介绍： Books and arts

文艺板块
Book review
书评
The Freemasons
共济会
Inside the Lodge
共济会会所内幕
The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World.
《The Craft：共济会如何创造现代世界。》
By John Dickie.
作者：约翰·迪基
Since they first came to prominence in the alehouses of 18th-century London, the Freemaso...

介绍： Books and arts

文艺板块
Book review
书评
The Freemasons
共济会
Inside the Lodge
共济会会所内幕
The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World.
《The Craft：共济会如何创造现代世界。》
By John Dickie.
作者：约翰·迪基
Since they first came to prominence in the alehouses of 18th-century London, the Freemasons have proved adept at self-promotion. From their blindfolded initiation ceremony, obscure rituals and symbols and infamous handshake, the organisation has grasped the powerful attraction of mystery as a recruiting tool. Today the secret society has around 6m members, most of them in America.
在18世纪的伦敦酒馆，共济会初露锋芒，自此，也证明了这个组织善于自我推销。共济会有着蒙着眼睛的入会仪式、晦涩的仪规和象征、以及声名远扬的握手礼，它抓住了具有强大吸引力的神秘感作为招募会员的工具。时至今日，这个神秘组织有大约600万会员，其中大部分是在美国。

Conspiracists have long speculated that these individuals are part of a secret “world order”, with ties to the Illuminati and satanic cults. Debunking these theories is relatively easy, but in his new book John Dickie goes much further.
阴谋论者长期以来一直猜测共济会的会员们参与策划秘密“世界秩序”，而且与光明会和撒旦邪教有关联。揭穿这样的阴谋论相对容易，但是约翰·迪基在自己的新书中进行了更加深入的研究.