Promoting the Fraternity across the World
The editors of the volume Religious Secrecy as Contact. Secrets as Promoters of Religious Dynamics would like to invite contributions concerned with any of the following areas: Islam, Tibet, Central Asia, India, Shamanism (in Asia or Europe). *Contributions on other areas of European and Asian religions would also be considered.* We are looking for articles … Read more
Modern Western Magic Nevill Drury’s “Pathways in Modern Western Magic” is reviewed by John Robert Colombo This is a hefty and handsome piece of bookmaking, something of a tome, a trade paperback that measures six inches by nine inches. It is bulky for it is one and one-quarter inch thick, with pages glued together rather … Read more
MEDICINE, RELIGION, WITCHCRAFT Rome, 30 th November – 1st December 2012 SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, CULTURES, RELIGIONS P.le A. Moro, 5 – 00185 Roma Rationale of the workshop Medicine, religion, witchcraft are three apparently different domains of ideas, knowledge, practices and beliefs, as well as three different domains of anthropological investigation characterized … Read more
John Hamill looks back on the construction of Freemasons’ Hall from the perspective of those who worked there Despite the economic problems, the 1920s was a period of great expansion for Freemasonry. It appealed to those coming back from the war – both as a means of continuing the camaraderie they had experienced on active … Read more
