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A timely survey of radical spirituality and political activism in Islam and the West over the last century and a half, The Crescent And The Compass uncovers numerous previously unknown and unexplored connections between European, American, and Middle Eastern movements, organizations, secret societies, and thinkers. Subjects covered include Sufism and Islamic Gnosticism; Muslim revolutionaries and Freemasons; Rene Guenon, fringe Masonry, Traditionalism, and Islam; the early history of the Shriners; the Ancient Order of Zuzimites; Charles, Prince of Wales and Islamic spirituality; and militant anti-Freemasonry.

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.. .a highly significant work... of extra ordinary importance in this time of cultural and even spiritual conflict. - Robert Black, New Dawn magazine. .. . an excellent reminder of the wisdom that can come studying the intersections of cultures, people, and places. - Aimee E. Newell, The Northern Light. Millar's... understanding of his chosen subjects is deep. I can recommend this book wholeheartedly as an example of scholarship and research in the interest of making clearer Freemasonry's tangled relationship with little-understood trends and figures in the modern world. - Jay Kinney, The Plumbline (Scottish Rite Research Society). .. . a brilliant exposition on a neglected topic... crucial for an accurate understanding of Islam and Freemasonry today. -- Greg Kaminsky, Occult of Personality podcast. Millar argues convincingly that the historical connections between Muslims and Freemasonry are much more abundant, and much more complex, than is usually given credit for. -- Justine Bakker, Correspondences, an online journal for the academic study of Western esotericism. Millar calls to us to develop new ways of looking at the world, especially the religion of Islam -- Gangleri.nl.

.. .a highly significant work... of extra ordinary importance in this time of cultural and even spiritual conflict. - Robert Black, New Dawn magazine... . an excellent reminder of the wisdom that can come studying the intersections of cultures, people, and places. - Aimee E. Newell, The Northern Light. Millar's... understanding of his chosen subjects is deep. I can recommend this book wholeheartedly as an example of scholarship and research in the interest of making clearer Freemasonry's tangled relationship with little-understood trends and figures in the modern world. - Jay Kinney, The Plumbline (Scottish Rite Research Society)... . a brilliant exposition on a neglected topic... crucial for an accurate understanding of Islam and Freemasonry today. -- Greg Kaminsky, Occult of Personality podcast. Millar argues convincingly that the historical connections between Muslims and Freemasonry are much more abundant, and much more complex, than is usually given credit for. -- Justine Bakker, Correspondences, an online journal for the academic study of Western esotericism. Millar calls to us to develop new ways of looking at the world, especially the religion of Islam -- Gangleri.nl.

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Angel Millar is the author of Freemasonry: Foundation of the Western Esoteric Tradition (2014) and Freemasonry: A History (2005). His writing has also been published in The Journal of Indo-European Studies, Quest magazine, and Philalethes: The Journal of Masonic Research, among others.

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