CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

List of Plates

Introduction

PART ONE The Life and Times of Cagliostro

 1. The Early Years

 2. The Masonic Magician

 3. The Final Years

 4. The Man, the Myths, the Legend

PART TWO The Origins and History of Freemasonry

 5. The Philosopher’s Stonemasons

 6. The Making of Masonic History

 7. A Legacy of Persecution

PART THREE Cagliostro’s Egyptian Freemasonry

 8. Egyptian Freemasonry

 9. The Ritual of Egyptian Freemasonry

10. A Commentary on Cagliostro’s Egyptian Ritual

Conclusion

Endnotes

Appendices

Glossary

Bibliography