On Friday, 17 June, at the Ilija Kolarac Foundation in Belgrade, a lecture was held by Brother Arturo de Hoyos of the United States of America — one of the foremost experts on Freemasonry in the world today.
Brother de Hoyos currently holds the office of Grand Archivist of the Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, USA. He is also the Grand Historian of the Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, USA. He carries out his work at the House of the Temple in Washington, DC, where he also serves as Director of Education, History and the Great Heritage. He manages the Archive, the Library and the Museum. Arturo de Hoyos is also an author, editor and translator of some 50 books on Freemasonry.
Works and activities: – The Cloud of Prejudice: A Study in Anti-Masonry (1992) – Rituals of Masonic Grand Lodge of the Sun, Bayreuth, Germany (1992) – Liturgy of Germany Lodge No. 46 F&AM (1993) – Collectanea (Grand College of Rites, 1994-2010) vols. 15:2 to 21:1 – The Book of the Word – Sephir H’Debarim: With an Introduction by Art de Hoyos (1999) – Albert Pikes’ Esoterika: The Symbolism of the Blue Degrees of Freemasonry (2005) – The Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor and Guide (2007) – Light on Masonry: The History and Rituals of America’s Most Important Masonic Expose’s (2008); – The History and Rituals of a Secret Masonic Rite (2008) – Masonic Formulas and Rituals Transcribed by Albert Pike (2010) – Morals and Dogma: Annotated Edition (2011).
Joint works: – Is it True What They Say About Freemasonry? The Methods of Anti-Masons (1994) – Freemasonry in Context: History, Rituals, Controversy (2004) – Committed to Flames: – The Royal Secret: The Jamaican ‘Francken manuscript’ of the High Degrees (2014).
He is the holder of numerous honorary titles, distinctions and awards, such as the title of Past Master of “McAllen Lodge” No. 1110, from Texas, USA.
He travels very frequently and delivers a great many lectures on Freemasonry, taking part in numerous television programmes dedicated to Freemasonry across the USA and around the world. He is also a good linguist: German, Spanish, French; he uses Russian and has a basic knowledge of Latin and Hebrew.