Secret Sects Of Syria: Consideration of their Origin, Creeds and Religious Ceremonies, and their Connection With and Influence Upon Modern Freemasonry - Rilegato

Springett, Bernhard H.

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ISBN 10: 0710312075 ISBN 13: 9780710312075

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Riassunto

First published in 2007. Secret sects are deeply rooted in the history and culture of the Middle East, and a number of them are as powerful now as they were in the times of the Crusades. In the West, the best-known organisation with connections to these ancient sects are the Freemasons, whose rituals are believed to derive from those originally practiced by the Knights Templar in the East, and later brought by them to Europe. In this classic work, Bernard Sprigett describes and analyses the symbolism, ceremonies and beliefs of these secret sects including the Sabaeans, the Gnostics and Manicheans, the followers of Simon Magus, Sufism and the Dervish Orders, the Shiite Metawileh, the Essenes, the Ismaelis, the Assassins and the Druses, and their links with and influence upon the Knights Templar and modern Freemasonry. Springett demonstrates the persistence of ancient symbolic and ritual elements in modern life and gives insight into the creeds and practices of secret sects that are active today in the Middle East and beyond.

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Bernard H. Springett

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0710312075
• ISBN 13: 9780710312075
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania