Review: Satanism, Magic, and Mysticism in Fin-de-siecle France
ΝΒ. As this review is now widely quoted around the internet, would readers and those linking here please do me the courtesy of not misrepresenting me. I am neither a “Peladan fan-girl,” (seen on Goodreads), nor an aficionado of the “Western Mystery...REVIEW: Freemasonry: Symbols, Secrets, Significance.
Published in the Journal for the Research of Freemasonry and Fraternalism 1:1 (2010) W. Kirk MacNulty. Freemasonry: Symbols, Secrets, Significance. (London: Thames & Hudson, 2006) 320 pp. 386 illustrations, 327 in colour. £24.95 It might be valid to suggest that...Seeking the Light: Freemasonry and Initiatic Traditions. (Canonbury Papers vol. 4)
While the exploration of new possibilities is vital, a careful balance between the infinite possibilities for interpretation offered by the symbolic essence of Freemasonry that avoids the trap of free association is needed.