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Departamento de Filosofía, Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" (UCA), El Salvador
Freemasonry and Civil Society Program, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Estados Unidos
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Información sobre el Tomo II: 300 años: masonerías y masones, 1717-2017. Tomo II. Silencios. Editado por Ricardo Martínez Esquivel, Yván Pozuelo Andrés y Rogelio Aragón. Ciudad de México: Palabra de Clío, 2017. 203 páginas. ISBN:... more
Información sobre el Tomo II:
300 años: masonerías y masones, 1717-2017. Tomo II. Silencios. Editado por Ricardo Martínez Esquivel, Yván Pozuelo Andrés y Rogelio Aragón. Ciudad de México: Palabra de Clío, 2017. 203 páginas. ISBN: 978-607-97546-4-8.
Índice:
Presentación general
Introducción del Tomo II
La teoría de la conspiración masónica en Nueva España/México, 1738-1940
María Eugenia Vázquez Semadeni (Universidad de California en Los Ángeles)
La identificación del desarticulador del mundo católico en Costa Rica (1880-1900)
Esteban Sánchez Solano (Universidad de Costa Rica)
Controversias por el librepensamiento y la masonería en Nicaragua (1881-1883)
Roberto Armando Valdés Valle (Universidad Centroamericana José Simeon Cañas)
Antimasonería y antiliberalismo en el pensamiento de Oscar Arnulfo Romero 1962-1965
René Antonio Chanta Martínez (Universidad de Don Bosco)
La masonería y la prensa liberal-oposicionista mexicana de finales del XIX
Julio Martínez García (Universidad de Salamanca)
“Conspiración masónica”: su consolidación y transformación en Brasil
Luiz Mario Ferreira Costa (Universidad Federal de Juiz de Fora)
APIS: la red antimasónica que engañó a Franco (1937-1965)
Javier Domínguez Arribas (Universidad París 13 - Pliade)
“La más formidable secta” y los excesos de la interpretación histórica
Rogelio Aragón (Universidad Iberoamericana)
Secreto y sociedades secretas en el mundo hispánico en la crisis del antiguo régimen
Felipe Santiago del Solar (Universidad París Diderot-París)
El mito de la secreta discreción
Yván Pozuelo Andrés (IES Universidad Laboral de Gijón)
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300 años: masonerías y masones, 1717-2017. Tomo II. Silencios. Editado por Ricardo Martínez Esquivel, Yván Pozuelo Andrés y Rogelio Aragón. Ciudad de México: Palabra de Clío, 2017. 203 páginas. ISBN: 978-607-97546-4-8.
Índice:
Presentación general
Introducción del Tomo II
La teoría de la conspiración masónica en Nueva España/México, 1738-1940
María Eugenia Vázquez Semadeni (Universidad de California en Los Ángeles)
La identificación del desarticulador del mundo católico en Costa Rica (1880-1900)
Esteban Sánchez Solano (Universidad de Costa Rica)
Controversias por el librepensamiento y la masonería en Nicaragua (1881-1883)
Roberto Armando Valdés Valle (Universidad Centroamericana José Simeon Cañas)
Antimasonería y antiliberalismo en el pensamiento de Oscar Arnulfo Romero 1962-1965
René Antonio Chanta Martínez (Universidad de Don Bosco)
La masonería y la prensa liberal-oposicionista mexicana de finales del XIX
Julio Martínez García (Universidad de Salamanca)
“Conspiración masónica”: su consolidación y transformación en Brasil
Luiz Mario Ferreira Costa (Universidad Federal de Juiz de Fora)
APIS: la red antimasónica que engañó a Franco (1937-1965)
Javier Domínguez Arribas (Universidad París 13 - Pliade)
“La más formidable secta” y los excesos de la interpretación histórica
Rogelio Aragón (Universidad Iberoamericana)
Secreto y sociedades secretas en el mundo hispánico en la crisis del antiguo régimen
Felipe Santiago del Solar (Universidad París Diderot-París)
El mito de la secreta discreción
Yván Pozuelo Andrés (IES Universidad Laboral de Gijón)
Informes en la dirección de Palabra de Clío: http://www.palabradeclio.com.mx/page/view/contacto
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300 años: masonerías y masones, 1717-2017. Tomo I. Migraciones. Editado por Ricardo Martínez Esquivel, Yván Pozuelo Andrés y Rogelio Aragón. Ciudad de México: Palabra de Clío, 2017. 194 páginas. ISBN: 978-607-97546-2-4. Índice:... more
300 años: masonerías y masones, 1717-2017. Tomo I. Migraciones. Editado por Ricardo Martínez Esquivel, Yván Pozuelo Andrés y Rogelio Aragón. Ciudad de México: Palabra de Clío, 2017. 194 páginas. ISBN: 978-607-97546-2-4.
Índice:
Introducción general
Introducción del Tomo I
Utopía y realidad del liberalismo masónico. De las Cortes de Cádiz a la independencia de México
José Antonio Ferrer Benimeli (Universidad de Zaragoza, España)
Masonerías en Cuba durante el siglo XIX
Eduardo Torres Cuevas (Universidad de La Habana, Cuba)
El espacio caribeño: un reto de poder para la masonería francesa
Éric Saunier (Universidad de El Havre, Francia)
Entre sotanas y mandiles: el proyecto masónico centroamericano de Francisco Calvo (1865-1876)
Ricardo Martínez Esquivel (Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica)
Del mar a la política. Masonería en Nueva España/México, 1816-1823
María Eugenia Vázquez Semadeni (Universidad de Los Ángeles en California, UCLA, Estados Unidos)
Una mirada transatlántica del feminismo desde Argentina (1860-1910)
Dévrig Mollès (Universidad de Estrasburgo, Francia)
La Francmasonería en Chile: De sus orígenes hasta su institucionalización
Felipe Santiago del Solar (Universidad París Diderot-París 7, Francia)
Masonería y la sociedad civil: el caso de Estado Unidos
Guillermo de los Reyes-Heredia (Universidad de Houston, Estados Unidos)
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Índice:
Introducción general
Introducción del Tomo I
Utopía y realidad del liberalismo masónico. De las Cortes de Cádiz a la independencia de México
José Antonio Ferrer Benimeli (Universidad de Zaragoza, España)
Masonerías en Cuba durante el siglo XIX
Eduardo Torres Cuevas (Universidad de La Habana, Cuba)
El espacio caribeño: un reto de poder para la masonería francesa
Éric Saunier (Universidad de El Havre, Francia)
Entre sotanas y mandiles: el proyecto masónico centroamericano de Francisco Calvo (1865-1876)
Ricardo Martínez Esquivel (Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica)
Del mar a la política. Masonería en Nueva España/México, 1816-1823
María Eugenia Vázquez Semadeni (Universidad de Los Ángeles en California, UCLA, Estados Unidos)
Una mirada transatlántica del feminismo desde Argentina (1860-1910)
Dévrig Mollès (Universidad de Estrasburgo, Francia)
La Francmasonería en Chile: De sus orígenes hasta su institucionalización
Felipe Santiago del Solar (Universidad París Diderot-París 7, Francia)
Masonería y la sociedad civil: el caso de Estado Unidos
Guillermo de los Reyes-Heredia (Universidad de Houston, Estados Unidos)
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Estudios Históricos de la Masonería Latinoamericana y Caribeña. Editado por Ricardo Martínez Esquivel e Yván Pozuelo Andrés. París: Publibook, 2011. ISBN-10: 2748370198. ISBN-13: 978-2748370195. Esta obra cuenta con trabajos de José... more
Estudios Históricos de la Masonería Latinoamericana y Caribeña. Editado por Ricardo Martínez Esquivel e Yván Pozuelo Andrés. París: Publibook, 2011. ISBN-10: 2748370198. ISBN-13: 978-2748370195.
Esta obra cuenta con trabajos de José Antonio Ferrer Benimeli (Universidad de Zaragoza), Eduardo Torres-Cuevas (Universidad de La Habana), Éric Saunier (Universidad de El Havre), Ricardo Martínez Esquivel (Universidad de Costa Rica), María Eugenia Vázquez Semadeni (Universidad de California Los Ángeles), Felipe Santiago del Solar (Universidad París Diderot-París 7), Andreas Önnerfors (Universidad de Sheffield), Agnès Renault (Universidad de El Havre), Dominique Soucy (Universidad del Franco-Condado), Delphine Sappez (Universidad Jaume I), Miguel Guzmán-Stein (Universidad de Costa Rica), Roberto Armando Valdés Valle (Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”), Samuel Sánchez Gálvez (Universidad “Carlos Rafael Rodríguez”), Carlos Francisco Martínez Moreno (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), María Teresa Montes de Oca Choy (Universidad de La Habana), Yasmín Ydoy Ortiz (Universidad de La Habana), Yván Pozuelo Andrés (IES Universidad Laboral de Gijón), Céline Sala (Universidad de Perpiñán), David Martín López (Universidad de Granada), Janet Iglesias Cruz (Universidad de La Habana), Javiher Gutiérrez Forte (Universidad de La Habana), Leandro Alvarez Rey (Universidad de Sevilla), Antonio Morales Benítez (Universidad de Cádiz), William Almeida de Carvalho (Universidad de París I – Pantheón Sorbonne) y Michel Goulart da Silva (Universidad del Estado de Santa Catarina).
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Esta obra cuenta con trabajos de José Antonio Ferrer Benimeli (Universidad de Zaragoza), Eduardo Torres-Cuevas (Universidad de La Habana), Éric Saunier (Universidad de El Havre), Ricardo Martínez Esquivel (Universidad de Costa Rica), María Eugenia Vázquez Semadeni (Universidad de California Los Ángeles), Felipe Santiago del Solar (Universidad París Diderot-París 7), Andreas Önnerfors (Universidad de Sheffield), Agnès Renault (Universidad de El Havre), Dominique Soucy (Universidad del Franco-Condado), Delphine Sappez (Universidad Jaume I), Miguel Guzmán-Stein (Universidad de Costa Rica), Roberto Armando Valdés Valle (Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”), Samuel Sánchez Gálvez (Universidad “Carlos Rafael Rodríguez”), Carlos Francisco Martínez Moreno (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), María Teresa Montes de Oca Choy (Universidad de La Habana), Yasmín Ydoy Ortiz (Universidad de La Habana), Yván Pozuelo Andrés (IES Universidad Laboral de Gijón), Céline Sala (Universidad de Perpiñán), David Martín López (Universidad de Granada), Janet Iglesias Cruz (Universidad de La Habana), Javiher Gutiérrez Forte (Universidad de La Habana), Leandro Alvarez Rey (Universidad de Sevilla), Antonio Morales Benítez (Universidad de Cádiz), William Almeida de Carvalho (Universidad de París I – Pantheón Sorbonne) y Michel Goulart da Silva (Universidad del Estado de Santa Catarina).
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The introduction and development of Freemasonry in America was a clear reflection and transposition of the situation of the Masonry in Europe of the 18th century and early 19th century. While the Spanish-American freemasonry was banned... more
The introduction and development of Freemasonry in America was a clear reflection and transposition of the situation of the Masonry in Europe of the 18th century and early 19th century. While the Spanish-American freemasonry was banned and persecuted by the Inquisition courts and the edicts of kings, the former British colonies followed the tradition and the example of United Kingdom, so the Masonic institution to which was important to politicians and the military achieved a rapid growth with the establishment of Grand Lodges in the thirteen colonies between 1778 and 1794. Furthermore, as the settlers moved westward the Freemasons settled in new areas, seeking permission to build lodges, the seed of future Grand Lodges, in the states that were forming. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to explain the Masonic expansion process in the Caribbean.
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This paper deals with the establishment of freemasonry on St. Barthélemy, its connections to the Swedish Grand Lodge, its membership structure and activities mainly between 1797 and 1807. There are plenty of documents which describe... more
This paper deals with the establishment of freemasonry on St. Barthélemy, its connections to the Swedish Grand Lodge, its membership structure and activities mainly between 1797 and 1807. There are plenty of documents which describe ritual work, organisation and ideology. These connections have hitherto never been analysed and the paper will for the first time present source material from the Archive of the Swedish Order of Freemasons on the lodge La Sudermanie in the capital of the island, Gustavia.
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If the "Caribbean space" was the place of implantation of an independent freemasonry carrier of its own history and also was during the 18th and 19th centuries a zone of confrontation between the Masonic European powers, the Grand Orient... more
If the "Caribbean space" was the place of implantation of an independent freemasonry carrier of its own history and also was during the 18th and 19th centuries a zone of confrontation between the Masonic European powers, the Grand Orient of France, and the Grand Lodge United of England. Under these tensions, the Grand Orient of France was concerned about establishing its authority over provincial lodges (at colonies in the Antilles and in port cities as Bordeaux, Nantes and Le Havre), while these lodges developed tools which seek to implement policies resistance and in turn, benefit the different social tensions for development. The Havre’s freemasonry established very close relations with lodges from Cuba and Santo Domingo. This study conveys how the position of the Masonic lodges and the development of national and liberal movements, accepting men of color, causing functions as platforms for these movements in the early 19th century. Finally, this article attests the importance of the "Caribbean space" in the history of Masonic international relations.
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With a prosopographical study, this article proposes to present the characteristics of the French Masons, old colonists of Saint-Domingue who took refuge in Santiago de Cuba at the beginning of the 19th century. The principal lodges... more
With a prosopographical study, this article proposes to present the characteristics of the French Masons, old colonists of Saint-Domingue who took refuge in Santiago de Cuba at the beginning of the 19th century. The principal lodges represented are The Réunion des Cœurs of Jérémie, that had 25 brothers in Santiago de Cuba, and the Réunion des Cœurs Franco-Américains of Port-au-Prince. The French Freemasonry directly influenced the Cuban Freemasonry. The study of the characteristics of the first French Masons allows better knowledge of the base of this influence.
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Après notre première allocution qui démontra l’importance, à différents niveaux, de la présence des francs-maçons français, qui s’installèrent à Santiago de Cuba entre 1798 et 1808, ce travail présente une seconde phase qui marqua... more
Après notre première allocution qui démontra l’importance, à différents niveaux, de la présence des francs-maçons français, qui s’installèrent à Santiago de Cuba entre 1798 et 1808, ce travail présente une seconde phase qui marqua l’histoire de la maçonnerie cubaine. Elle commence en 1821, quand les Français de Santiago fondèrent la loge Humanité. Cette institution put naître en raison du rétablissement de la constitution de 1812 qui tolérait la maçonnerie. Cette étape, durant le trienio libéral, est essentielle. D’abord, la loge Humanité est une fondation nouvelle qui profite de l’époque de tolérance introduite par la période constitutionnelle, à la différence des premières loges françaises de Santiago qui n’étaient finalement que des réinstallations en terre d’exil et qui agissaient clandestinement.
D’autre part, quelques-uns des frères étaient toujours français, au sens où ils étaient nés parfois dans la colonie française, mais ils étaient arrivés jeunes et étaient très intégrés à la société de Santiago. C’était notamment le cas de Charles Préval fils, marié à la créole Doña Maria Jesús de Landa. Les nouvelles circonstances (réunions légales) et la meilleure intégration des Français à Santiago de Cuba introduisirent un changement majeur au sein de cette maçonnerie française qui cette fois intégra des Hispano-cubains. Il s’agit donc, pour la population locale, d’une étape importante dans l’apprentissage de la maçonnerie.
D’autre part, quelques-uns des frères étaient toujours français, au sens où ils étaient nés parfois dans la colonie française, mais ils étaient arrivés jeunes et étaient très intégrés à la société de Santiago. C’était notamment le cas de Charles Préval fils, marié à la créole Doña Maria Jesús de Landa. Les nouvelles circonstances (réunions légales) et la meilleure intégration des Français à Santiago de Cuba introduisirent un changement majeur au sein de cette maçonnerie française qui cette fois intégra des Hispano-cubains. Il s’agit donc, pour la population locale, d’une étape importante dans l’apprentissage de la maçonnerie.
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The present study examines the links between two central institutions of Cuban society in the 1880s: the Liberal Party Autonomist and the United Grand Lodge of Colon of the Cuba Island. It discussed in the first part of the article the... more
The present study examines the links between two central institutions of Cuban society in the 1880s: the Liberal Party Autonomist and the United Grand Lodge of Colon of the Cuba Island. It discussed in the first part of the article the development and unification of Freemasonry in conditions of profound politicization of its members, while it based and founded the Liberal Party Autonomist. The second part focuses on a high political figure, whose Masonic leader embodies the close relationship between these two institutions, in spite of having been forgotten by history: Antonio Govín y Torres.
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This paper explains how the relational dynamics between the Costa Rican government and the Catholic Church changed between the years 1865 and 1875, thanks to the development of Freemasonry in the country, because many politicians are... more
This paper explains how the relational dynamics between the Costa Rican government and the Catholic Church changed between the years 1865 and 1875, thanks to the development of Freemasonry in the country, because many politicians are associated with it. This paper will also discuss the policies and papal vision on Masonic associations, examine the spirit of association in the country, and the oppression from part of the Catholic Church directed toward Masonic institutions, which always responded with tolerance.
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This paper reviews the anti-Masonic Catholic Church’s documents and speeches in Costa Rica between the years 1865 and 1899, explicitly pastoral letters, Catholic press, private correspondence and the format of the texts renounced to... more
This paper reviews the anti-Masonic Catholic Church’s documents and speeches in Costa Rica between the years 1865 and 1899, explicitly pastoral letters, Catholic press, private correspondence and the format of the texts renounced to Masonic lodges. With the implementation of a discourse analysis, in this article are reconstructed the different social representations about the Freemasonry of this period in Costa Rica.
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This paper studies the official origins of Masonry in El Salvador during the last third of the 19th century. It identifies who were its members, the roles that they played, roles in Salvadoran society, the socio-historical and political... more
This paper studies the official origins of Masonry in El Salvador during the last third of the 19th century. It identifies who were its members, the roles that they played, roles in Salvadoran society, the socio-historical and political context in who founded the first Masonic Lodge in the country, and the anti-Masonic reaction of the clergy and the sectors of the country most identified with the conservative groups. To answer this question, it used Masonic, government, and ecclesiastical sources that are combined to reveal and to confirm that participation of the Salvadoran Freemasons in the turbulent years of 1871 and 1872, when they started the process of secularization of the Salvadoran State, which coincided with the founding of the Lodge Progress No. 5.
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The article is aimed to analyze the relationship established by the Masonic Lodge Fernandina of Jagua Cienfuegos with Science and Culture, in the period covering the years between 1878 and 1902. The study was conducted from examining the... more
The article is aimed to analyze the relationship established by the Masonic Lodge Fernandina of Jagua Cienfuegos with Science and Culture, in the period covering the years between 1878 and 1902. The study was conducted from examining the activity developed for this lodge on the promotion and dissemination of advances in science and culture, as well as the work of its leading members in their professional and occupational fields. This activity was one of the pillars of the work of the lodge, which resulted in internal and external action, in professional life and not in its membership and the scientific and cultural services that the lodge gave to the Cienfuegos’s community in those years. In correspondence with this, Fernandina of Jagua became an active element in the process of setting up an attitude and relationship and the objective towards science and culture, in its members and other citizens of Cienfuegos.
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The article reviews the process of emergence and development of modern Freemasonry and its first manifestations in Cuba. It aims to uncover and analyze the process of introduction and institutionalization of the Freemasonry in Cienfuegos’... more
The article reviews the process of emergence and development of modern Freemasonry and its first manifestations in Cuba. It aims to uncover and analyze the process of introduction and institutionalization of the Freemasonry in Cienfuegos’ city, one of the centers of Masonic activity in the country between 1867 and the first decade of the 20th century. The institutionalization of the Freemasonry in Cienfuegos was a result of “Pacto del Zanjón” and the implementation of the Spanish constitution of 1876, which established the Régimen de la Restauración. This process was characterized by a strong Masonic activity in the locality, which was expressed in the founding and the development of the six important socio-cultural Masonic lodges in the city.
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The Society of Yorkin Federalists in their statutes and regulations is classified as Masonic Rite, but its name denotes a political purpose. With the analysis, one may pretend to contribute to the hermeneutics of the logic of the... more
The Society of Yorkin Federalists in their statutes and regulations is classified as Masonic Rite, but its name denotes a political purpose. With the analysis, one may pretend to contribute to the hermeneutics of the logic of the construction processes of thinking, the history of ideas, institutions and customs, in the paramasonic context; and fill the void left on historiography and historical perspectives to study these processes on the margins of normatives Masonic papers.
The 19th century generated changes in the colonial design, the abolition of slavery conceived the development of recruitment, which led to the influx of Asian workers to the Antilles. The need for adjustment and the memory of their... more
The 19th century generated changes in the colonial design, the abolition of slavery conceived the development of recruitment, which led to the influx of Asian workers to the Antilles. The need for adjustment and the memory of their homeland made the strengthening solidarity between them, thus emerging the first Chinese societies. Interested in the adaptation to the new conditions, these assumed Masonic attributes as the metaphorical and symbolic use of the compass and square, which generated a doubt about the linkage of these societies with the Freemasons.
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This paper cites articles that were published in Spanish and Latin American digital press on Freemasonry from 2006 to 2007. In this searching it verifies if this production is feasible to write the history of this organization.
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Asturias migration was a large move to the Latin American territories during the 19h and 20th centuries. Undertaken through this first study the way to find everything connected between Freemasonry and the Asturias Principality and Latin... more
Asturias migration was a large move to the Latin American territories during the 19h and 20th centuries. Undertaken through this first study the way to find everything connected between Freemasonry and the Asturias Principality and Latin American countries. It is contemplated the difficulties of such projects and a bibliographic state. The article included the profiles of Rafael Calzada, Juan Pablo García Álvarez, Augusto Barcia Trelles, Manuel Fernández Juncos an José Victory.
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This work shows the way in which Freemasonry in Perpignan, a French city bordered by Barcelona, was inserted into the network of various forms of sociability during the Enlightenment. The objective of this article is to show how the... more
This work shows the way in which Freemasonry in Perpignan, a French city bordered by Barcelona, was inserted into the network of various forms of sociability during the Enlightenment. The objective of this article is to show how the strong presence of freemasonry in neighboring regions eventually spread to Perpignan.
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The aim of this article is to establish conceptual and methodological parameters, in order to discuss the relationship between Freemasonry and art. Through some manifestations carried out by members of the Order, we will clarify concepts... more
The aim of this article is to establish conceptual and methodological parameters, in order to discuss the relationship between Freemasonry and art. Through some manifestations carried out by members of the Order, we will clarify concepts of how to discuss the Freemasonic quality of art.
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Dans le cadre du renouvellement méthodologique touchant l’historiographie maçonnique française depuis vingt ans, la prosopographie occupe une place de choix qui a pourtant suscité peu de réflexion théorique de la part des historiens de... more
Dans le cadre du renouvellement méthodologique touchant l’historiographie maçonnique française depuis vingt ans, la prosopographie occupe une place de choix qui a pourtant suscité peu de réflexion théorique de la part des historiens de la Franc-maçonnerie. Partant d’une réflexion personnelle engagée dans le cadre de l’écriture de deux ouvrages marqués par le choix de la démarche prosopographique (Révolution et sociabilité en Normandie de 1740 à 1830, PURH, 1999, et Encyclopédie de la franc-maçonnerie, Paris, Hachette, Nouvelle édition 2008), il m’a semblé utile de livrer, dans le cadre d’une revue marquée par sa volonté d’élaborer une réflexion épistémologique sur le traitement historique du fait maçonnique, à un premier bilan critique concernant les apports de la prosopographie dans ce champ de recherche. Cette démarche apparaît d’autant plus nécessaire que ledit bilan fait rapidement émerger des limites qu’il conviendra de dépasser afin d’assurer le désenclavement définitif d’une historiographie maçonnique marquée par ses fortes réticences à considérer les méthodes novatrices.
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This work explains the emergence of historical studies on Freemasonry in the Spanish Academy, as well as the methodologies used. It also explains how the historical process of Freemasonry in Spain was scientific. In addition, the article... more
This work explains the emergence of historical studies on Freemasonry in the Spanish Academy, as well as the methodologies used. It also explains how the historical process of Freemasonry in Spain was scientific. In addition, the article presents an overview of the Center for Historical Studies of the Spanish Masonry (CEHME), which is a research center at the University of Zaragoza.
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This study criticizes the theory that "freemasonry is not a secret but discreet society," refuting both its secrecy and discreetness. It is a question of definition and mythology on the History of Freemasonry.
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This article implements the use of the information on cemetery tombstones as a historical source. This article, based on the study of lapidary from Foreign Cemetery’s San Jose, reconstructs the genealogy tables of Sephardic immigrant... more
This article implements the use of the information on cemetery tombstones as a historical source. This article, based on the study of lapidary from Foreign Cemetery’s San Jose, reconstructs the genealogy tables of Sephardic immigrant families. Most of these immigrants were originally from Panama and Caribbean islands such as Curacao and St Thomas, and immigrated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For generations, many of these families were associated with Freemasonry in Costa Rica.
Research Interests: Caribbean Studies, Migration Studies, Freemasonry, Costa Rica, Research into Freemasonry, and 8 moreSephardic Studies, History of Freemasonry, Sefardic studies, History of the Freemasonry and the Theosophical Society in Central America, Historia Costa Rica, Historia de masonería, Arte Lapidario, and Sephardic Diaspora and Migrations
This work attempts to show that the implementation of policies and the construction of ideologies are not solely dependent on someone's place of birth. We intend to explore the diverse field of Cuban civil society, which consisted of... more
This work attempts to show that the implementation of policies and the construction of ideologies are not solely dependent on someone's place of birth. We intend to explore the diverse field of Cuban civil society, which consisted of Spanish, Cubans, Germans, Americans, and other nationalities. Freemasonic lodges were built in a rebel society of hidden realities, such as the contradiction between Spanish and Cubans. In our case, we study a Galician, who walked in Cuba on the side of Cubans autonomists.
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In nineteenth century Spain, freemasonry was the most prominent in Andalusia; however the political crises that occurred caused a decline in the presence of freemasonry. In the twentieth century, these political problems began to... more
In nineteenth century Spain, freemasonry was the most prominent in Andalusia; however the political crises that occurred caused a decline in the presence of freemasonry. In the twentieth century, these political problems began to disappear, which led to the re-emergence of freemasonry in the region. Diego Martinez Barrio, the Grand Master of the South Regional and the Grand Spanish Orient, also played a major role in the restoration of freemasonry in the 1930's.
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This article analyzes the process of implantation of the Freemasonry in Chile with an emphasis on routes of entry of this kind of sociability and in the social contexts that have enhanced its institutionalization. Because of that, we have... more
This article analyzes the process of implantation of the Freemasonry in Chile with an emphasis on routes of entry of this kind of sociability and in the social contexts that have enhanced its institutionalization. Because of that, we have focused on two periods: independence, where the Military Freemasonry had some presence but did not achieve its establishment, and the period of liberal revolts in the middle of 19th century where it produces its final institutionalization.
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This text attempts to show the main lines followed by studies of Mexican Freemasonry. In the first part it mentions the fundamental works of no academic historiography, which includes the Freemasonic, anti-Masonic and popular texts. It... more
This text attempts to show the main lines followed by studies of Mexican Freemasonry. In the first part it mentions the fundamental works of no academic historiography, which includes the Freemasonic, anti-Masonic and popular texts. It highlights the importance and usefulness that some of these works have for the professional historian. The second part reviews the academic productions it is divided into four sections devoted for the successive political moments in the Freemasonic Historiography addressed the issue: 1) independence and the former republics, 2) reform and the republic restored, 3) Porfiriato, 4) Revolution and the post-revolutionary period.
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Uma síntese da História da Maçonaria no Brasil através de seu tronco básico e mais antigo: o Grande Oriente do Brasil (GOB). As informações básicas foram retiradas do livro clássico de José Castellani e William Carvalho: História do... more
Uma síntese da História da Maçonaria no Brasil através de seu tronco básico e mais antigo: o Grande Oriente do Brasil (GOB). As informações básicas foram retiradas do livro clássico de José Castellani e William Carvalho: História do Grande Oriente do Brasil. A Maçonaria na História do Brasil (São Paulo: Madras Editora, 2009). Relata como até 1930 a história do GOB se confundia com a história do Brasil, sendo que a partir desta data as duas se separam, seguindo vias paralelas. Assim a partir de 1930, maçonaria brasileira deixa de ser um grupo estratégico, tornando-se um grupo convencional. Expões sinteticamente que a partir da Proclamação da Repú-blica em 1889, uma “matriz ideológica de cunho positivista” toma o poder no GOB, perdendo nitidez até a mudança do GOB do Rio de Janeiro para Brasília em 1978. Especial ênfase foi dada as duas grandes cisões do GOB no século XX: a de 1927 e a de 1973. Finaliza dizendo que a maçonaria brasileira tem crescido muito nos últimos 20 anos, sugerindo que poderá haver uma mudança qualitativa nos próximos anos. Acompanham dois quadros estatísticos: i) a relação dos Grão-Mestres do GOB de 1822 a 2010 e ii) o número total de maçons brasi-leiros, divididos entre o Grande Oriente do Brasil (GOB), as Grandes Lojas (CMSB) e o Oriente Independente (COMAB).
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The funerary monuments are part of village life. A staging through the stone of their dreams did true or not. When we are going through the Cemetery of Columbus of the City of Havana, we attended part of the petrification of the... more
The funerary monuments are part of village life. A staging through the stone of their dreams did true or not. When we are going through the Cemetery of Columbus of the City of Havana, we attended part of the petrification of the “collective imagination” of the Cuban capital. In this paper we focus on the presence of Freemasonic symbolism, from some mortuary monuments presents in this hall. One of our goals was to record the presence of the lodges in the Cemetery and note the various ways in which its symbolism is present in their funerary monuments.
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Este texto é uma resenha do livro História do Grande Oriente do Brasil, que aborda a trajetória da maçonaria brasileira nos séculos XIX e parte do XX, a partir da história institucional de sua principal obediência nacional. Procura-se... more
Este texto é uma resenha do livro História do Grande Oriente do Brasil, que aborda a trajetória da maçonaria brasileira nos séculos XIX e parte do XX, a partir da história institucional de sua principal obediência nacional. Procura-se nesta resenha analisar o livro a partir das discussões mais recente acerca de teoria da história e da historiografia acerca da maçonaria brasileira.
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When questioning freemasonry and patriotism, we have to conceptualize the analysis of the evolution of patriotic identities. The case of the Belgian Revolution of 1830 is extremely clarifying in this regard. The reactions of freemasons... more
When questioning freemasonry and patriotism, we have to conceptualize the analysis of the evolution of patriotic identities. The case of the Belgian Revolution of 1830 is extremely clarifying in this regard. The reactions of freemasons demonstrate that patriotism and nationalism were not synonymous in 1830, the former being the love for one’s country, the latter being connected to a specific doctrine of the state. A process of nationalization of patriotism was clearly on the way but did not inspire all patriots. The definition of concepts such as nation, state, and nationalism differed strongly throughout the lodges. What state could offer the best perspectives for the Belgian nation, civic values, and love of freedom? According to a small majority of masons, the budding Belgian state offered the best political solution. But a significant portion of masons, referred to as Orangists, preferred the Dutch regime, which had governed them from 1815 to 1830. However, this did not mean that they were not Belgian patriots. This article analyses the shifting concepts of patriotism, nation, state, and nationalism at the start of the nineteenth century through the case study of Masonic reactions to the Belgian Revolution of 1830 and thus looks at the possibility of lodges acting as patriotic societies.
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What distinguishes Freemasonry from other Secret Societies or Patriotic Societies? If Freemasonry behaves like centers of political action does it continue being Freemasonry? This paper will attempt to answer these and another questions... more
What distinguishes Freemasonry from other Secret Societies or Patriotic Societies? If Freemasonry behaves like centers of political action does it continue being Freemasonry? This paper will attempt to answer these and another questions that emerge from the complex actions of Freemasons in Mexico during the first decades of the 19th century, proposing some operational definitions and applying them to specific cases of Freemasonic organizations, Para-Masonic Societies, Patriotic societies, and Secret Societies in the country in those years.
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This paper reviews the key function of the catholic press at the end of XIX century, with the creation of a kind of catechism which every catholic person identified the enemy of his or her way of life. The ideas that the church attacked... more
This paper reviews the key function of the catholic press at the end of XIX century, with the creation of a kind of catechism which every catholic person identified the enemy of his or her way of life. The ideas that the church attacked included Liberalism, Freemasonry, and Protestantism as a threatening triad that had to be combatted. In order to reach this goal, the ecclesiastical hierarchy created images about each of these ideas that portrayed them as sects.
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A Igreja Católica iniciou a sua longa história de condenação pública da maçonaria a 28 de Abril de 1738, quando o Papa Clemente XII (1730‑1740) proibiu os católicos de se tornarem membros de lojas maçónicas, através da bula In eminenti... more
A Igreja Católica iniciou a sua longa história de condenação pública da maçonaria a 28 de Abril de 1738, quando o Papa Clemente XII (1730‑1740) proibiu os católicos de se tornarem membros de lojas maçónicas, através da bula In eminenti apostolatus specula, que assinalava a incompatibilidade entre o juramento e o segredo das obediências maçónicas e a condição de cristão integrado na Igreja Católica Romana. O edital de 28 de Setembro de 1738, publicado nos conventos e paróquias do reino e do império, resume o diploma da Inquisição portuguesa, no qual os católicos residentes em Portugal eram admoestados a confessar e denunciar ao Santo Ofício a existência de assembleias maçónicas. Nele era proibida a participação dos católicos nas referidas assembleias de pedreiros-livres, sendo ordenada inquirição em todos os lugares, por parte de bispos, prelados superiores e inquisidores, para identificação dos transgressores. Apesar destes factos históricos, este trabalho pretende mostrar que há registos da entrada de padres e bispos católicos na Maçonaria portuguesa desde meados do século XVIII.
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This paper presents a framework for interpreting the politicization of Freemasonry, based on provisions in some of the 19th century Freemasonic Constitutions, which state the nature, aims, and objectives of Central American Freemasonry... more
This paper presents a framework for interpreting the politicization of Freemasonry, based on provisions in some of the 19th century Freemasonic Constitutions, which state the nature, aims, and objectives of Central American Freemasonry during that time period. This analysis helps to explain the journalistic debate in relation to the political role played by Central American Freemasons in the 19th century.
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This article is one of the first approaches to the study of the Theosophical Society in Costa Rica. From the perspective of cultural history, it addresses the social representations of the soul and the miracles that possessed the members... more
This article is one of the first approaches to the study of the Theosophical Society in Costa Rica. From the perspective of cultural history, it addresses the social representations of the soul and the miracles that possessed the members of the Branch Vïrya. The article also makes evident the conflicts unleashed between the Catholic Church and the theosophists, due to the definition of central aspects of religious beliefs.
Research Interests: Freemasonry, Research into Freemasonry, History of Freemasonry, History of the Freemasonry and the Theosophical Society in Central America, Catholic Church History, and 5 moreHistoria de masonería, Masoneria, Esoteric Freemasonry Occult Alchemy Hermetic Rosicrucian, Historia de la Iglesia Católica en México y América Latina (s. XVI-XX), and Sociedad Teosófica
This article seeks to expand the historical studies about Freemasonry in Latin America from an inventory of sources present in European archives. For this investigation, sources from the following locations were reviewed: The French... more
This article seeks to expand the historical studies about Freemasonry in Latin America from an inventory of sources present in European archives. For this investigation, sources from the following locations were reviewed: The French National Library, The Grand Orient of France Library, The Archive of the United Grand Lodge of England in London and The Archive of Salamanca in Spain. This article functions as a methodological tool for anyone wishing to investigate Latin American Freemasonry.
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This research presents the views of Spanish Freemasons on Latin America during the second Spanish Republican regime, which began as a result of male suffrage, but was eventually swept away by a coup after a struggle of nearly three years.... more
This research presents the views of Spanish Freemasons on Latin America during the second Spanish Republican regime, which began as a result of male suffrage, but was eventually swept away by a coup after a struggle of nearly three years. The sources used are: the Bulletin of the Grand Spanish Orient, the Official Gazette of the Grand Spanish Orient, the Official Gazette of the Supreme Council 33, the Secret Newsletter Spanish Grand Lodge, the monthly newsletter of the Grand Lodge Spanish and acts of the General Assemblies of the Grand Orient Spanish ,and the Spanish Grand Lodge. This seeking to answer: What have the relationships and official positions of Spanish masons with Latin America been during the Second Republic?
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This text explains the participation of the German lieutenant Karl von Gagern during the Reform War, the French Invasion, and in the political life during the Restored Republic. As a cultured man he joined the “Sociedad de Geografía y... more
This text explains the participation of the German lieutenant Karl von Gagern during the Reform War, the French Invasion, and in the political life during the Restored Republic. As a cultured man he joined the “Sociedad de Geografía y Estadística de la República Mexicana” and he was a writer, a journalist and a politician. Due to his military and intellectual merits, he received Mexican citizenship. According to the consulted sources, he was a member of German, Mexican, and American Freemasonry.
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This article demystifies the Honduran Freemasonry speech, which sets the Honduran general Francisco Morazán Quesada as one of its leading members. This research notes that there is not historical evidence in the Masonic studies of the... more
This article demystifies the Honduran Freemasonry speech, which sets the Honduran general Francisco Morazán Quesada as one of its leading members. This research notes that there is not historical evidence in the Masonic studies of the years 1898, 1942, and 1962. The documents presented above were foundations for the creation of the Francisco Morazán Lodge and the statement of Morazán as "worthy of Honduran Freemasonry" and a "Latin American Mason". Also, this work explains how Morazán, his contemporary writers, and his early biographers, never claimed that Morazán was a Freemason. Finally, it is transcribed in its entirety an article published in 1829 under the pseudonym "a soldier", which has been attributed to Morazán, and may give clues to his philosophical and revolutionary ideas.
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The aim of this paper is to analyze Masonic sociability in Portuguese America focusing on the city of Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the eighteenth century and the first two decades of the nineteenth century. It seeks to identify the... more
The aim of this paper is to analyze Masonic sociability in Portuguese America focusing on the city of Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the eighteenth century and the first two decades of the nineteenth century. It seeks to identify the representations created by the Luso-Brazilian society and their affiliation with the Masonic order. It also aims to visualize the manner in which the sociability engendered by the Freemason lodges eventually contributed to the construction of a political culture, in which the practice of debate, criticism, and representation were essential elements allowing us to have a better understanding of the final years of Portuguese colonial rule in the American continent.
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Pour des raisons liés au retard dans le domaine de l‘histoire sociale qui a longtemps caractérisé les historiographies de la Franc-maçonnerie et de la période napoléonienne, l’étude de la Franc-maçonnerie européenne sous le Premier empire... more
Pour des raisons liés au retard dans le domaine de l‘histoire sociale qui a longtemps caractérisé les historiographies de la Franc-maçonnerie et de la période napoléonienne, l’étude de la Franc-maçonnerie européenne sous le Premier empire est restée jusqu’à il y a très peu de temps le parent pauvre de la recherche maçonnique, la rareté des études ayant pour effet regrettable de produire une image trop facilement acceptée, celle d’une franc-maçonnerie qui, par son fonctionnement, aurait été à la fois parfaitement instrumentalisée en France et dans les satellites européens où fut construit ce Grand Empire maçonnique dont l’histoire reste à écrire. Présentée à l’occasion du Bicentenaire de la naissance du Grand Orient d’Italie à Milan en mai 2005, cette communication a pour objectif de montrer la nécessité de porter un regard différent sur cette période. Nombre de travaux récents sur ce sujet montrent en effet que, loin de cette vision canonique, l’étude des pratiques des francs-maçons initiés dans les loges entre 1804 et 1815 donnèrent naissance à des modes de comportements politiques et sociaux variés, prouvant de fait que la période napoléonienne doit être moins regardée comme un temps d’instrumentalisation que comme un moment durant lequel les identités maçonniques nationales surent s’affirmer.
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In the late 18th century, during a key moment of the Enlightenment and the consolidation of nation-states and their respective civil societies, Western Europe underwent a process of intellectual and political transformation. Therefore,... more
In the late 18th century, during a key moment of the Enlightenment and the consolidation of nation-states and their respective civil societies, Western Europe underwent a process of intellectual and political transformation. Therefore, my thesis demonstrates how Freemasonry played a particular role in this and how it foreshadowed the role that it would have on the political life of the next century (19th), especially in Catholic countries in Europe and Latin America. We can see the role of Freemasonry in the adoption of secular reforms visible in the political and intellectual history of European Freemasonry since the 1770’s. This research serves as an example of the analysis of change in Freemasonry towards a proposal to concrete actions in search of the transformation of the state. Some of the works used to create this thesis include works from Gotthold Lessing, the Comte de Mirabeau, Herder, Frederick Schlegel, Lord Ramsay, and the cases of the national organizations of grand lodges in the Netherlands, Britain, Germany and the United States.
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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how the consolidation of Anti-Masonic narrative in Brazil occurred from the episode known as "Religious Question". In this sense, huge volumes of texts were produced against Freemasonry around the... more
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how the consolidation of Anti-Masonic narrative in Brazil occurred from the episode known as "Religious Question". In this sense, huge volumes of texts were produced against Freemasonry around the world. Also, we can see that the presence of the Roman condemnation of Masonery was elemental in the transformations present in the analyzed texts.
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This paper deals with the relationship between Freemasonry, Spiritualism, and urban workers in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 1877 when the spiritual doctrine was introduced in the city by two professionals in Spain. In 1937,... more
This paper deals with the relationship between Freemasonry, Spiritualism, and urban workers in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 1877 when the spiritual doctrine was introduced in the city by two professionals in Spain. In 1937, when, according to the installation of the Estado Novo in Brazil, the dictatorial regime implemented by President Getulio Vargas, began to restrict Spiritualism and Freemasonry in Pelotas. The regime even started to use force, since Masons were suspected of harboring Communist meetings and of being opponents of the system deployed by Vargas. Based on a literature review, we analyzed this relationship, trying to understand the role played by both Freemasonry and Spiritualism, along with the urban workers of that historical period.
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Theosophy and vitalism appeared in Central America as complementary philosophical doctrines that gave rise to a social and political movement that I called spiritualism nationalist or Theosophical spiritualism. This movement produced... more
Theosophy and vitalism appeared in Central America as complementary philosophical doctrines that gave rise to a social and political movement that I called spiritualism nationalist or Theosophical spiritualism. This movement produced several social movements, intellectual networks, and political parties which were represented as an alternative political-cultural and were reflected in a major regional project, as was the Central American unionism of the decades of 1920 and 1930. Therefore, this article has an objective to analyze and compare the thought of Porfirio Barba Jacob, Carlos Wyld Ospina, and Alberto Masferrer, whom were intellectual participants of political leagues, theosophical societies, political parties, and intellectual networks linked to the VHS. These people were founders of the principal continental political parties and important drivers of anti-imperialism in the region.
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The conflict between Freemasonry and the Catholic Church in El Salvador began during the second half of the 19th century with a series of excommunications of the clergy. However, a century later, this conflict was not completed, which is... more
The conflict between Freemasonry and the Catholic Church in El Salvador began during the second half of the 19th century with a series of excommunications of the clergy. However, a century later, this conflict was not completed, which is proved by several articles against the Masons present in Catholic press of the time period. This article is an analysis of a series of anti-Masonic texts written by Monsignor Romero between 1962 and 1965, when he was Episcopal Vicar in the Diocese of San Miguel. These texts appeared in the Catholic newspaper El Chaparrastique which Romero was director. Although this essay is a preliminary approach, it intends to open new perspectives for analysis of the Salvadoran Masonry in the 20th century.
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This article aims to settle some initial grounds concerning the research entitled Periodismo maçônico, política e opinião pública na Corte imperial brasileira (1870-1875), which is being developed in the scope of the Universidade Federal... more
This article aims to settle some initial grounds concerning the research entitled Periodismo maçônico, política e opinião pública na Corte imperial brasileira (1870-1875), which is being developed in the scope of the Universidade Federal Fluminense History Post-Graduation Program (PPGH/UFF) with financial support by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). The presence of the Masonic press widespread through the Brazilian imperial Court is being investigated in this research, especially during the period between 1870 and 1875, trying to expose its role not only in the formation of the public opinion but also in the construction of the modern public sphere. At first, analyses are being made on the Brazilian Masonry official journals, which are stored in the sections of Periódicos and Obras Raras of Biblioteca Nacional, located in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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During the 19th century, death was a conflict between the Belgian Freemasonry and the Catholic Church. After the episcopal condemnation of 1837, Masons were denied the privilege to receive their last rites and have a religious ceremony... more
During the 19th century, death was a conflict between the Belgian Freemasonry and the Catholic Church. After the episcopal condemnation of 1837, Masons were denied the privilege to receive their last rites and have a religious ceremony at their funeral. As a result, they started to organize civil funerals, an attitude developed in parallel to spirituality, then in relation to the choice between agnosticism and atheism. The funerals that took place in the Masonic lodges accompanied this process. The Masonic funeral ritual simultaneously was identified as a healing ritual and a rite of passage. While the Masonic ritual was taking place during this century, the exegesis of the ritual dimension brought differing interpretations of such symbolic acts that had not registered any change. In the conflict over the death bed and funeral of the Masons, The Masonic ritual contributed to the development of anti-secular funeral culture in which the construction of an alternative was essential. Thus, the Catholic monopoly on these important aspects of everyday life would definitely be broken, both on the level of public acts, as well as the symbolic funeral.
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This paper analyzes the argumentative structure of Chilean Masonic historiography. In this article we analyze the two most important works ever written about this topic. As a hypothesis, we propose that the history of Freemasonry in... more
This paper analyzes the argumentative structure of Chilean Masonic historiography. In this article we analyze the two most important works ever written about this topic. As a hypothesis, we propose that the history of Freemasonry in Chile comes from different traditions, which emphasize the conflictive process with the Catholic Church, which provides a language to define themselves and their dual nature (Latin and British), that it obliges through history to legitimize their particular institutional and public participation.
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The Aurora Lodge No. 82 of San Pedro of Macoris, in Santo Domingo, faced the Dominican and international context favored by the Spanish obedience of Spanish Grand Orient from 1889 to 1923. This paper traces the general history of this... more
The Aurora Lodge No. 82 of San Pedro of Macoris, in Santo Domingo, faced the Dominican and international context favored by the Spanish obedience of Spanish Grand Orient from 1889 to 1923. This paper traces the general history of this lodge in such period providing answers to following questions: How did the Masons of this lodge react in this context? What was the relationship with the Dominican obedience? What were the principal official actions between this lodge and Spanish Masonic authorities? What were the major internal conflicts within the lodge?
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This article seeks to show how and why the Freemasons practicing the Mexican National Rite in the 19th century secularized their tradition to respond to their social, patriotic, liberal and democratic pledges. It also shows how they... more
This article seeks to show how and why the Freemasons practicing the Mexican National Rite in the 19th century secularized their tradition to respond to their social, patriotic, liberal and democratic pledges. It also shows how they substituted The Bible for the Constitution of the Mexican United States in their Freemasonic oaths, in a social context in which swearing by it was considered an anathema by Pope Pius IX and the Catholic clergy, and in an adverse Freemasonic context in which substituting The Book of the Law and participating in policy as Freemasons was contravening the London speculative tradition.
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This research analyzes the development of Cuban Freemasonry during the 19th century and its relations with the principal political, economic and cultural processes of the Island, in particular with those of emancipation and of the arrival... more
This research analyzes the development of Cuban Freemasonry during the 19th century and its relations with the principal political, economic and cultural processes of the Island, in particular with those of emancipation and of the arrival of liberal, civic, lay and secular ideas. This paper also serves as state of question about what has been written in respect to this specific object of study.
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Entre amigos y masones, o las nuevas formas de asociarse en Zacatecas (1813-1829)
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The present article looks to analyze the possibilities that the study of the secret societies offer during the crisis of the Ancient Regime, to account for an interconnected process with the Hispanic world. For this, it studies the... more
The present article looks to analyze the possibilities that the study of the secret societies offer during the crisis of the Ancient Regime, to account for an interconnected process with the Hispanic world. For this, it studies the concepts about the use of the secret in politics, and it explores possible ways of diffusion of these secret societies between Europe and South America. As a hypothesis, we argue that Freemasonry had an indirect responsibility in the expansion of the associative model in Hispanic world, due to the fact that since the French Revolution, the anti-Masonic absolutist propaganda had a higher presence in the public sphere, constituting a possible vehicle of diffusion of the associative model.
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We present a statistical and historical analysis of the growth and decline of Cuban Freemasons during the period 1945-1980, based on our demographic study of this institution. Our work identifies, and quantitatively evaluates, important... more
We present a statistical and historical analysis of the growth and decline of Cuban Freemasons during the period 1945-1980, based on our demographic study of this institution. Our work identifies, and quantitatively evaluates, important factors that have contributed, first to the growth, and then to the decline of its membership, in the first thirty years of the second half of the 20th century. At the same time, this research introduces the use of new analysis tools, successfully used in other areas of the humanities, and in the social sciences.
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Freemasonry adopts the myth of Solomon's Temple with Hiram Abif as a hero. His metaphors revolve around the idea of the Temple, the center and the man; but are not always the same. The myth depends on who tells it and how it is told, even... more
Freemasonry adopts the myth of Solomon's Temple with Hiram Abif as a hero. His metaphors revolve around the idea of the Temple, the center and the man; but are not always the same. The myth depends on who tells it and how it is told, even in the Masonic Liturgies. In Mexico, there is an idea that Freemasonry in its principles and its tradition is an anti-Religious association, completely opposed to the Catholic Church. However, Freemasonry has in its tradition a strong presence of Judeo-Christian myths. This is the hypothesis: Freemasonry is an institution that performs an apocryphal reading of Judeo-Christian traditions, but it is not an institution that bases its myth against these traditions, the only distance between the Catholic Church and Freemasonry is the institutional factor, not the mythical. The hypothesis will be demonstrated by a Myth criticism and Hermeneutic analyses.
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At the time of initiation, Masons choose a symbolic name that will identify them in their actions within the Order. In the initiation process, Masons have the opportunity to choose a symbolic name different from their birth name. These... more
At the time of initiation, Masons choose a symbolic name that will identify them in their actions within the Order. In the initiation process, Masons have the opportunity to choose a symbolic name different from their birth name. These symbolic names reveal their perception of the world and transmit a vital aspect of something they wanted to inform other members of. Why was the use of symbolic names exclusive of Spanish-American Freemasonry? When and why did this custom spread? The case study analyzed was the Asturian community, since it was one of the most important groups of Spanish immigrants in America. With these notes and regional study we seek to answer these questions: Was the symbolic name a use originated by the Masons? Was it exclusive of Freemasonry? What information distinguishes the symbolic Hispanic American names from the Masons of Asturias? What data reveals the Hispanic American symbolic names of Asturian Mason residents in Hispanic America?
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This article seeks to show that in New Spain Freemasonic lodges were authorized by the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana to be established in Veracruz, Campeche and Merida Yucatan between 1816 and 1820. The documentary evidence is... more
This article seeks to show that in New Spain Freemasonic lodges were authorized by the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana to be established in Veracruz, Campeche and Merida Yucatan between 1816 and 1820. The documentary evidence is presented for the first time with its transcription and translation, with a hermeneutic study of the political and Freemasonic context of the time period and some reflections on the composition of members of the three lodges.
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Martha Celis de la Cruz nació el 9 agosto 1950, en el seno de una familia de comerciantes en donde prevalecía una orientación hacia las prácticas protestantes con un ambiente un tanto rígido, pero heterogéneo, pues su madre había dejado... more
Martha Celis de la Cruz nació el 9 agosto 1950, en el seno de una familia de comerciantes en donde prevalecía una orientación hacia las prácticas protestantes con un ambiente un tanto rígido, pero heterogéneo, pues su madre había dejado el tradicional catolicismo mexicano para condescender con el esposo. En ese contexto, realizó sus estudios de primaria en la escuela conocida como el Instituto Juárez, en Coyoacán y de ahí pasó a la escuela de Fernando R. Rodríguez. Entre ambas instituciones obtuvo una formación arraigada en valores nacionales y en los principios que sólidamente se defendían en el país, pues siempre argumentaba con orgullo haber aprendido el “Himno a Juárez”. Con ello pudo advertir el viraje, que no evolución, sufrido en los últimos lustros por el México actual.
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Los días 2, 3 y 4 de diciembre de 2010 se realizó el III Symposium internacional de historia de las masonerías y las sociedades patrióticas latinoamericanas y caribeñas: MASONERÍA, INDEPENDENCIA, REVOLUCIÓN Y SECULARIZACIÓN, en el marco... more
Los días 2, 3 y 4 de diciembre de 2010 se realizó el III Symposium internacional de historia de las masonerías y las sociedades patrióticas latinoamericanas y caribeñas: MASONERÍA, INDEPENDENCIA, REVOLUCIÓN Y SECULARIZACIÓN, en el marco del Bicentenario de la Independencia de México, del Centenario de la Revolución Mexicana y del Sesquicentenario de la promulgación de las Leyes de Reforma; convocado por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM, el Museo Nacional de Arte MUNAL, el Recinto de Homenaje a Don Benito Juárez del Palacio Nacional y el Grupo México del Centro de Estudios Históricos de la Masonería Latinoamericana y Caribeña, CEHMLAC.
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¡Aparta el día! San José, Costa Rica, 4, 5 y 6 de noviembre de 2015. Organizado por la Universidad de Costa Rica * Se aceptan ponencias en español, inglés, portugués y francés Para más información, contacta al Profesor Miguel... more
¡Aparta el día!
San José, Costa Rica, 4, 5 y 6 de noviembre de 2015.
Organizado por la Universidad de Costa Rica
* Se aceptan ponencias en español, inglés, portugués y francés
Para más información, contacta al Profesor Miguel Guzmán-Stein a la dirección: mgstein@gmail.com
San José, Costa Rica, 4, 5 y 6 de noviembre de 2015.
Organizado por la Universidad de Costa Rica
* Se aceptan ponencias en español, inglés, portugués y francés
Para más información, contacta al Profesor Miguel Guzmán-Stein a la dirección: mgstein@gmail.com
Research Interests: Freemasonry, Research into Freemasonry, History of Freemasonry, Freemasonry (Literature), The spiritual foundations of Freemasonry, and 27 moreThe essence of the "sacred" in Freemasonry, Hermeneutics of symbolic and freemason language, Freemasonic Phenomenology, Freemasonic and metaphysics poetry x 1 follower, Anthropological Theory;Biography and Etnography;Freemasons:ritual,cosmmology and philantropy, 18th-century Freemasonry, Sabbatean Kabbalism, Swedenborgianism, History of the Freemasonry and the Theosophical Society in Central America, History of Freemasonry and Patriotic Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean, FreeMasons, Poet Laureates of Freemasonry, ART AND FREEMASONRY, 18th Century Freemasonry, Freemasonry, Occultism, Philosophy, Desbonnet-Bibliografie-antivrijmetselarij-freemasonry, Freemasonry Enlightenment, Freemasonry and Fraternalism in Eighteenth-Century Russia, History and philosophy of freemasonry, The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Masons, Freemasonry, A.M.E. Church, Italian Freemasonry, Mozart and Freemasonry, Islamic & Freemasonry Study, Esoteric Freemasonry Occult Alchemy Hermetic Rosicrucian, MODERN RITE OF FREEMASONRY, Ethics of Freemasonry, Freemasonry and Music, and African-American Freemasonry
Abstract Sometimes updating the observations and conclusions achieved long ago is necessary, especially when new scholarship on the topic appears. In this article, recent works about the relationship between radical enlightenment and... more
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Sometimes updating the observations and conclusions achieved long ago is necessary, especially when new
scholarship on the topic appears. In this article, recent works about the relationship between radical
enlightenment and Freemasonry are discussed.
Sometimes updating the observations and conclusions achieved long ago is necessary, especially when new
scholarship on the topic appears. In this article, recent works about the relationship between radical
enlightenment and Freemasonry are discussed.
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El presente artículo analiza el rol clave que la prensa católica tuvo para finales del siglo XIX, a la hora de constituir una especie de catecismo con el cual el católico identificara a los desarticuladores de su modo de vida. En éste se... more
El presente artículo analiza el rol clave que la prensa católica tuvo para finales del siglo XIX, a la hora de constituir una especie de catecismo con el cual el católico identificara a los desarticuladores de su modo de vida. En éste se incluían al liberalismo, a la masonería y al protestantismo como una triada que debía ser combatida. Para alcanzar ese objetivo se elaboraron imágenes sobre cada uno siguiendo la reproducción hecha por la jerarquía eclesiástica, que las retrataba como sectas.
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This paper reviews the anti-Masonic Catholic Church’s documents and speeches in Costa Rica between the years 1865 and 1899, explicitly pastoral letters, Catholic press, private correspondence and the format of the texts renounced to... more
This paper reviews the anti-Masonic Catholic Church’s documents and speeches in Costa Rica between the years 1865 and 1899, explicitly pastoral letters, Catholic press, private correspondence and the format of the texts renounced to Masonic lodges. With the implementation of a discourse analysis, in this article are reconstructed the different social representations about the Freemasonry of this period in Costa Rica.
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Reseña del libro Masones y masonería en la Costa Rica de los albores de la Modernidad (1865-1899) de Ricardo Martínez Esquivel. San José: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2017. 345 páginas. ISBN: 978-9968-46-654-7.
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AbstractSometimes updating the observations and conclusions achieved long ago is necessary, especially when new scholarship on the topic appears. In this article, recent works about the relationship between radical enlightenment and... more
AbstractSometimes updating the observations and conclusions achieved long ago is necessary, especially when new scholarship on the topic appears. In this article, recent works about the relationship between radical enlightenment and Freemasonry are discussed.
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Reseña del número especial consagrado a los 75 años del final de la Guerra Civil española y de la II República a través de la Historia de la masonería.
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El masón Kipling se burla de los masones en su primera novela "The man who would be a king".
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Reseña de la versión libro de la Tesis Doctoral de Yván Pozuelo Andrés sobre la masonería en Asturias durante la II República y la Guerra Civil española.
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De vez en cuando es necesario re-actualizar las observaciones y conclusiones efectuadas tiempo atrás a la luz delas producidas por nuevos autores o nuevas investigaciones. Así pues, en esta comunicación, se propuso presentar el estado... more
De vez en cuando es necesario re-actualizar las observaciones y conclusiones efectuadas tiempo atrás a la luz delas producidas por nuevos autores o nuevas investigaciones. Así pues, en esta comunicación, se propuso presentar el estado actual sobre la relación entre Ilustración radical y la masonería