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Originally Posted by amenmesse
But my reading on Lippard says his work was fiction and taken as fact. Any truth to this claim?
And thanks Moishanb, nice links.
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Indeed thank you Moishanb;
True, Lippard is fiction.
Interestingly, he is nearly revered among the Rosicrucians, the true Rosicrucians (not Aliester Crowley's AMORC) who believe in cyclic revivals of Rosicrucianism.
What George Lippard did was pioneer writing in the style of Patriotic Romance. There is a fictional account of George Washington being initiated into the Rosicrucian Order fairly early in the book - the Chapter about the Wissihican (sp?) where it allegedly took place. And as far as I can tell the Rosicrucians accept Lippard's fictional account as gospel truth.
It is quite true that George Washington was enamored with Masonry:
http://www.ecclesia.org/forum/images...Washington.jpg
And I think that is really what we can accredit to Lippard - that spirit of romance where we are tempted to rewrite history as our romantic sense of fighting in freezing mud for our liberty will allow us to. Or against unsympathetic bankers who will close down at the first hint of a run, and be back in business with the stolen funds next month...
Regards,
David Merrill.