Results of the "Best Masonic Books" Poll, 1998

Subject: Masonic Library Musts - Follow up
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:02:45 GMT
From: fbdennis@mindspring.com (Floyd Dennis)
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Newsgroups: soc.org.freemasonry

Regular visitors may remember my posing the question about a month or so ago about what books would be "must-haves" for a Mason's library. I promised several people I would post the results of my "straw poll" when I got the NG and e-mail responses tabulated, so here goes: <g>

"Must-Haves":

Secret Teachings of All Ages, Hall
The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, Hall
A Bridge To Light, Hutchins
The Builders, Newton
The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell
The Genuine Secrets in Freemasonry, Castille
Introduction to Freemasonry, Claudy
Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia, Coil

"Honorable Mentions":

The Newly-Made Mason, Haywood
Lessons in Capitular Masonry, Hunt
Speculative Masonry, Macbride
Mackey's Masonic Encyclopedia, Mackey
Freemasonry - A Journey through Ritual and Symbolism, McNulty
The Way of the Craftsman, McNulty
Masonry and its Symbols, Percival
The Meaning of Masonry, Perkins
Morals and Dogma, Pike
The Craft and Its Symbols, Roberts
Simon's Monitor, Simon
A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Waite
Masonic Initiation, Wilmshurst
The Meaning of Masonry, Wilmshurst

I want to thank everybody who participated.

Floyd Dennis, Jr.
Sam Davis Lodge #661, GL of Tennessee
32d AASR, S.J. USA, Valley of Nashville, Orient of TN
fbdennis@mindspring.com