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New paper to download for free – The Masonic Pathway to Cosmic Consciousness

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on December 18, 2022 by David HarrisonDecember 18, 2022

Earlier this year, I presented this paper to the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, and I now have it published in the latest volume of Scriptorium. The paper examines the history of the experience of what has been termed cosmic consciousness, … Continue reading →

Posted in Freemasonry | Tagged Constantine, Cosmic Consciousness, Esoteric, esoteric Freemasonry, Freemasonry, Freemasons, God experience, Richard Maurice Bucke, W.L. Wilmshurst | Leave a reply

The Esoteric World of The Beatles – a free paper to download from my academia profile

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on November 19, 2022 by David HarrisonNovember 19, 2022

The magician and Occultist Aleister Crowley appears on the cover of The Beatles’ 1967 masterpiece Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, situated on the back row of a crowd of people that the band admired. Crowley famously put forward in … Continue reading →

Posted in Freemasonry | Tagged Aleister Crowley, Esoteric, Freemasonry, Occult, The Beatles | Leave a reply

A New Short Paper to Download for Free: Arthur Evans and his notes on Illyria; the snake people and cultural identity in Albania and Kosovo

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on June 19, 2022 by David HarrisonJune 19, 2022

Arthur Evans and his notes on Illyria; the snake people and cultural identity in Albania and Kosovo For the past few years, I’ve been visiting Kosovo and Albania and have been working on a number of academic projects. One such … Continue reading →

Posted in Freemasonry | Tagged Albania, Arthur Evans, Cadmus, Eel People, Kosovo, Snake People | Leave a reply

Review of Goetic Evocation by Steve Savedow

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on May 19, 2022 by David HarrisonMay 19, 2022

Review of Goetic Evocation by Steve Savedow Hadean Press ISBN: 978-1-914166-15-0 Hardback price: £30.00 The new hardback edition of Steve Savedow’s Goetic Evocation by Hadean Press is a welcome re-presentation of a great occult work. Besides being a beautiful hardback … Continue reading →

Posted in Freemasonry | Tagged Goetic Evocation, Goetic Magick, Review of Steve Savedow's Goetic Evocation, Steve Savedow | Leave a reply

Down the Rabbit Hole – new fiction by David Harrison

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on April 16, 2022 by David HarrisonApril 16, 2022

I’ve been writing short stories since the early 1990s, and have amassed quite a collection over the years, so when I was asked by Surrealist artist Jens Rusch to donate a short story for his visual project The Magic Carpet … Continue reading →

Posted in Freemasonry | Tagged David Harrison, Down the Rabbit Hole, Freemasonry, new fiction by David Harrison, Occult fiction, Occult stories | Leave a reply

Elihu Palmer, the Columbian Illuminati and Richard Carlile – a free paper to download from my Academia profile

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on January 29, 2022 by David HarrisonJanuary 29, 2022

The following paper examines the little known story of the Columbian Illuminati and has been edited from my recent publication Rediscovered Rituals of English Freemasonry. The book presents an in-depth examination of the Masonic work of the early nineteenth century … Continue reading →

Posted in Freemasonry | Tagged Columbian Illuminati, Elihu Palmer, manual of freemasonry, rediscovered rituals of english freemasonry, richard carlile | Leave a reply

Jimmy Page, Boleskine House and the occult themes found in the British music scene of the 1960s and 1970s – free published paper to download

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on January 26, 2022 by David HarrisonJanuary 26, 2022

It was with great pleasure that I recently had a short paper published with the excellent Journal of the Boleskine House Foundation, Issue 5, (December 2021), which supports the rebuilding of the famed Boleskine House, in which occultist Aleister Crowley … Continue reading →

Posted in Freemasonry | Tagged Aleister Crowley, Boleskine, Boleskine House, David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles | Leave a reply

Freemasonry and the Islamic Mystical Movements of Balkan – Free Paper to Download from my Academia Page

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on January 20, 2022 by David HarrisonJanuary 20, 2022

During my recent visits to Kosovo and Albania, I had the honour to be invited to visit the Halveti, Saadi and Bektashi Tekke’s and to meet the various Masters. This led to some research and the writing and subsequent publication … Continue reading →

Posted in Freemasonry | Tagged Albanian Freemasonry, Balkan, Bektashi, Dr. David Harrison, Halveti, History of Kosovo, Kosovo, Saadi, Sufi | Leave a reply

Some videos from a recent trip to Kosovo

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on December 29, 2021 by David HarrisonDecember 29, 2021

I’ve visited Kosovo and Albania a good number of times over the last few years, where I’ve had some Albanian language editions of some of my books published, notably A Quick Guide to Freemasonry, which was published in 2020 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Freemasonry | Tagged Albanian Freemasonry, Dr. David Harrison, Dukagjini bookstore, Kosovo, Pristina, Prizren | Leave a reply

A Look Inside the New Edition of The Manual of Freemasonry by Richard Carlile

Dr. David Harrison avatarPosted on December 28, 2021 by David HarrisonDecember 28, 2021

A look inside the new edition of Richard Carlile’s Manual of Freemasonry, with foreword by Dr David Harrison, published by Masonica in 2021. The high degrees presented in The Manual of Freemasonry were discussed at length in my book Rediscovered … Continue reading →

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Dr. David HarrisonDr David Harrison is a Masonic historian and leading academic expert on the study of Freemasonry. He has lectured at the University of Liverpool and Hope University, and has worked as an archaeologist, specializing in industrial archaeology in England.


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