• The Craft

• How the Freemasons Made the Modern World
• By: John Dickie
• Narrated by: Simon Slater

Discover the fascinating true story of one of the most influential and misunderstood secret brotherhoods in modern society.

Founded in London in 1717 as a way to bond men in friendship, Freemasonry was so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. The influence of Freemasonry became widespread. Under George Washington, Craftsmanship became the creed for the new nation of America. Masonic networks held the British empire together. Under Napoleon, Crafts became a tool of authoritarianism and then a cover for revolutionary intrigue. Both the Mormon Church and the Sicilian mafia have their roots in Freemasonry.

However, Freemasonry is both terrifying and influential. In the eyes of the Catholic Church, Freemasonry has always been a den of devil worshipers. To Hitler, Mussolini and Franco, the Lodges spread the diseases of pacifism, socialism, and Jewish influence and therefore had to be destroyed.

The Freemason Story involving Winston Churchill and Walt Disney; Wolfgang Mozart and Shaquille O’Neal; Benjamin Franklin and Buzz Aldrin; Rudyard Kipling and “Buffalo Bill” Cody; The Duke of Ellington and the Duke of Wellington.

John Dickie’s The Craft is a mesmerizing exploration of the world’s most famous and misunderstood secret brotherhood, a movement that not only helped shape modern society but also had considerable contemporary influence, with 400,000 members in the UK, over a million in the US, and around six million around the world.

I read 3/4 of the book at home, and finished the last 1/4 on audio. This book has stuff for non-masons, new masons, and experienced masons alike. Been a Mason for ten years, and this was a beautifully objective perspective of our craft. Well done Dickie!

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