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).