Informazioni generali

Nome legale: Robinson, John Jamieson
Data di nascita: 1925-10-03
Data di morte: 1993-09-06
Luogo di sepoltura: Arlington Memorial Gardens, Mount Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: United States of America
Luogo di nascita: Neffs, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Luogo di morte: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Luogo di residenza: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Twin Brook Farm, Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky, USA
Mt. Adams, Ohio, USA
Attività lavorative: farmer
business executive
Marine Corps
historian
researcher
author (mostra tutto 7)
master mason
Relazioni: Robinson, Hilda Bernice "Bernie" (spouse) (nee Jones)
Organizzazioni: United States Marine Corps
Masonic Information Center
Masonic Service Association of North America
Medieval Academy of America
Organization of American Historians
Royal Over-Seas League of London
Premi e riconoscimenti: Fellow of the Maine Lodge of Research (1993)
Fellow of The Philalethes Society
Distinguished Service Medal, The Philalethes Society
Breve biografia: The founding visionary of the Masonic Information Center, John was a former Marine, a farmer, a business executive, and an author with a special interest in the history of Medieval Britain and the Crusades.

During his lifetime he was a member of the Medieval Academy of America, The Organization of American Historians, and the Royal Over-Seas League of London. He also headed a family trust dedicated to historical research and publication.

Robinson first began studying Freemasonry in the early 1980s and came to the attention of Masons with his book "Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry" presenting a believable explanation for a connection between the Knights Templars and modern-day Masons. A second book, "Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades" soon followed. He soon found himself regularly speaking to Masonic and non-Masonic groups: the former having a profound interest in his findings while the latter often concerned about perceived secrecy and imagined wrong-doings.

In 1993, Robinson published "A Pilgrim's Path: One Man's Road to the Masonic Temple" in which he described his experiences with Masons and those against them. Masonic authors praised the work as comprehensive and profound. As a result of his interactions with Masons, he ultimately petitioned a lodge and became Brother Robinson - as explained in his book. Regretfully, not long afterwards, he became ill and passed to the celestial lodge above.

The Masonic Information Center is a lasting tribute to his interest in and acceptance of Freemasonry as a way of life.

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Os Cavaleiros Templários nas cruzadas: Prisão, Fogo… di Robinson John J

Este livro procura recontar a saga dos Cavaleiros Templários, os monges guerreiros que ocuparam o monte sagrado logo após a Primeira Cruzada. Os Templários acumularam grande fortuna, que empregaram para financiar seus 200 anos de guerra contra os muçulmanos no deserto, nas montanhas e ao longo da vasta extensão do vale do Nilo. Por esses dois séculos de martírio militar, sua recompensa constitui em ser presos pelo papa e pelo rei, além de serem torturados pela Inquisição e, por fim, extintos por decreto. No entanto, sua lenda e seu legado não morreriam assim tão simplesmente. Ao contar a inacreditável história dos Cavaleiros Templários, a clara explicação que o autor faz das diferenças culturais e religiosas entre os adversários e aliados dos Templários no Oriente Médio proporciona uma compreensão vívida do povo que habita essa região turbulenta, que figura de maneira tão proeminente nas manchetes atuais. A semelhança de seus antagonismos, de hoje e de 800 anos atrás, é tão impressionante quanto perturbadora. Os Cavaleiros Templários nas Cruzadas - Prisão, Fogo e Espada é uma brilhante obra de história narrativa que pode ser lida como uma simples aventura, uma obra de moral ou uma lição de política de guerra.… (altro)

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AlexandreRocha | May 14, 2023 |

Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry di John J. Robinson

Very informative account of the history of the Freemasons since the Middle Ages. He ties it in with the Knights Templar and I later learned that it is a pretty bogus link, despite the Da Vinci Code and other books like that.

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kslade | 5 altre recensioni | Dec 8, 2022 |

Born in Blood , The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry di John J. Robinson

Besproken in AQC, jrg.104, (1991),1992, pp.239 en 240:
“I had thought that masonic scholars, at least, had convincingly debunked the theory (more properly, legend) that Freemasonry had its origins in the mediaval Knights Templar. The legend persists, however, and seems to have an eternal fascination for non-masons…It is a great pity that this book cannot be wholeheartedly recommended for it performs one extremely valuable service for Freemasonry.The autor gives a devasteting critique of the late Stephan Knight’s The Brotherhood, Which caused so many problems for English Freemasonry in the 1980s…Read with care, and preferable after a reading of Peter Partner’s excellent study The Murdered Magicians, the Templars and their Myth, the autor has done a service to Freemasonry.”… (altro)

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MBRLibrary | 5 altre recensioni | Jul 25, 2021 |

Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry di John J. Robinson

This is a very interesting book. Instead of the hyped-up conspiracy-theory potboiler I'd expected, Robinson presents a series of historical, religious, and linguistic data which strongly support the hypothesis that Freemasons emerged not from the Stone Masons guilds of the Middle Ages, but as a secret mutual protection society in the aftermath of the bloody destruction of the Knights Templar.

Robinson tells us that he didn't start out to investigate the roots of Freemasonry, but that various unanswered questions in the historical record, specifically those around the unexplained disappearances of some Templars, and the never-explained "Great Society" involved in the Peasants Revolt in England in 1381. The more he searched for answers, the more Freemasonry seemed the best explanation for the gaps in the historical records. Further, once he did start investigating Masonry, he found that puzzling terms and aspects of rituals were better explained when related to known information about Templar practices and language then they were by supposed links to a craft guild.

Throughout the book, Robinson is careful to never claim that he has found absolute proof of a connection. Ultimately there is no explicit evidence, only a pattern of data which can be reasonably interpreted certain ways. The Templar root of Freemasonry is presented as the most likely of a variety of hypotheses which could explain both the historical questions and some of the riddles within Masonry.

The only reason I gave this book four stars instead of five is that I thought he went into far too much detail regarding medieval history. The national and religious politics of the times are relevant to his case, but I think his own passion for that material (this project started out as more general historical research) prompted him to include a lot of information that wasn't actually relevant to the Templar-Freemason connection. Fortunately, he is an excellent writer, and even though there was a lot of unnecessary detail, it was (for the most part) interesting, and I feel like I learned a lot about the times.

I started this book feeling entirely comfortable with the idea of Freemasonry developing out of a medieval craft guild. I wasn't looking for any other "origin story." After reading this book, I'm far more inclined to consider the Templars the more likely founders. Ultimately, I don't think it matters. Hundreds of years of practice and evolution have resulted in Masonic Orders quite different from their original forms. The value of Freemasonry lies in its ability to transform lives in the present, not because of any particular quality of virtue of its source. But if someone is interested in that question, this is an excellent book to read.… (altro)

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jsabrina | 5 altre recensioni | Jul 13, 2021 |

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