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Rudyard Kipling’s secret brotherhood. Behind the beloved storyteller of The Jungle Book and “If—” lay a committed Freemason — and in Man and Mason, Richard Jaffa chronicles the deep connection between Kipling and the Craft, from his initiation as a young man in India to the Masonic ideals that threaded through his life and work.
Jaffa — a journalist turned lawyer — shows how themes of brotherhood, ritual, and moral symbolism shaped some of Kipling’s most famous writings, revealing hidden spiritual and social layers in stories and poems readers thought they knew. Drawing on Kipling’s own Masonic writings, it is part biography, part literary detective work.
Fascinating for Kipling readers and Masonic history buffs alike. You will never read Kipling quite the same way again. Jaffa’s detective work is meticulous — Kipling scholars and curious readers alike will be fascinated.
Rudyard Kipling remains one of the most intriguing and elusive personalities in English literature — and behind the beloved storyteller lay a committed Freemason. In Man and Mason, Richard Jaffa — a journalist turned lawyer — chronicles the deep connection between Kipling and the Craft, from his initiation as a young man in India to the Masonic ideals that threaded through his life and work.
Jaffa shows how Masonic themes of brotherhood, ritual, and moral symbolism shaped some of Kipling’s most famous writings, revealing hidden spiritual and social layers in stories and poems readers thought they knew. Drawing on Kipling’s own Masonic writings and a lifetime’s fascination with the subject, this is both a literary study and a warm portrait of a man for whom the lodge was a second home.
Whether you come to Kipling as a reader, a Mason, or simply the curious, Man and Mason offers a fresh lens on a giant of English letters — and a reminder that his work still holds secrets worth uncovering.
This e-book edition makes Jaffa’s engaging study available wherever you read.
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