The
Official Website of:
Oakville Masonic Lodge
# 599 F. & A.M.
4733 Winchester Road
Memphis, Tennessee 38118
Phone: (901) 363-3535
E-mail: oakvillemasonic@bellsouth.net
This site was last updated on August 12, 2008
This site was last updated on August 12, 2008
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mASONIC EDUCATION This page is being developed as a source of Masonic educational articles and resources in an attempt to encourage brothers to actively strive towards additional enlightenment. It is also intended as a means of enlightening our brothers into the philosophy of the fraternity.
This is our first installment of a Masonic Education Page. While contemplating where to begin, I decided to start with a foundation on which we can build. A Mason is encouraged to broaden his knowledge and understanding. There are several avenues that can be taken to attain this information. We can read appropriate material or interact and discuss with more informed brethren or better yet, a combination of both. This enlightenment is not solely limited to the ritual work but, to those ideals and philosophies that form the basis of our order. For those who wish to enter the officers line, additional study relating to management and basic business operations should be considered. This leads us to the foundation I have chosen. Our Brothers at the Scottish Rite Valley of Guthrie in the Orient of Oklahoma have developed a reading list for Masons. I am reprinting that list here. These books will serve the educational pursuits of any and all Masons. I hope that each of you will take advantage of this list, as I have, by making a copy to serve as a reading list.
Guthrie Scottish Rite A.A.S.R. Reading List This web page is designed to assist members of the Masonic Fraternity in selecting books which will make worthwhile additions to their Masonic library. It is not intended that these be viewed as a “top ten” list; rather that the books listed here are generally accepted by Masonic scholars to be reliable guides to Masonic knowledge. For the most part, they can also still be found on the Internet, Masonic Supply companies, and/or regular bookstores. Origins of Freemasonry: The
Origins of Freemasonry: The
Rise and Development of Organized Freemasonry, Roy A. Wells, Lewis Masonic The Golden Builders: Alchemists, Rosicrucians, the First Freemasons, Tobias Churton, Weiser Books, 2005 History of Freemasonry: A Comprehensive View of Freemasonry, Henry Wilson Coil, Macoy Publishing, 1954 American
Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities, Mark A.Tabbart, Living
the Enlightenment: Freemasonry and Politics in Eighteenth Century Europe, Margaret
Jacob, Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840, Steven C. Bullock, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC 1996 Freemasonry: A Celebration of the Craft, John Hamil and Robert Gilbert, World Publications, 1999 Lodge
of the Double Headed Eagle: Two Centuries of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in Valley of the Craftsmen, A Pictorial History: Scottish Rite Freemasonry in America’s Southern Jurisdiction, 1801-2001, edited by William L. Fox, Supreme Council, S.J., A&ASR Inside
Prince Hall, David L. Gray, Anchor Communication, LLC, 100
Years of Scottish Rite Masonry in the Rose
Croix: A History of the Ancient and Accepted Rite in Symbolism: Symbolism
in Craft Masonry, Colin Dyer, Macoy Publishing, A. Lewis Press, Freemasonry:
A Journey Through Ritual and Symbol, Kirk MacNulty, Way of the Craftsmen: A Search for the Spiritual Essence of Freemasonry, Kirk MacNulty, Central Regalia, Ltd, 2002 Sources of Masonic Symbolism, Alex Horne, Macoy Publishing, 1981 Meaning of Masonry, W.L. Wilmshurst, Gramercy, 1995 Symbols of Freemasonry, Daniel Beresniak, Assouline, 2000 Vested In Glory, Jim Tresner, Scottish Rite Research Society, Supreme Council, SJ, A&ASR, 2000 Mythology: The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell, Bollingen Series, 1972 The Myth of the Eternal Return, Marcea Eliade, Pantheon Books, 1955 Myths to Live By, Johnson E. Fairchild, Penguin, 1993 Philosophy: Bridge to Light, Rex Hutchens, Supreme Council, SJ, A&ASR, Washington, DC Pillars of Wisdom: The Writings of Albert Pike, Rex Hutchens, Supreme Council, SJ, A&ASR, Washington, DC Hidden Wisdom, A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions, Richard Smoley & Jay Kinney, Penguin, 1999 General: Freemason’s Guide and Compendium, Bernard E. Jones, Chambers Harrap Publishers, 1991 The Freemason At Work, Harry Carr, Lewis Masonic, 1981 Freemasonry Universal, A New Guide to the Masonic World, Vol’s 1 and 2, Kent Henderson & Tony Pope, Global Masonic Publications, Australia, 2001 Understanding Manhood in America: Freemasonry’s Enduring Path to the Mature Masculine, Robert G. Davis, Anchor Communications, LLC, Lancaster, VA 2005 Albert Pike: The Man Beyond the Monument, Jim Tresner, Scottish Rite Research Society, Supreme Council, SJ, A&ASR, 1995 A Life of Albert Pike, Walter G. Brown, University of Arkansas Press, 1997 Coils Masonic Encyclopedia, Henry Wilson Coil, Macoy Publishing, 1995
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