Temple of the Masonic Order: Wilmshurst's "The Meaning of Masonry" in Modern American English

Walter Leslie Wilmshurst was an English Freemason and mystic who wrote many influential works on those subjects at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. While brilliant, he wrote at a different time and from a different perspective than many of us may be used to. Therefore, though his ideas are no less salient now than then, much of what he wrote can be hard to understand for the 21st century reader. As one new Mason put it to the Master of his Lodge, “Wilmshurst is great, but whenever I read him I feel like I’m being hit over the head,” referring to the difficulty he had with the archaic style. For this reason, Wilmshurst’s important 1922 work, The Meaning of Masonry, has been reorganized and updated in this volume for a modern audience. A treasure trove of deep and esoteric interpretations of Masonry's symbols and allegory, Temple of the Masonic Order is a must have gift for the newly initiated and the Master Mason, alike. Read more