy and the Holy Grail | |
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The Rosslyn Chapel | |
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A Masonic Legacy | |
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A Legal Eagle | |
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Albert Pike and Freemasonry | |
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The Ghost of Lucifer | |
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A Brief Biblical History | |
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The Hoax of Leo Taxil | |
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It's a Conspiracy! (Or Is It?) | |
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The Crime of the Century: Jack the Ripper | |
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A Man Called Sickert | |
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A Knight in Whitechapel | |
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Murder as Art | |
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Sworn to Secrecy | |
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Birth of the Enlightened Ones | |
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Freemasons and World Domination? | |
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The French Revolution | |
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Mozart's Magic Flute | |
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The Priory of Sion | |
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Prince Hall Masonry | |
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Charting a Course | |
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Masons in Literature | |
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Small-Screen Brotherhoods | |
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Freemasons in Cinema | |
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The Legacy of the Freemasons | |
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Recommended Reading | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |