02483nam 2200601 a 450 991045198790332120200520144314.00-87586-908-4(CKB)2550000000100836(EBL)864147(OCoLC)821198162(SSID)ssj0000736367(PQKBManifestationID)12385585(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736367(PQKBWorkID)10785852(PQKB)10795369(MiAaPQ)EBC864147(Au-PeEL)EBL864147(CaPaEBR)ebr10558444(EXLCZ)99255000000010083620120119d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe architects of America[electronic resource] Freemasons and the growth of the United States /Russell Charles BlackwellNew York Algora Pub.c20121 online resource (330 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-906-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. Entrance -- pt. 3. Floor -- pt. 4. Roof.Did the Freemasons consciously affect the geographical growth of the USA in order to invest the layout of the states with a deeper, symbolic meaning? The narrative concentrates on the development of Masonic ritual during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries-especially their description of the 'ideal building' or Temple-the concurrent construction of America and the role Freemasons played in it, and the emergence of a simple but highly symbolic mathematical formula that recurs regularly throughout the history of the Republic. Maps and diagrams illustrate the surprising coherence of the theorFreemasonryUnited StatesHistoryFreemasonrySymbolismFreemasonryRitualsArchitectureUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.FreemasonryHistory.FreemasonrySymbolism.FreemasonryRituals.ArchitectureHistory.366/.10973Blackwell Russell920072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451987903321The architects of America2063918UNINA