Turning The Hiram Key

by Lomas, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781592331345
• ISBN10: 1592331343
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Fair Winds Pr

Summary

The latest book from Robert Lomas takes readers beyond The Hiram Key to reveal the secrets of the actual Masonic rituals. By deconstructing these rituals, Lomas discovers the true message behind themua message that is as valid today as it was when the rituals were created. Not only will readers get a step-by-step, insiderAEs look at each of these timeless rituals, theyAEll learn how they can benefit from them in todayAEs world.With Lomas as their guide, readers will learn: the hidden meanings behind the rituals the true purpose of the spiritual journey that is freemasonry the truth behind the postures, symbols, and tools of this fascinating craft how to incorporate the inner mysteries of freemasonry into their daily livesTurning the Hiram Keyalso explores how these rituals have helped historyAEs most accomplished men to reach their goals -- from Louis Armstrong and Charles Lindbergh to George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt to John Wayne and Buzz Aldrin.

Author Biography

Robert Lomas is the co-author of The Hiram Key, The Second Messiah, and UrielÆs Machine. A Freemason, he lectures at Bradford University in England.

Table of Contents

Foreword	13	(6)
PROLOGUE Thunderbolts of the Gods	19	(10)
Thank You, St Barbara	19	(7)
The Masonic Path to Cosmic Consciousness	26	(3)
PART ONE Let me Initiate you into the Mysteries of Freemasonry	29	(148)
1 I Want to be Made a Mason	31	(12)
Setting Aside Worldly Things	31	(2)
Do You Believe?	33	(10)
2 Living the First Degree	43	(34)
Into Darkness	43	(16)
A Great Light	59	(3)
Everything Changes?	62	(15)
3 Tracing the First Board	77	(20)
Let's Go Visiting	77	(1)
A Different Temple	78	(8)
Tracing the Board	86	(11)
4 The Spiral of the Second Degree	97	(20)
The Art of Memorie	97	(1)
A Passing Ceremony	98	(19)
5 Another Tracing-board	117	(16)
Passing the Pillars	117	(2)
Between the Two Pillars	119	(3)
The Second-Degree Board	122	(9)
What's a Tracing-board?	131	(2)
6 A Matter of Death and Life	133	(28)
Riding the Goat	133	(3)
Facing My Inner Darkness	136	(9)
The Darkness of High Noon	145	(8)
The Final Secrets?	153	(8)
7 Tracing the Great Leveller	161	(18)
A Third Board	161	(1)
The Traditional History	162	(12)
Where Next?	174	(3)
PART TWO The Hidden Mysteries of Ritual and Myth	177	(100)
8 How does Ritual Work?	179	(34)
I am a Master Mason. So What?	179	(2)
Story-telling Beings	181	(3)
Pilgrimage	184	(3)
Repetition and the Meme-ing of Life	187	(9)
The Making of Myth	196	(3)
Acting Out the Truth	199	(1)
Ritual and the Brain	200	(2)
Stand as I Do	202	(5)
Bringing Myth to Life	207	(6)
9 How Does Symbolism Work?	213	(30)
Worth a Thousand Words	213	(4)
The Oldest Symbols	217	(3)
Can You Read Symbols?	220	(5)
The Instinctive Appeal of Art	225	(6)
Keyed Responses	231	(12)
10 Our Ritual Brain	243	(34)
The God Experience	243	(9)
Two Pillars of Our Brains	252	(5)
The Visual Association Area	254	(1)
The Orientation Association Area	255	(1)
The Attention Association Area	255	(1)
The Verbal/Conceptual Association Area	256	(1)
Four States of Mind	257	(6)
Our Chemical Brain	263	(14)
PART THREE Uncovering Antient Treasures	277	(101)
11 The Meaning of Masonry	279	(34)
The Mystical Mason	279	(6)
The Mystical Path to the Centre	285	(5)
A Science of Mysticism	290	(2)
The Outsider's Mind	292	(4)
The Evolution of Cosmic Consciousness	296	(6)
The Chaos of Orgasmic Response	302	(11)
12 The Puzzle of the Kirkwall Scroll	313	(40)
To Begin at the Beginning	313	(4)
The Origins of the Scroll	317	(13)
Freemasonry Comes to Orkney	330	(11)
The Role of the Goddess Freyja	341	(4)
A Candidate Properly Prepared	345	(5)
Norse Beliefs and Early Freemasonry	350	(3)
13 Where Now for Freemasonry?	353	(25)
Looking Backwards for a Way Forward	353	(8)
The Future of Masonry?	361	(11)
Symbolic Explanations	372	(6)
Bibliography	378	(4)
Index	382