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Take the mystery out of the Freemasons. Fascinated by Freemasons? Freemasons For Dummies is the internationally best-selling introduction to the Masons, the oldest and largest "secret society" in the world. This balanced, eye-opening guide demystifies Freemasonry, explaining everything from its elaborate rituals and cryptic rites, to its curious symbols and their meanings.

¿Qué relación tienen los Illuminati con los cristianos ortodoxos del siglo IV? ¿Por qué se fundó la orden en la noche de Walpurgis? ¿Qué movió a Goethe a infiltrarse en la orden? Se dice que participaron en la Revolución de las Trece Colonias, en la Revolución francesa, en la lucha contra el despotismo, contra el absolutismo, en la formación de los estados liberales fracasados, en el origen del socialismo, del comunismo y del anarquismo. Incluso sabemos que el ateísmo es una de las consecuencias de la propagación de aquella sociedad.

They built some of the first communal structures on the empire's frontiers. The empire's most powerful proconsuls sought entrance into their lodges. Their public rituals drew dense crowds from Montreal to Madras. The Ancient Free and Accepted Masons were quintessential builders of empire, argues Jessica Harland-Jacobs.

Dave Richards, an alum of Yale, sheds some light on the lesser known stories of Yale's secret societies. He takes us through the history from Phi Beta Kappa in the American Revolution (originally a social and drinking society) through Skull and Bones and its rivals in the 19th and 20th centuries. While there have been articles and books on some of those societies, there has never been a scholarly history of the system as a whole.