Secret Handshakes and Rolled-Up Trouser Legs: The Secrets of Freemasonry: Fact and Fiction - Softcover

Gan, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853184410 ISBN 13: 9780853184416

Publisher: Lewis Masonic Pub Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

There have been books written in the past purporting to expose the secrets of Freemasonry. By and large, these have been written by non-Masons, and have generally been somewhat negative and antagonistic toward Freemasons and Freemasonry, missing critical nuances and making unjustified assumptions. There have also been books written by Freemasons aimed primarily at new Freemasons, as an introduction to Freemasonry, and as such have tended to go over the heads of non-Masons. This book is written by a Freemason specifically for the non-Mason. It does not set out in any way to proselytize, nor does it attempt to justify the case for Freemasonry or to try and make Freemasonry more acceptable or sanitized. The format is encyclopedic, laid out in alphabetical order, so the reader can dip in and out on an eclectic basis. It is predominantly aimed at the non-Mason, but will be of considerable interest to all Freemasons.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Gan, born on March 11, 1950, retired in June 2010 as Deputy Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons, and all the other various Masonic Orders administered from Mark Masons' Hall, London. A senior Grand Officer in all the major Orders of Freemasonry, he is currently the editor of The Square, an independent magazine for Freemasons. Gan was educated at the Becket School, Nottingham, and is a graduate of London University, where he earned an honors degree in geology and subsequently studied part-time for a master’s degree in education. He is also a graduate of the Open University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in management studies. Richard Gan started his fourth career in 1996 as Assistant Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons based in St. James’s and in 2005 he was promoted to Deputy Grand Secretary.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lewis Masonic Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0853184410
• ISBN 13: 9780853184416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128