Jean-Louis de Biasi

If you want to play make-believe Freemason, here's your book! The premise is, ostensibly, to explain Freemasonry in light of Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol'. It does so well but it also veers into a strange place with offered rituals that anyone - Mason or not - can ostensibly use to enrich their life using the Scottish Rite Degrees of Pike as their basis. This is, in my opinion, a step too far. There is an introduction by a Past Grand Master who briefly mentions meeting the author but spends three pages describing the pin he had designed for his term as Grand Master and nothing about the book's contents. The author is proud to note his credentials as a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite member but this proves nothing except that he watched a half-dozen stage performances. There are far better works from which to understand Freemasonry - without the guru-proclaimed self-initiations. Not recommended.… (más)