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Enjoy the First Seven Minutes of this Eleventh Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth conversation with Prof. Rob Collis, Ph. D.. He is an Assistant Professor of History at Drake University, Des Moines. Prof. Collis teaches European and global history, specializing in Russian history (particularly in the eighteenth century) and the history of W...

. . . . the brief dalliance with forms of animal magnetism in 1786 foreshadowed (as did early expressions of romanticism) the more sustained challenge to Enlightenment ideals that occurred in the post-Napoleonic era in the Russian Empire and Europe as a whole: a spiritual curiosity and anxiety that emboldened individuals to seek unorthodox and personal channels to the divine; a heightened sense of...

Enjoy the first Eight Minutes of the Tenth Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth conversation with Prof. Chernoh M. Sesay Jr., Ph. D.. He is a Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University, Chicago. The investment of African American Freemasonry in abolition, respectability, and literacy reflected an anxious intersection between dissent...

The investment of African American Freemasonry in abolition, respectability, and literacy reflected an anxious intersection between dissent and incorporation. Furthermore, although the first black lodge represented a small and self-selected group, black Masonic thought described black identity in the broadest descriptive and discursive terms. In seeming paradox, the desire of black Freemasons to b...

Enjoy the first Seven Minutes of this Ninth Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth conversation with internationally revered Masonic historian Pierre Mollier. He is the retire Director of Library, Museum and Archives of the Grand Orient of France. From its introduction in Paris around 1725 until the end of the 1760s, French Freemasonry would re...

Please enjoy this free audio podcast of Pierre Mollier's paper. He is the retire Director of Library, Museum and Archives of the Grand Orient of France. From its introduction co Paris around 1725 until the end of the 1760s, French Freemasonry would repeatedly endeavor to organize itself It first recognized the authority of a Grand Master for France in 1728, thereby freeing itself from English...

Enjoy the first Eight minute of the Eighth Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth conversation with Christopher Kolakowski, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Veterans' Museum, Madison. We discuss his paper on the life and times of LT. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, Jr. MH and his son General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, MH. Both served as Gener...

A Short overview of the life of LT. General Arthur MacArthur and his son and Gen. of the Army Douglas MacArthur. Both earn the Congressional Medal of Honor and both were Freemasons. Arthur MacArthur Jr. (June 2, 1845 – September 5, 1912) was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900; his term ended a year la...

Enjoy the first SEVEN MINUTES of the Seventh Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth discussion with Prof. Natalie Bayer, Ph. D., Drake University. We discuss her paper that explores the themes of Enlightenment and Counter- Enlightenment through the lens of Freemasonry, and, more specifically, Freemasons in Russia who wrote history. It tests the...

The article explores the themes of Enlightenment and Counter- Enlightenment through the lens of Freemasonry, and, more specifically, Freemasons in Russia who wrote history. It tests the approaches of Masonic history writers against Berlin’s definitions of the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment. Whilst a definitive break between the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment seems attractive, the...

Enjoy the first 6 Minutes of this Sixth Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth discussion with Samuel Biagetti Ph. D., of Historiansplaning.com - a podcast. We discuss his paper: Section iii: The Masonic Degree Rituals from Chapter 2: The Unfinished Temple- Interpreting Masonic Ritual, taken from his 2015 dissertation is titled : The Only Unive...

Enjoy the first 16 minutes of the author reading Section iii: The Masonic Degree Rituals from Chapter 2: The Unfinished Temple- Interpreting Masonic Ritual, taken from his 2015 dissertation is titled : The Only Universal Monarchy Freemasonry, Ritual, and Gender in Revolutionary Rhode Island, 1749-1803 . Dr. Biagetti's dissertation is over 750 pages with 19 chapters, plus Introduction, conclusi...

Join the intrepid Masonic investigator, Robert L. D. Cooper as he investigates the Grand Lodge of Great Britain and Scotland's Rosslyn Chapel and its famous "Apprentice's Pillar"! Whether its Scottish history or scotch whisky-- Cooper is on the Case!!

Enjoy the First Nine Minutes of the Fifth Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth discussion with Prof. Kennyo Ismail of the University of Brazil of Rio de Janeiro. We discuss his paper: Brazilian Freemasonry in the 21st Century Brazilian Freemasonry is the second largest in the world, with more than 230 thousand regular Freemasons. The Brazilia...

ENJOY THE FIRST 16 MINUTES OF PART TWO OF THIS GROUND-BREAKING PAPER ON BRAZILIAN FREEMASONRY Brazilian Freemasonry is the second largest in the world, with more than 230 thousand regular Freemasons. The Brazilian grand lodges of the mainstream form three major national strands: the Grand Orient of Brazil, with its state districts; the state grand lodges of Brazil, confederated with the Confederat...

ENJOY THE FIRST 17 MINUTES OF PART TWO OF THIS GROUND-BREAKING PAPER ON BRAZILIAN FREEMASONRY Brazilian Freemasonry is the second largest in the world, with more than 230 thousand regular Freemasons. The Brazilian grand lodges of the mainstream form three major national strands: the Grand Orient of Brazil, with its state districts; the state grand lodges of Brazil, confederated with the Confederat...

ENJOY THE FIRST NINE MINUTES of the Fourth Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a in-depth discussion with Dr. Robert James Ph. D. of New South Wales, Australia. We discuss his paper: THE DUPLICITIES OF HISTORY : THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF FREEMASONRY from his Book : "No More Conspiracy Theories" : https://www.amazon.com.au/More-Conspiracy-Theorie...

Enjoy the First 15 Minutes of Part TWO of: THE DUPLICITIES OF HISTORY : THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF FREEMASONRY PART TWO By Dr. Robert James Ph. D. of New South Wales, Australia. The Reality of Freemasonry For GL decision-makers the lack of clarity has been a useful but accidental result of a need to satisfy factional agendas. The London fraternity of Freemasonry, aka ‘the Order’, was neither alone nor...

THE DUPLICITIES OF HISTORY : THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF FREEMASONRY ENJOY THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF PART ONE By Dr. Robert James Ph. D. of New South Wales, Australia. ‘Freemasonry’, as a single identifiable entity, doesn’t exist and probably has never existed. The Grand Lodge [GL] of English Freemasonry (EF), an organisation which probably began meeting in the period 1717-23 and claims to have ‘mothered...

Enjoy the First 10 Minutes of PART TWO of W.G. Fisher's stories of more than 100 years of Masonic activities of success Dukes of Atholl who served as both the Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Ancient Grand Lodge of England. Paper printed in the Grand Lodge of Scotland's Year-Book, 1969. ATHOLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF. The Stewart line of the Scottish earls of Atholl, w...

Enjoy the first SEVEN MINUTES of this Third Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a captivating discussion with Prof. Christopher Thomas on German Freemasons and the Nazi Party, 1933-1945. Our discussion begins with with Prof. Thomas' paper: "Defining "Freemason": Compromise, Pragmatism, and German Lodge Members in the NSDAP (Nazi Part...

Enjoy the first 10 Minutes of PART ONE of W.G. Fisher's stories of more than 100 years of Masonic activities of success Dukes of Atholl who served as both the Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Ancient Grand Lodge of England. Paper printed in the Grand Lodge of Scotland's Year-Book, 1969. ATHOLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF. The Stewart line of the Scottish earls of Atholl, w...

Listen to the first Eight Minutes of Prof. Christopher Thomas' paper "Defining "Freemason": Compromise, Pragmatism, and German Lodge Members in the NSDAP (Nazi Party) , published in "German Studies Review", V.35, N.3, (October 2012). Read by the MAGI Mark A. Tabbert. ABSTRACT : The Nazi persecution of Freemasons presented a conundrum; Freemasonry was condemned by party...

Enjoy the First Seven Minutes of this Second Episode of THE WIDE MASONIC WORLD - Join hosts Robert Cooper and Mark Tabbert for a captivating discussion historical and biographical context of Robert Burn's membership in Freemasonry Join MAGI to enjoy the discussion with Professor Gerard Carruthers, Ph. D. Francis Hutchenson Chair of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Ca...

Edited by Peter P. Hinks and Stephen Kantrowitz, All Men Free and Brethren is a major contribution of the history of Freemasonry, African American history, and the broader history of race, citizenship, and community in the United States. Enjoy this audio of review by Richard J. Boles, Ph.d as published in the Journal of theEarly Republic (Summer 2014) In early March 1775, an Irish soldier initiate...