Freemasonry and Esotericism

Coordination: António Pires Ventura (UL)

A system of rites based on allegories and symbols that aims to promote the enlightenment of its members and a restricted community: that is the ideal of Freemasonry that influenced several scientific, cultural, political and social movements up to this date.

This symposium aims to discuss:

• 1. Understand the roots and meaning of the Freemasonry symbolism;
• 2. Understand the spiritual roots of this movement on the 15th Century, the Renaissance and in Antiquity;
• 3. Understand how Freemasonry influences the appearance of other esoteric currents;
• 4. Understand how Freemasonry is influenced by other esoteric currents.

Presentations:

Ricardo Martínez Esquivel

Crisis de fe y sociabilidades místicas: la Costa Rica de inicios del siglo XX

Valeria Aguiar Bobet

Soldados orientalistas: teosofía y masonería en el Magreb durante la II República Española

Felipe Côrte Real de Camargo

Marcos teóricos e metodológicos de análise da simbologia maçônica do período conhecido como pré-União

Sylvia Hottinger

Las teósofas y la masonería

Vítor Quelhas

Tradição Hermética-Teosófica Ocidental