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Title: Behind the Lodge Door by Paul A. Fisher ISBN: 0-89555-455-0 Publisher: Tan Books & Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.07 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Book's Background
Comment: I am the author of Behind The Lodge Door, and believe it may be helpful if potential readers knew the type of research and findings which the book brings out.
First, of all, before writing the book, I was generally favorably disposed to the Masonic Fraternity after viewing a Shriner's Parade. Accordingly, to find out more about the "Craft," as initiates call Freemasonry, I read each monthly issue of its flagship monthly magazine, "The New Age," for each of the 10 annual issues for each year from 1921 through 1984. The majority of those issues ran about 110 pages per month, with very little advertising. The magazine's length shortened considerably about 10 years prior to its name change in less than a year after my book was published.
From that research, augmented by Inernal Revenue Records, personal papers of five Supreme Court Justices, Civil War Records, Presidential papers, etc., I learned that Masonry was a militant opponent of the Catholic Church. The fact is that Church issued more than 50 major documents condemning Masonry for its Naturalism, and its unceasing efforts to overthrow Church and State.
A crucial part of the book discusses how America was changed from basically a Christian nation to an agnostic country. That was accomplished through the Supreme Court of the United States when that body was dominated by Freemasons in ratios of 5-4 and 8-1 during the period 1941-1971 when it completely reversed 162 years of prior Court decisions regarding the religion clauses of the Constitution, as well as Congessional and Presidential actions.
One of those Justices, Hugo Black, an ardent Mason, was found to be 1. A lifetime Member of the Ku Klux Klan, and was Constitutionally disqualified to sit on the Court. The latter reason is that when he was a U.S. Senator, he voted to increase the salaries of Justices from $10,000 to $20,000 per year, which is in violation of Article 1 of the Constitution.
An interesting aspect of the Court's religion clauses decisions is that the arguments set forth in the Court's negative opinion on Christianity in America were predicated on arguments previously set forth in "The New Age." Moreover, they were brought before the high bench almost in the identical sequence in which they were complained about in the "New Age."
That is the general thrust of the book. But interestingly enough, shortly after my book was published, Scottish Rite Masonry changed the title of its flagship magazine.
Read the book. There is none other with such devastating documentation.
Rating: 2
Summary: Somewhat disappointing
Comment: I eagerly read this book and found myself somewhat disappointed by the fact that the author's only evidence against Masonry seems to be "guilt by association".
True, the author points out many citations from Masonry's own periodical publication. True, many of the organizations with which Masonry has associated itself in its history (including, regrettably, the KKK) cast some doubt on Masonry. This book, however, falls short of any type of conviction of Masonry.
The only bright spot in this book is that it could serve as a starting point (but no further) for anyone who wants to research the history of Masonic activities in this country. With the historical detail given of the US in the 19th century, one could also use this book as a springboard into studying oppression against Catholics in this country.
But in any event, Holy Mother Church still forbids Catholics to enter into Masonic fraternities (if anyone says otherwise, please go to your favorite search engine and look up the document "Quaesitum Est"), and that being the case, we ought not join them.
Too general to be conclusive. Two stars only.
Rating: 1
Summary: Uncited Catholic Opposition
Comment: This work while attempting to appear objective is clearly a work of an Anti-Masonic Catholic. It is no secret that the Catholic Church and Freemasonry have a longstanding relationship of less than amicable terms. Mr. Fisher attended a Catholic University and has since written for several Catholic magazines. This book is even published by a Catholic Publishing company. (Talk about conspiracies!) On top of all these, Mr. Fisher's endnotes cite unidentified sources. (I'm still trying to locate Ibid!) For a truely objective study of Freemasonry and its history, try Robinson's "Born In Blood," a much more scholarly and less sensational book.
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Title: Freemasonry - Mankind's Hidden Enemy: With Current Official Catholic Statements by Charles Madden ISBN: 0895555344 Publisher: Tan Books & Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: Christianity and American Freemasonry by William J. Whalen, William F. Whalen ISBN: 0898706726 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry by John J. Robinson ISBN: 0871316021 Publisher: M Evans & Co Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Freemasonry and Its Ancient Mystic Rites by C.W. LEADBEATER ISBN: 0517202670 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 11 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Meaning of Masonry by W. L. Wilmshurst ISBN: 0517331942 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 02 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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