Following is a list of book and publications sources you may find useful. Guttenberg, has a vast collection of books that are in the public domain and available for download in various forms. It has a search feature that allows you to search by topic as well as by title, author etc. We have enclosed a link to the site as well as to four searches by topic and four books.
Macoy is a Masonic supply house with a significant collection of books on Masonic topics. We have no connection to them, but have more confidence in their list as not having bogus selections than Amazon or other unedited lists.
This is the link to the Project Guttenberg home page. Project Gutenberg Home Page
This is the link to a search in Guttenberg for books about guilds. It shows one directly on point on the Cathedral Builders and others on the history of Guilds that help put our history into a larger context. Guilds-Guttenberg
This is the link to a Guttenberg search on the word Freemason, you will note they are listed in order of downloads so two Mackay books are first and The Builders is also listed. Freemason – Guttenberg
Direct links to the two Mackay books and The Builders follow:
Symbolism of Masonry.
The Principles of Masonic Law.
The Builders
A search for Euclid yielded a great many books on and about Euclid as well as on Astronomy. It included Euclids Principia (in Latin) and his Opticks. Euclid – Gutenberg
A search on the word “Cathedral” brought up a number of interesting books on both individual cathedrals and more general ones including “The Cathedral Builders” . Cathedral – Guttenberg.
This latter is important enough, that we have enclosed a link directly to it. The Cathedral Builders – Guttenberg
Macoy Masonic Publishing and Masonic Supply has an impressive list of available books and publications of interest to Masons and those considering Masonry. The categories “In the East” and “Research and Jurisprudence” have several that are worth considering. Macoy Books
Flatland is a book sometimes introduced to High School students for its discussion of the concepts of going from a point to a line and from a line to a superficies ( in this case a plane or the Flatland) and how three dimensional objects intersected with planes.
However it is much more than a book about Geometry, in fact it is much more a treatise on enlightenment and the limitations on our thinking that make ideas that are outside our experience so difficult and how easily they can be labeled dangerous. This is especially true of the second section. Enjoy, and consider its implications for those seeking more light.
Part I of the book is a social criticism of the Victorian era with a focus on the status of women.
This link with lead you to it in the Gutenberg library. Probably the best way to download and read it is with a Kindle app. Flatland
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