Master Mason | Claudy |
Fellowcraft | Claudy |
Entered Apprentice | Claudy |
Mystery of the cathedrals | Fulcanelli |
Lost keys of Freemasonry | Hall |
Zelator | Hedsel / Ovason / Booth |
Alchemical keys to Masonic Ritual | Hogan |
32 Secret Paths of Solomon | Hogan |
Lightfoot commentaries | Lightfoot |
Way of the craftsman | MacNulty |
New Cain | Meyer |
Builders | Newton |
Morals & Dogma | Pike |
Esoterika | Pike |
Phaedo | Plato |
Craft and its symbols | Roberts |
Temple Legend | Steiner |
Lost word, its hidden meaning | Steinmetz |
Royal Arch, its hidden meaning | Steinmetz |
Freemasonry, its hidden meaning | Steinmetz |
Doctrine & Literature of the Kabbalah | Waite |
Pictorial Key to the Tarot | Waite |
Secret Tradition in Freemasonry v. 1-2 | Waite |
Introduction to Our Masonic Symbols | Ward |
Master Mason | Ward |
Fellowcraft | Ward |
Entered Apprentice | Ward |
Meaning of masonry | Wilmshurst |
Masonic Initiation | Wilmshurst |
Ceremony of Passing | Wilmshurst |
Ceremony of Initiation | Wilmshurst |
Bible Nehemiah | |
Bible John | |
Bible Ezra |
Esoteric works from Religious and philosophical traditions
These are far too numerous to list comprehensively, here are a few places to get started. Sources already heavily cited in Masonic literature, such as the Emerald Tablet and alchemical works, are omitted
Tao te Ching | Laotse, translated by Stephen Mitchell |
Taoist Classics | Cleary |
Classics of Buddhism and Zen | Cleary |
Collected Works | Plato |
Aeneid | Virgil |
The Great Initiates | Schure |
Classics of Kabbalistic traditions | Sephir Yetzirah, Zohar, Sephir Bahir, Aesch Mezareph, Sephir Sephiroth |
Classics of Sufi traditions | |
Norse, Greek & Egyptian Myths | |
Lectures of Rudolf Steiner | |
Contemporary authors | James Redfield, Thom Hartmann, Richard Bach, etc. |
Watch list
Opera |
Parsifal (Wagner) |
Magic Flute (Mozart) |
Feature Films and TV Series
While these tend to have significantly lighter content, there can still be something gained by experiencing these cinematic works
Films |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Lord of the Rings |
Excalibur |
Dark Crystal |
Harry Potter |
Pi (Aronofsky) |
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring |
Enlightenment Guaranteed |
2001 |
The Matrix |
Indiana Jones (1-3) |
Star Wars (episodes 3 – 6) |
Star Trek movies 2, 3, 5 |
Being There |
Contact |
TV Series |
Star Trek (original) |
X-Files |
Millennium |
Lodge 49 |