Freemasonry and the Orient Esotericisms between the East and the West

The symbolic and historical dimension of the main founding archetypes of Freemasonry - the Orient with a special focus on Egypt - are at the core of this book, which aims to recover the red thread with which masons tie together Masonry and Oriental esotericism. If, on the one hand, the Author points...

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Main Author: De Poli, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari 2019
Series:Hilâl
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