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"David W.M. Vaughan, writing around 1985, gives his experience in the Freemason organisation of England from 1960 until he left it the early eighties. He found it to be incompatible with his Christian beliefs and explains here why, giving the relevant life background and his experiences that led him to leave them. He explains some of the rituals, prayers, and teachings of the English craft and how the organisation works and tries to be compatible with other organisations while being a counter-culture of its own. As a 'Lewis' (son of a Mason) he joined the organisation very easily, but leaving took more courage than he anticipated. An enlightening and soberly told story, a good antidote to much of the speculation concerning the Masons."
Michael JR Jose, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Family, ill
Yes
Who?
- Father
because he/she is
- physically ill
Family, love
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
- dangerous
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- decency
- selfishness
- religion
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very unfavorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A few 1-5 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 26-50% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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