For hundreds of years people have speculated about the true meaning of Masonic Rituals. Their mystery has captivated the interest of both detractors of the craft and great minds within the order.

The degrees of Freemasonry are said to be moral lessons in the form of three ritual plays - a claim that is viewed with some suspicion by many.

Even Freemasons themselves find they have a nagging sense that there must be something more to these rituals - something great, something important, something magical . . . . .

The Masonic Magician tells Cagliostro’s extraordinary story, complete with the first English translation of the Egyptian Rite ever published. The authors examine the case made against him, that he was an impostor as well as a heretic, and finds that the Roman Church, and history itself, have done him a terrible injustice!

In this book you will discover:

• Count Cagliostro’s teachings claim to reveal the true origins of Freemasonry.
• The genuine rituals of Ancient Egypt apparently survived unpolluted in Cagliostro’s Egyptian Rite – they have now become part of mainstream Freemasonry.
• Cagliostro’s “secret” and explains the reasons why the Church and its Inquisition feared and ultimately condemned him.
• How alchemy,the seven planets and seven heavenly angels relate to the purpose of Freemasonry.

by: Philippa Faulks and Robert Cooper
317pp.
Hardcover.