Not a bad rehash
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I think Not bad is about as good as it gets for Laurence Gardners latest contribution to the Freemason debate. Whilst it is a clearly well researched book, with plenty of references to other works by eminent contributors, it doesn't actually offer a great deal of new evidence in support or against freemasonry, apart from some fairly fantastical theories about the 'lost' sectrets of the craft. Not nearly as good as his other offerings but worth a read.
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Correction
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Sorry, for pp. 346-350 read pp. 340-342 - the 'Elements of Construction' section, in which the big secret is revealed, and turns out to consist of the author's preposterous explanation of how the Egyptians built the pyramids - by utilising superconductors. (Remember those guys - impressive as they remain - hadn't at that time invented the wheel.)
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Deliberate disinformation
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Laurence Gardner is a prominent member of the Freemasons as well as a number of other inter-locking secret societies. He claims in this book that he left the Freemasons in order to persue a career as 'an independant researcher', yet from the book's content it is evident that he is still very much faithful to their agenda. Supposedly in this book the 'lost secret' of the Freemasons, in the singular, is revealed. Yet in the last sentence he alludes to the fact this secret is still to be found! Despite making reference to the significance of quantum physics, parallel dimensions and monotomic elements, as he has already done in previous books, he fails to really say or claim anything of any great life-changing importance that has not already been presented from other sources. He even manages to make these subjects appear mundane. With a multitude of pointless 'facts' with reference to the origins and beliefs of Freemasonry he draws the reader's attention away from its true purpose - as a covert organisation for the exercise of power. He even goes as far to critisise a completely unbiased and well-researched book about Freemasonry by Stephen Knight entitled 'the Brotherhood' (who mysteriously died of a brain tumour 2 years after its publication), and Gardner spends large sections of the text trying to disprove negative allegations and 'conspiracy theories' in a thoroughly unconvincing way. Instead I recommend the writings of a number of other authors, one whose surname is very similar...
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Good invigorating read
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This book is easy to follow and has some interesting claims made. Overall an excellent and easy to follow read, recommended for the keen theologist.
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