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Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2010
Construal level theory posits a bidirectional relationship between physical (geographical) distan... more Construal level theory posits a bidirectional relationship between physical (geographical) distance and levels of mental representation, whereby larger magnitudes of distance trigger higher levels of mental representation and higher levels of mental representation increase perceptions of distance. In the current article, we review research that supports a construal level theory approach to physical distance. After briefly describing the basic tenets of construal level theory, we review factors that influence perceptions of distance in physical space as well as effects of physical distance on mental representation, judgment, and behavior that are consistent with this framework. We close by discussing future directions to be explored.
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Eighteenth-Century Life, 2015
Formed in London in 1751, the Antients Grand Lodge of Freemasons was created as a rival to the pr... more Formed in London in 1751, the Antients Grand Lodge of Freemasons was created as a rival to the pro-establishment Grand Lodge of England, itself created in 1717. The Antients was shaped by the Irish diaspora in London, although disaffection within London Freemasonry was then so great that the new lodge also attracted English Masons. Its rapid growth in London and provincial England was seeded by the bigotry and condescension with which many in England viewed the Irish, but was more a function of the Antients’ social inclusivity and its commitment to mutual support. This resonated not only among the émigré Irish, but also within the lower orders more generally. Under the guidance of Laurence Dermott, its enterprising grand secretary, the Antients extended and altered Freemasonry’s profile in Britain and elsewhere, and the Craft became a means by which a broad cross section of male society could associate and obtain communal support. The movement’s success set an explicit challenge to ...
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Preface Introduction English Freemasonry Before the Formation of Grand Lodge John Theophilus Desa... more Preface Introduction English Freemasonry Before the Formation of Grand Lodge John Theophilus Desaguliers: Homo Masonicus Grand Lodge: The Inner Workings The Professional Nexus The Rise of the First Noble Grand Masters 'Through the Paths of Heavenly Science' Conclusion Appendices Abbreviations Electronic Reading & Research Selected Bibliography Index.
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The paper outlines the disputes that divided Henry Laurens, arguably South Carolina’s most powerf... more The paper outlines the disputes that divided Henry Laurens, arguably South Carolina’s most powerful merchant trader and politician, from Sir Egerton Leigh, Britain’s foremost placeman in the colony, and points to their impact on the colony's relationship with Britain.
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Following the appointment of its first aristocratic Grand Masters in the 1720s and in the wake of... more Following the appointment of its first aristocratic Grand Masters in the 1720s and in the wake of its connections to the scientific Enlightenment, ‘Free and Accepted’ Masonry rapidly became part of Britain’s national profile and the largest and arguably the most influential of Britain’s extensive clubs and societies. The new organisation did not evolve naturally from the mediaeval guilds and religious orders that pre-dated it, but was reconfigured radically by a largely self-appointed inner core. Freemasonry became a vehicle for the expression and transmission of the political and religious views of those at its centre and for the scientific Enlightenment concepts that they championed. It also offered a channel through which many sought to realise personal aspirations - social, intellectual and financial.
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The influence of Irish and Antients Freemasonry on the American Frontier
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A British civil servant of some forty years standing, Delafaye rose through the ranks to become U... more A British civil servant of some forty years standing, Delafaye rose through the ranks to become Under Secretary at the Northern Department, then the Southern, serving four Secretaries of State from Sunderland to Newcastle. He was also Secretary to three Lord Lieutenants of Ireland and to Lords Galway and Grafton during their term in office as Ireland's Lords Justices. Delafaye's brief entry in the ODNB recognises his administrative seniority and efficacy but not the political loyalty that kept him at the heart of policy making and at the core of Britain's intelligence network for almost three decades. He was a key part of the policy making nexus and as an examining magistrate and government spy master was central to the execution of the anti-Jacobite strategies followed by successive Whig administrations.
The paper was the main impetus behind the publication of 'Espionage. Diplomacy & the Lodge' (2017).
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Part of an occasional series exploring he membership of London's early masonic lodges
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Part of an occasional series on the members of London's early eighteenth-century masonic lodges
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Georgia was established principally as a buffer colony to protect South Carolina and its rice and... more Georgia was established principally as a buffer colony to protect South Carolina and its rice and deerskin exports from Spanish attacks and to counter French influence in Louisiana. Many in Parliament – and the Georgia Trustees-also anticipated that the colony would create additional trading opportunities for Britain's merchants and encourage exports. The main public message however was that Georgia would be shaped as a home for the deserving poor. Freemasonry in the colony followed its economic development but, perhaps more importantly, also became a metaphor for Georgia's political development.
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A chapter from my most recent book detailing America's first Grand Masters
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A chapter from my most recent book detailing America's first Grand Masters
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The Grand Lodge of England & Colonial America: America’s Grand Masters
A chapter from my most recent book detailing America's first Grand Masters
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Allego la recensione inglese (autore?) all'interessante libro di Ric Berman che dimostra quanto a... more Allego la recensione inglese (autore?) all'interessante libro di Ric Berman che dimostra quanto alcune logge della Grand Lodge of England nei primi decenni del XVIII secolo fossero immerse nelle questioni sociali e politiche.
Review: Ric Berman, Espionage, Diplomacy & the Lodge. Charles Delafaye and The Secret Department of the Post Office. The Old Stables Press, Goring Heath, Oxfordshire, 2017.
ISBN 13: 978-0-9957568-0-9. 316 pages, illustrated, selected bibliography, £20 / US$25.
www.amazon.com/author/ric.berman
Lodge is meticulously researched and detailed, and adds considerably to an understanding of early British intelligence services, particularly the roles played by the Secret Department of the Post Office and by key figures within it, most notably spymaster Charles DeLafaye and his masonic circle. Berman also sheds light on the political implications of several of the earliest lodges on the continent and the high profile initiations of European nobility. In so doing, he delves more deeply than previous works into the important connection between Freemasonry and the protestant Huguenot diaspora. Berman's case suffers in places from a problem endemic to the study of Masonic intrigues-a lack of smoking-gun documentation, which good intriguers rarely leave for historians, and the question of causality in the overlap between freemasonry and the political activity of its brethren. Even so, Berman skillfully uses the available evidence to build a strong case for a synergy between the Masonic activities of influential early masons and their intelligence gathering and diplomatic duties. As Berman makes clear on p. 12, his is not presenting the thesis that the fraternity as a whole was part of a vast government conspiracy-a point which someone may want to make to The Guardian's Vikram Dodd whose
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Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2010
Construal level theory posits a bidirectional relationship between physical (geographical) distan... more Construal level theory posits a bidirectional relationship between physical (geographical) distance and levels of mental representation, whereby larger magnitudes of distance trigger higher levels of mental representation and higher levels of mental representation increase perceptions of distance. In the current article, we review research that supports a construal level theory approach to physical distance. After briefly describing the basic tenets of construal level theory, we review factors that influence perceptions of distance in physical space as well as effects of physical distance on mental representation, judgment, and behavior that are consistent with this framework. We close by discussing future directions to be explored.
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Eighteenth-Century Life, 2015
Formed in London in 1751, the Antients Grand Lodge of Freemasons was created as a rival to the pr... more Formed in London in 1751, the Antients Grand Lodge of Freemasons was created as a rival to the pro-establishment Grand Lodge of England, itself created in 1717. The Antients was shaped by the Irish diaspora in London, although disaffection within London Freemasonry was then so great that the new lodge also attracted English Masons. Its rapid growth in London and provincial England was seeded by the bigotry and condescension with which many in England viewed the Irish, but was more a function of the Antients’ social inclusivity and its commitment to mutual support. This resonated not only among the émigré Irish, but also within the lower orders more generally. Under the guidance of Laurence Dermott, its enterprising grand secretary, the Antients extended and altered Freemasonry’s profile in Britain and elsewhere, and the Craft became a means by which a broad cross section of male society could associate and obtain communal support. The movement’s success set an explicit challenge to ...
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Preface Introduction English Freemasonry Before the Formation of Grand Lodge John Theophilus Desa... more Preface Introduction English Freemasonry Before the Formation of Grand Lodge John Theophilus Desaguliers: Homo Masonicus Grand Lodge: The Inner Workings The Professional Nexus The Rise of the First Noble Grand Masters 'Through the Paths of Heavenly Science' Conclusion Appendices Abbreviations Electronic Reading & Research Selected Bibliography Index.
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The paper outlines the disputes that divided Henry Laurens, arguably South Carolina’s most powerf... more The paper outlines the disputes that divided Henry Laurens, arguably South Carolina’s most powerful merchant trader and politician, from Sir Egerton Leigh, Britain’s foremost placeman in the colony, and points to their impact on the colony's relationship with Britain.
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Following the appointment of its first aristocratic Grand Masters in the 1720s and in the wake of... more Following the appointment of its first aristocratic Grand Masters in the 1720s and in the wake of its connections to the scientific Enlightenment, ‘Free and Accepted’ Masonry rapidly became part of Britain’s national profile and the largest and arguably the most influential of Britain’s extensive clubs and societies. The new organisation did not evolve naturally from the mediaeval guilds and religious orders that pre-dated it, but was reconfigured radically by a largely self-appointed inner core. Freemasonry became a vehicle for the expression and transmission of the political and religious views of those at its centre and for the scientific Enlightenment concepts that they championed. It also offered a channel through which many sought to realise personal aspirations - social, intellectual and financial.
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The influence of Irish and Antients Freemasonry on the American Frontier
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A British civil servant of some forty years standing, Delafaye rose through the ranks to become U... more A British civil servant of some forty years standing, Delafaye rose through the ranks to become Under Secretary at the Northern Department, then the Southern, serving four Secretaries of State from Sunderland to Newcastle. He was also Secretary to three Lord Lieutenants of Ireland and to Lords Galway and Grafton during their term in office as Ireland's Lords Justices. Delafaye's brief entry in the ODNB recognises his administrative seniority and efficacy but not the political loyalty that kept him at the heart of policy making and at the core of Britain's intelligence network for almost three decades. He was a key part of the policy making nexus and as an examining magistrate and government spy master was central to the execution of the anti-Jacobite strategies followed by successive Whig administrations.
The paper was the main impetus behind the publication of 'Espionage. Diplomacy & the Lodge' (2017).
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Part of an occasional series exploring he membership of London's early masonic lodges
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Part of an occasional series on the members of London's early eighteenth-century masonic lodges
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Georgia was established principally as a buffer colony to protect South Carolina and its rice and... more Georgia was established principally as a buffer colony to protect South Carolina and its rice and deerskin exports from Spanish attacks and to counter French influence in Louisiana. Many in Parliament – and the Georgia Trustees-also anticipated that the colony would create additional trading opportunities for Britain's merchants and encourage exports. The main public message however was that Georgia would be shaped as a home for the deserving poor. Freemasonry in the colony followed its economic development but, perhaps more importantly, also became a metaphor for Georgia's political development.
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A chapter from my most recent book detailing America's first Grand Masters
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A chapter from my most recent book detailing America's first Grand Masters
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The Grand Lodge of England & Colonial America: America’s Grand Masters
A chapter from my most recent book detailing America's first Grand Masters
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Allego la recensione inglese (autore?) all'interessante libro di Ric Berman che dimostra quanto a... more Allego la recensione inglese (autore?) all'interessante libro di Ric Berman che dimostra quanto alcune logge della Grand Lodge of England nei primi decenni del XVIII secolo fossero immerse nelle questioni sociali e politiche.
Review: Ric Berman, Espionage, Diplomacy & the Lodge. Charles Delafaye and The Secret Department of the Post Office. The Old Stables Press, Goring Heath, Oxfordshire, 2017.
ISBN 13: 978-0-9957568-0-9. 316 pages, illustrated, selected bibliography, £20 / US$25.
www.amazon.com/author/ric.berman
Lodge is meticulously researched and detailed, and adds considerably to an understanding of early British intelligence services, particularly the roles played by the Secret Department of the Post Office and by key figures within it, most notably spymaster Charles DeLafaye and his masonic circle. Berman also sheds light on the political implications of several of the earliest lodges on the continent and the high profile initiations of European nobility. In so doing, he delves more deeply than previous works into the important connection between Freemasonry and the protestant Huguenot diaspora. Berman's case suffers in places from a problem endemic to the study of Masonic intrigues-a lack of smoking-gun documentation, which good intriguers rarely leave for historians, and the question of causality in the overlap between freemasonry and the political activity of its brethren. Even so, Berman skillfully uses the available evidence to build a strong case for a synergy between the Masonic activities of influential early masons and their intelligence gathering and diplomatic duties. As Berman makes clear on p. 12, his is not presenting the thesis that the fraternity as a whole was part of a vast government conspiracy-a point which someone may want to make to The Guardian's Vikram Dodd whose
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