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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 | |