From Mozart to Gershwin, from Chagall to Mucha, from Oscar Wilde to Pushkin, from Duke Ellington to Irving Berlin. Why were so many philosophers, writers, painters, architects, composers, musicians, black musicians in the jazz age, Philosophers, Statesmen and freedom fighters, attracted to the ideas and ideals of Freemasonry? What was in it for them?
Can we recognize freemason ideals and symbols in their work or in the way they lived? A fascinating subject that is enveloped in a secretive mist
Helen Sijsling
About Helen Sijsling
Helen Sijsling MA (born in Australia, lived in the Netherlands, lives in Spain), MA History of Art (University of Leyden), MA English Literature (Universities of Leyden and Oxford) and MA Educational Management (University of Amsterdam). Helen taught English for the first part of her career to later become management consultant on education, advising secondary schools on educational improvement and training teachers and managers in The Netherlands and the Antilles. Helen is presently Chairman of The Arts Society Nerja and has lectured for many years to The Arts Societies in Europe.Helen has sent a short introductory video. Click here to watch it.