Change of name

In a  previous BLOG POST I shared a little information about the upcoming book edited by Brother Dafoe and Williams from Canada, was originally published in 1790 by Thomas Marryat as 'The Philosophy of Masons,' they have chosen to title it 'Esoteric Odyssey' and have changed the cover art to match the new title.

 

It is a book I am really looking forward to and one which very nearly dissappeared due to ravages of time as can be seen from this scan of the original 1790 title page from the Facebook Group dedicated to the book.

The book is richley illustrated throughout with wonderful images and you know the book is going to be attentive to detail when you see the cover art by Stephen dafoe goes as far as to include a Square and Compasses created in the smoke. I am wholeheartedly looking forward to this glympse at a time gone by in a hope to better understand the minds of many of the men who were there in the very early days of organised Freemasonry.

I obviously haven't read this yet but know from the previous work of Brother Dafoe and Williams we are in for a treat and it makes me wonder how many more great works are out there just waiting for the likes of these gifted men to bring them back from the brink of decay.

The new 2010 release from Cornerstone Book Publishers  combines non-mainstream 18th-century philosophy and science with unorthodox ideas about esoteric knowledge, history, religion and Freemasonry. It has been edited and annotated by Stephen Dafoe and Randy Williams, both of whom have also written a new introductory essay.