Meaning of Masonry by W. L. Wilmshurst Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Meaning of Masonry
Book Review: A Superb Theology of Freemasonry for Master Masons
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a superb Christian theology of Freemasonry for Master Masons. The title can easily be misinterpreted by some to be a "tell-all" on the Masonic craft for anyone who reads its pages. If you're not a Master Mason, don't bother reading this volume -- it will make no sense. I read it before I became a Master Mason and just didn't "get it." Now I understand what Wilmshurst is saying, and am deeply moved by it.
If you are a Christian, a Master Mason, and have any theological background whatsoever, this title is a must-read. Any notion that Freemasonry is competitive with or contradictory to Christianity will be quickly put to rest.
Book Review: Best book I have read in years
Summary: 5 Stars
People are always saying that masons don't believe in God & Christ ... that it is a Pagan Group. This Book shows & tells how the masonic order & Christianty feed off each other. The search for "light" in masonry is nothing but the search for light in Christianty. He shows how the two are simular as in when Hiram Abiff died between two thieves as they beat him and afterwards the Temple he started was finished ... Christ died between two thieves & afterwards his Temple (or church) was finished. Also that the ritual of the 3rd degree is a reference to death & rebirth, just as christ died & was reborn. He makes many references like this. I always knew there had to be more to masonry than just a few stories/parables ... Mr. Wilmshurst being worried of what Masonry was turning into ( a social club), wrote this book for those of us who want to know the truth & not just to read another flashy opinion/interpation someone has. Most Masons can't tell you what Masonry really is! This is a book you will keep & read over and over and over. Did you know that the apron of an EA with it's 5 points represents the 5 wounds of Christ & the 5 points of fellowship? ... PLUS some other really interesting stuff. Again, best book I have read in years.Book Review: Dated Languge but Up to Date Ideas
Summary: 5 Stars
Walter Leslie Wilmshurst is the most spiritually aware writer about Freemasonry who ever lived. This book explores Freemasonry as an uplifting form of spiritual philosophy. It is not an easy read, as Wilmshurst was a solicitor and so he writes like a lawyer, but is it well worth the effort of studying for the deep insights it contains. If you want to know what Freemasonry is really about read this book. The rewards it offers are worth the effort.Book Review: Don't read!
Summary: 1 Stars
The prose is outdated and verbose, seemingly put together by a jobless college professor.
The information is not at all what I was looking for. The author discusses at length the religious/spiritual aspects of masonry.
I do not recommend and won't even resell my copy - straight to the trash can!
Book Review: Elliptical Masonic mysticism
Summary: 4 Stars
Bro Wilmshurst's volume is regarded with awe by many Freemasons, and not without cause; there are many deep ehtical ruminations here. The book suffers from the Weltanchauung of the late 19th Century, when everybody reading was presumed to be an Englishman, worried about classical philosophies, and a Trinitarian Christian. The book suffers from repetitiveness (I surmise it to have been a collection of previously-delivered lectures and speeches) and 19th Century grandiloquence, but nonetheless proves to be a worthwhile addition to most Mason's libraries.
Just make sure you donate your copy to a local library when you are finished with it, so that students and scholars may form their own opinions; it might be shelved with Freud and Jung instead of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Remember also, Bro Benjamin Franklin's acute summation of "The Mysteries": "the big secret is that there IS no secret".