Morals and Dogma

Warrior1256 said:

I slogged my way through the origional M&D awhile back and it was torture! Plus I only understood maybe 20% of it. Recently I have finished the annotated edition. Was a MUCH easier read and understood it MUCH better.

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I only read bits and pieces of Morals and Dogma over the years, found it to be incomprehensible at times. I bought the annotated as soon as it came out, but it sat in my stack of unread books since then until just recently, when I finally started wading into it. You're right; the annotations have made it much clearer just what Pike was trying to convey. I'm not far into it, and it's going to take me a while, but I'm certain I'll get through it now.

Glen Cook said:

I'm impressed

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Lol, thank you. It was a trial.

One of my majors in college was Great Texts. It was a quirky program at the honors college where a small group of nerds got together and read the most influential writings from throughout human history. It was kind of a hybrid program bringing together the philosophy, literature, and theology departments. Suffice it to say that we did more reading and writing than literally any other discipline on a college campus...

All of that to say, I read Morals and Dogma while going through the above program. I had my greatgrandfather's copy and had just become a mason. I used Morals and Dogma for about 8 months as the "fun" book I read and annotated during breaks from schoolwork. I loved it. The infinite number of allusions in the book to great books, philosophies, etc... the honest and thorough exploration of Pike's personal views of everything Masonic... There are many things I agree and disagree on with Pike, masonically and personally, but as someone who literally has a degree in digesting the kinds of books that Morals and Dogma is, I was and continue to be thoroughly impressed by his manifesto.

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Robert Marshall said:

I was and continue to be thoroughly impressed by his manifesto.

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Me too, once I understood it, lol.

The de Hoyos annotations are a gold mine.

Brother JC said:

The de Hoyos annotations are a gold mine.

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Absolutely! That is the annotated copy that I read.