From the Quarries

Journey beyond the well-lit halls of recognized Freemasonry into its hidden peripheries, where charlatans, idealists, and political agitators alike have donned the square and compasses in pursuit of power, parody, or revelation. “Mockeries and Mavericks” uncovers the riotous satire of the Gormogons and Scald Miserables, the chivalric fictions of the Knights Templar revivalists, the mystical flights of Cagliostro’s Egyptian Rite, and even the clandestine intrigues of Licio Gelli’s Propaganda Due. Through rigorous archival research and vivid case studies, this lecture reveals how these spurious orders have both lampooned and shaped mainstream Masonry over three centuries.