The Half Moon Tavern on Cheapside was mentioned in Elias Ashmole’s diary, where he ‘dyned’ with a number of Freemasons after a lodge meeting at Masons Hall in London, held at 5pm on the 11th of March 1682. Ashmole mentioned … Continue reading →
One of the many questions I get asked is how does one write a Masonic book and get it published. Over the years, I’ve met so many Freemasons that want to write a book. Perhaps they are inspired by the … Continue reading →
At the moment I am having a number of my works translated into various languages; A Journey Through Freemasonry was translated into Spanish by Darren Lorente-Bull, A Quick Guide to Freemasonry is being translated into Albanian by Mevi Rafuna, and … Continue reading →
As everyone is ware, the Coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation of events, flights and lodge meeting for the next few months, which meant the cancellation of my talks to Boynton Lodge in Florida, and my talks to the … Continue reading →
I’ll be speaking on the Lost Rites of Freemasonry on Saturday, the 28th March, at Boynton Lodge Esoteric Research Group in Boynton Beach, Florida. It’s a 9.30am start, and after my main talk in the morning, there will be lunch, … Continue reading →
A big shout out to my old mate, Florida based Freemason George Brooks, who took this on as a nice little project, downloading maps and tracing the history of the legendary Goose and Gridiron. The Goose and Gridiron is famous … Continue reading →
Recently, I had the pleasure of having my short paper on Thomas Garnett published in the Philalethes Journal of Masonic Research & Letters, Vol.72, No.4 (Winter 2019). Garnett, who was a notable contributor to the Scottish Enlightenment, gave a lecture … Continue reading →
¡Como conocedora de su trabajo, me da mucho gusto que el Dr. David Harrison pueda ser leído ahora en español! Como bien describe el traductor Darren Lorente-Bull en su introducción, David nos pinta y transporta a un mundo pasado forjado … Continue reading →
A recent visit to Gjakova in Kosovo gave me a glimpse into two Islamic Orders; the Bektashi and Saadi, and how they use initiation and secrecy, while also providing a journey of spiritual discovery for the initiate in a learning … Continue reading →
My latest work A Journey Through Freemasonry is now out with Arima publishing, and is also available through Amazon. The book collects together my most popular articles on the history of Freemasonry, from my examination of Byron and the Carbonari … Continue reading →
