Kharitonovich Freemasonry History Masonic Order Symbols Russian Book 2001

by Dmitry Kharitonovich

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📘 Dmitry Kharitonovich — Freemasonry History of Freemasonry, Masonic Brotherhood, Traditions, Myths & Historical Reality Freemasonry by Dmitry Eduardovich Kharitonovich is a Russian-language historical study devoted to one of the most famous and mythologized phenomena in European social and cultural history — Freemasonry and the fraternity of Freemasons. The author, a historian specializing in medieval culture, approaches the subject from a historical perspective and seeks to distinguish documented information about Freemasonry from the numerous legends, myths, rumors, and interpretations that have surrounded it. The book examines the origins and development of the Masonic movement, its place in European history and public life, and the circumstances that transformed a fraternity with its own traditions and organizational principles into a subject of extraordinary public interest. Particular attention is paid to the contrast between the historical reality of Freemasonry and its image in popular imagination. Secret meetings, initiation, Masonic traditions and the closed character of lodges contributed to the emergence of numerous legends concerning the goals and influence of the Freemasons. Kharitonovich considers Freemasonry in what he describes, following Goethe, as two dimensions — its “poetry” and its “truth.” This approach allows the author to discuss both the mythology surrounding the Masonic Order and the historical phenomenon behind that mythology. The volume provides

• Publisher: Ves Mir
• Year: 2001
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 5777701469
• Condition: Good

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