The Crescent and the Compass: Islam, Freemasonry, Esotericism and Revolution in the Modern Age

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; René Guénon, 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.Praise for the First Edition: "...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). Read more