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  • The Conflicted Albert Pike, and a Wounded Union: Early Years 1830s to 1880s

    The Conflicted Albert Pike, and a Wounded Union: Early Years 1830s to 1880s

    INTRODUCTION: ECLECTIC MASONIC PHILOSOPHER IN CONFLICT Albert Pike’s editorial career exhibits a philosopher highly in conflict with himself, and I hope his inner conflicts alongside his philosophical legacy may provide us the chance for reflection about similar men of our day. People fixate on Albert Pike’s pro-slavery stance (and often exaggerate or distort it) for…

  • Albert Pike’s Life and Philosophical Legacy in American Esotericism

    Albert Pike’s Life and Philosophical Legacy in American Esotericism

    This article is a combination of transcription and summation of Canadian philosopher Manly P. Hall’s Seminars on the life and ideas of Albert Pike in 1958 tracing the origins of the Wisdom Tradition, which often takes on a form of mythmaking in Masonic lore. A more in-depth factual biography of Albert Pike’s life, views and…