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Mystery of the Masons: part II

A guest article by Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax: exploring the architecture of human perception…. For part I read here:/2011/05/mystery-of-the-masons-part-i/ Tai Carmen (http://taicarmen.wordpress.com/): In the 19th century, the name of Baphomet became further associated with the occult when Éliphas Lévi … Continue reading

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Mystery of the Masons: part I

A guest blog from Tai Carmen at Parallax.Parallax: Exploring the architecture of human perception. There is an aesthetics of Masonry that in light of the Royal wedding of April 29, became more visually represented… Tai Carmen: Though Masonry is identical … Continue reading

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SPACE CADETS & MECHANIC METEORS

After generations of trial and error, mostly error, man’s age old dream of flying was realized near the end of the eighteenth century in the form of the hot air balloon. This was followed by several decades where daring aeronauts … Continue reading

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HIGHWAY 1761 REVISITED

”Guillaume-Thomas-François, abbé Raynal (1713-1796) was an Enlightened historian who wrote on the Dutch Stadholderate and the English Parliament. His most famous work was the 8 volume Histoire philosophique et politique, des établissements et du commerce des européens dans les deux … Continue reading

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NEW WORLD DISORDER

Or at least a Pilgrim’s Progress” of variable intensity.In the eighteenth-century, there were many great importunate questions that sent pens scratching across an infinity of pages. And for these great minds of the enlightenment, above the din and controversy of … Continue reading

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