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| | name = Robert Lomas | |||
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| | birth_name = Robert Lomas | |||
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| * Author | |||
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| * physicist | |||
| * retired fellow of University of Bradford | |||
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| '''Robert Lomas''' is a British writer, physicist and ] academic. He writes primarily about the history of ] as well as the ] period, ancient engineering, and ]. | |||
| '''Robert Lomas''' is a ] ], Business studies ] and amateur historian. His books include those in '']'' series, a biography of ] entitled ''The Man Who Invented The Twentieth Century'', and ''The Invisible College: The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science''. He is a best-selling author on the subject of the history of ]. | |||
| ==Career== | |||
| More recently, in April ], Lomas released his latest book '''', extending his research further on from that presented in '']'' series that was co-authored with Christopher Knight. ''Turning The Hiram Key'' is published by ], a long established ], founded in ], specialising in the publication of ] texts. | |||
| Lomas gained a First Class Honours degree in ] from the ] before being awarded a PhD for his research into ] and ].<ref>Lomas, R. (1972) ''Electrical and Structural Properties of Some Evaporated Semiconducting Films'', PhD Thesis, University of Salford.</ref> From here he went on to work on electronic weapons systems and emergency services command and control systems.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} | |||
| He lectured on ] at the ]'s School of Management.<ref name="bradford">{{cite web|url=http://www.manag.brad.ac.uk/people/people.php?name=ralomas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050322140954/http://www.manag.brad.ac.uk/people/people.php?name=ralomas|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-03-22|publisher=Bradford University School of Management|title=Dr Bob Lomas, Lecturer in Technological Management}}</ref> According to his website, Lomas is a regular supporter of the ], having lectured there, chaired sessions, and taken part in the school's support sessions over a period of eight years.<ref name="orkney">{{cite book|url=http://www.turningthesolomonkey.com/?s=foreword|title=Turning The Solomon Key|author=Lomas, Robert (Foreword by Katherine Neville)|date=September 2006|publisher=Fair Winds Press|isbn=1-59233-229-3}}</ref> | |||
| == Biography of Nikola Tesla== | |||
| Lomas wrote a biography of a Serbian-American scientist named Nikolas Tesla (1856-1943) entitled ''The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century:Nikola Tesla, Forgotten Genius of Electricity'', that was published in 1999. In it he argued that Tesla was the person who actually discovered electricity and that others, in particular Thomas Edison, falsely took credit for his work and some of Tesla's business asocciates, including J. Pierpont Morgan, took advantage of him and exploited and ruined him. He argues that Tesla's electrical inventions, such as the AC current and the Tesla coil, are what made our society what it is like today and that he is therefore, in Lomas's phrase, "the man who invented the twentieth century". Lomas points out in the biography that Tesla was born on July 10 or 11, 1856 on midnight during an electrical storm. He mentions that because Tesla was born at midnight, for a long time he never celebrated his birthday because he could never know which day he was born on. He mentions that the midwife said to Tesla's mother after he was born that he was the son of the storm and notes that it is ironic that the midwife proved to right in a way. He mentions that Tesla was the son of an Orthodox Christian priest named Milutin Tesla and that this caused Tesla to be deeply religious. And he mentions that Tesla's mother came from a long line of inventors, which caused him to be fascinated by science and to want to invent new things himself. Lomas discusses that Tesla had an older brother named Dane who was very gifted in literary fields. And the family were planning on Dane becoming a priest. Dane was a childhood prodigy. And he was his parents's favorite child. They had all their hopes set on him. And his younger brother Nikola looked up to him. And so did his three sisters. But, unfortunately, he died in an accident at a young age. This caused the family to be very sad. The parents had all their hopes set on Dane. This also made Nikola sad, and he determined that he must equal his brother in worth to the family and take his brother's place. Nikola was also a childhood prodigy. But in a different way. His brother was gifted with literature, but Nikola was gifted with mathematics and science. Tesla was already making his own inventions as a child. Tesla had a photographic memory. Later on he discusses how Tesla eventually came to work for Edison's company. Edison promised Tesla 50,000 dollars, which is about one million dollars in today's term, if he would make inventions for him. Tesla did, and then when he asked for his payment Edison laughed and told him that he "did not understand our American sense of humor". Thus Edison lied and broke his promise. Later on in the book he points out that Tesla was a vegetarian. He mentions once that Tesla, who was a very religious man, read the entire Bible once because he felt guilty that he had not visited his mother, and that he found a passage in the book of Revelation that helped with one of his inventions. Lomas's assessment of Tesla is that he was a brilliant scientist, electrician, and engineer, but a bad businessman and a bad marketer. Today, Tesla's name is all but forgotten, even though Lomas argues that he was "the man who invented the twentieth century". Lomas says that is because of the fact that Tesla was bad at marketing himself and at business. He was not interested in money, but ideas. He did not know how to operate with ruthless businessmen like Thomas Edison and J. Pierpont Morgan. And he also wrote magazine articles advocated very far fetched ideas, ideas that eventually turned out to be correct, but that he should have phrased much more carefully, because his failing to do so cause people to dismiss him as a madman. He mentions that Tesla died in his hotel room in seclusion in January 1943 and that his body was not recovered until about two days later so that his death date was uncertain just as his birthday had been. He mentions that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) was involved in the suppression of Tesla's work right after his death. In the book the main villain initially is Thomas Edison. But J. Pierpont Morgan is portrayed as being worse. The other main villain is J. Edgar Hoover. | |||
| Outside of his academic specialities, Lomas has written on various topics, such as the Neolithic period, archaeoastronomy, ancient mysteries, stone monuments, and ], and on ] and ] topics, as well as the history, ritual, and spiritual journey of ]. | |||
| ==Books about Masonry== | |||
| In the beginning of ''The Hiram Key'' Knight and Lomas quote from Jesus in the ''Book of Matthew'' "Nothing is hidden that will not be made known,or secret that will not come to light, what I tell you on the roof proclaim on the housetops, what I tell you in the dark proclaim in the light". In "The Hiram Key" Knight and Lomas claimed that they had used a Masonic folktale about a man called Hiram Abiff to create a new key to the origins of civilization and of Christianity. Hiram Abif is a character in the first degree initiation ceremony for the Masons. He built King Solomon's Temple. He was murdered by three ruffians, or Juwes, named Jubelo, Jubela, and Jubelum, because he would not tell them a secret. His name has never been recorded historically, although a similar character appears in the book of Kings in the Bible. Knight and Lomas claimed that he and that character were one and the same. And they claim that the story of Hiram Abiff is based on an ancient Egyptian pharao who was murdered under similar circumstances. They claimed to have discovered that the ancient Egyptian pharaos had living and dying resurrection ceremonies and that this and their belief system, which was called Ma'at were copied by Jesus and his followers. Knight and Lomas claimed that they had discovered that the Roman Catholic Church had distorted the true story of Jesus, which the Gnostics, the Knights Templar, and the Masons all knew, and that this is why the Catholic Church so passionately opposed these groups. They claim that Jesus did not actually resurrect people from the dead, but that it was an initiation ceremony for his Jewish religion, and that it was a common practice for Jewish religions at the time to call their members the living, and the uninitiated the dead. And Knight and Lomas claimed that the term messiah originally merely meant a Jewish patriot who would liberate his people, not a god, and that the Christian understanding of the term is completely alien to the Old Testament. | |||
| Elements of his work have been described as "hoaxes" by members of the Freemasonry community. For example, the redaction of a document called "The Masonic Testament" by Lomas and co-author Christopher Knight, in their ''Book of Hiram'' (2003), from fragments of old manuscripts and ritual,<ref> Description retrieved 6 July 2012</ref> has been described as "An invention by the highly imaginative authors ... which has no historical validity".<ref> Part of ''The Book of Hiram'' listed under 'Hoaxes', retrieved 5 July 2012.</ref> A review from ''The Square'', reprinted on Lomas' website states that ''Turning the Hiram Key'' "should be viewed as an invitation to think, rather than a prescriptive statement".<ref> review of ''Turning the Hiram Key'' by Douglas Inglesent, retrieved 5 July 2012.</ref> | |||
| They came to the conclusion that the story of Jesus was partially based on pagan stories such as that of Osiris. They said that Jesus organized his Jewish religion, the Jerusalem Church, into a secret society and had secret initiation ceremonies. They claim that Nazareth did not exist at the time and that Jesus of Nazareth is a mistranslation of Jesus the Nazarene. And that at the time the term Nazarene referred to Jesus and his followers the Jerusalem Church, rather than having anything to do with a city. | |||
| ==Bibliography== | |||
| They said that they believed Masonry evolved out of the Knights Templar, a Roman Catholic military religious order. They said that the Knights Templar developed heretical beliefs because they were developed by Jews descended from the leaders of the Jerusalem Church who knew the true teachings of Jesus. This was why the Roman Catholic Church suppressed the Knights Templar. The Knights Templar then escaped from France to England, Scotland, and Ireland and became a secret society called the Masons. | |||
| *The Masonic Tutor's Handbooks | |||
| The Masons continued to hold this secret knowledge about the true Jesus, according to the authors, and that was why Roman Catholic Pope Clement XII (reigned 1730-1740) condemned Masonry in a papal encyclical called ''In Eminti'' on April 28, 1738. | |||
| #''Volume 1 - The Duties of an Apprentice Master'' Dowager Press (April 2020). {{ISBN|978-1086544381}} | |||
| #''Volume 2 - Freemasonry - After Covid 19'' Dowager Press (April 2021). {{ISBN|979-8721123085}} | |||
| #''Volume 3 - Becoming a Craftsman'' Dowager Press (December 2021). {{ISBN|979-8483674221}} | |||
| *Classics of Masonic Writing | |||
| Knight and Lomas claimed in their books that Masonry had roots in Gnosticism, which was an ancient Christian heresy that taught that everything was either good or evil and that there was no in between. It taught that the spiritual world was good and the material world was evil. Gnosticism was opposed bitterly by the Roman Catholic Church, and the authors claim that Masonry's Gnostic roots are one of the reasons the Roman Catholic Church opposes it. | |||
| #''The Templar Genesis of Freemasonry: Turning The Templar Key Revisited'' Dowager Press (September 2018). {{ISBN|978-1718173699}} | |||
| *The Complete Works of W L Wilmshurest | |||
| In the ''Hiram Key'' the authors describe Masonic Temples as having black and white squares and say that this is because the Masons share the Gnostic belief that everything is either good or evil and that there is no in between and that this is what the black and white squares symbolise, the white squares symbolizing the good spiritual world, the black the evil materialistic world. | |||
| #''W.L.Wilmshurst - The Ceremony of Initiation: Revisited by Robert Lomas'' Dowager Press (November 2013). {{ISBN|978-1493794591}} | |||
| #''W.L.Wilmshurst - The Ceremony of Passing: Revisited by Robert Lomas'' Dowager Press (March 2016). | |||
| *The keys Trilogy | |||
| In the book the authors said that Christians should not find their conclusion to be threatening to their religion. Because if Christianity is dependant on miracles for it to be valid, then its message is hollow. To believe that Jesus would bring rotting corpses back to life, according to them, is as absurd as believing "that magic carpets really were once the mode of transportation in Bagdad". The important thing about Christianity is Jesus's worldview and philosophy, not his supposed miracles. They said they found Jesus to be a wonderful role model, he said "Listen to the word,understand knowledge,love life, and none will persecute you, nor any oppress you, other than yourselves". They said they thought was one of the greatest truths that was ever spoken. | |||
| #''Turning The Hiram Key: Making Darkness Visible''. Lewis Masonic (April 2005). {{ISBN|978-0-85318-239-9}} | |||
| #''Turning the Solomon Key: George Washington, the Bright Morning Star and the Secrets of Masonic Astrology''. Fair Winds Press (September 2006). {{ISBN|978-1-59233-229-8}} | |||
| #''Turning the Templar Key: The Secret Legacy of the Knights Templar and the Origins of Freemasonry''. Lewis Masonic (October 2007). {{ISBN|978-0-85318-286-3}} | |||
| *''The Pant Glas Children: Welsh Folk Tales Retold for my Children'' Dowager Press (March 2019). {{ISBN|978-1090181756}} | |||
| In a sequel called ''The Second Messiah'' the authors claim to have discovered that the Turin Shroud is actually an image of Jacques de Molay, not of Jesus Christ. They claimed that the Knights Templar denied that Jesus was god in their initiation ceremonies because they were descended from the original Jewish followers of Jesus and therefore knew that he was a Jewish freedom fighter not a god. And they claimed that while the Roman Catholic Church chose St. Peter as its first pope there was another branch of Christianity that remained Jewish that chose St. Mary Magdalene as its first pope. They claim that this secret truth is encoded in tarot cards, which is why one of them has a female pope on it, according to the authors. | |||
| *''Freemasonry for Beginners'' Illustrated edition (February 2017). {{ISBN|978-1939994561}} | |||
| *''The Lewis Guide to Masonic Symbols'' Lewis Masonic (October 2013). {{ISBN|978-0853184362}} | |||
| *''A Miscellany of Masonic Essays'' Dowager Press (December 2012). | |||
| *''The Secret Power of Masonic Symbols: The Influence of Ancient Symbols on the Pivotal Moments in History and an Encyclopedia of All the Key Masonic Symbols'' Fair Winds Press (October 2011). {{ISBN|978-1592334506}} | |||
| *''The Lost Key: The Supranatural Secrets of the Freemasons'' Hodder & Stoughton (June 2011). {{ISBN|978-1444710601}} | |||
| *''Mastering Your Business Dissertation: How to Conceive, Research and Write a Good Business Dissertation''. ] (February 2011). {{ISBN|978-0415596794}} | |||
| *''The Secret Science of Masonic Initiation'': Lewis Masonic (June 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-85318-318-1}} | |||
| *''The Secrets of Freemasonry: A Suppressed Tradition Revealed''. Constable and Robinson (May 2006). {{ISBN|978-1-84529-312-3}} | |||
| *''Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science''. Fair Winds Press (March 2003). {{ISBN|978-1-59233-011-9}} | |||
| *''The Invisible College: The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science''. Headline Book Publishing (January 2002). {{ISBN|978-0-7472-3969-7}} | |||
| *''The Man Who Invented The Twentieth Century: Nikola Tesla, Forgotten Genius of Electricity''. Headline Book Publishing (January 1999). {{ISBN|978-0-7472-7588-6}} | |||
| ===With Geoffrey Lancaster=== | |||
| The authors eventually came with another book called ''The Book of Hiram: Freemasonry,Venus, and the Secret Key to the Life of Jesus ''. In the introduction the authors talked about a speech they were about to give in Italy about ''The Hiram Key'' and said that a prominent official in the Roman Catholic Church had heard about it and said that he had read it but wanted them to stop talking about it, he said "It is an excellent book but there are certain things which should not be said". In ''The Book of Hiram'' the authors go further about Hiram. Although Hiram Abiff's name has never been recorded historically, there is a reference in a new translation in the Bible in the book of Kings to a person who a similar name and might be the same person, the authors point out. They then investigate the story further and say that Hiram Abiff who built King Solomon's Temple was involved in astrology. Because the ancient Jews believed in astrology and this was connected with the way King Solomon's Temple was specifically constructed. | |||
| *''Forecasting for Sales and Materials Management''. Palgrave Macmillan (29 April 1985). {{ISBN|978-0-333-36583-0}} | |||
| They claim that King Solomon and the stonemasons who built his temple were devoted to the planet Venus. Venus is the bright morning star. In Masonic ritual it is said that the Masons will "Lift their eyes to that bright morning star in the east whose rising brings peace and tranquility to the human race." | |||
| ===With Christopher Knight=== | |||
| Later on Lomas continued his research into Masonic history separately from Knight. He wrote a book called ''Turning the Hiram Key''. In the ''Hiram Key'' he and Knight claimed to have found a key to the origins of Christianity, religion, and civilization. Now Lomas in ''Turning the Hiram Key'' claimed that he had found a way to use that key to unlock the door of the secrets. In the book Lomas, who is also a scientific historian, connects Masonry with neurological science and expressed his belief that what Masonry is about is what is inside human souls individually and collectively. He talks about how Masonic ritual appeal's to a belief system that is inside a person's mind and soul. And he talks about what this reveals about religion and society in general. A very interesting observation he makes is that church services and religious rituals lower one's blood pressure. He talks about how the individual Masons sometimes make painting called tracing boards that depict the moral qualities of their souls. He talks about how Masonry says that it "makes good men better". He mentions that people who are not Masons are called cowans. In the beginning of the book he talks about an experience he had when he saw an electrical storm and this caused him to have a peak experience. He also talks about cosmic consciousness and tries to draw from the writing of W.L. Wilmhurst to uncover more about the spiritual and religious side of Masonry. In Turning the Hiram Key Lomas mentions that the Masons are obsessed with mathematical symbols. He mentions that Masonic Temples have illustrations of the Pythagorean theorem in them. He mentioned that the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll was a mathematics teacher and a Mason and that he put math symbols in his book because of that. He mentioned that the Masons, who are dedicated primarily to the study of mathematics, evolved out of another secret society of mathematicians called the Pythagorean brotherhood. ] 12/24/2006 18:20:58 (UTC) | |||
| *''The Book Of Hiram: Freemasonry, Venus and the Secret Key to the Life of Jesus''. Element Books Ltd. (25 January 2004). {{ISBN|978-0-00-717468-3}} | |||
| *''Uriel's Machine: The Ancient Origins of Science''. Century (10 June 1999). {{ISBN|978-0-7126-8007-3}} | |||
| *''The Second Messiah: Templars, The Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry'', April 1997 {{ISBN|0-7126-7719-4}} | |||
| *'']: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus''. Century, London (1996). {{ISBN|978-1-931412-75-9}} | |||
| ===Translated works of Daniel Owen=== | |||
| ==Other Interests== | |||
| Although Lomas' chief area of research is on the subject of ] and ], as a ] he writes also at a professional level on the ] period and ], ], stone monuments and ], and on both ] and ] data. | |||
| *''Rhys Lewis - Daniel Owen: Translated By Robert Lomas''. QCS eBooks (January 2018) {{ISBN|978-1546721574}} | |||
| According to an interview with Martin Faulks of ], it is thought by some ] that Dr Robert Lomas might be the inspiration for the character of Dr Robert Langdon, in ]'s thriller, '']''.{{ref|Interview}} The book makes reference to ], which is a place long been famous for its possible connections to ] and its attendant rituals, as publicised by Knight and Lomas in their international best-selling book '']''. | |||
| *''Daniel Owen's Ten Nights in the Black Lion: A Serial in Seventeen Parts written in 1859'' Dowager Press (October 2020) {{ISBN|979-8676846091}} | |||
| *''The Seven Sermons of Daniel Owen: Offerings from Solitude (The Works of Daniel Owen)'' Dowager Press (March 2022) {{ISBN|979-8795412856}} | |||
| Whilst writing ''The Book Of Hiram'' and as part of his on-going research into the cultural origin of scientific ideas, Lomas established an electronic database of ] material named '''', as part of the ]'s Special Collections Library.{{ref|WoH}} Lomas has also made available an online version of at his official website. | |||
| In the past, Lomas has worked on electronic weapons systems and emergency services command and control systems. He has now established himself as one of the worlds leading authors on the history of ] and currently lectures on ] at the ]'s School of Management, one of the UK's leading ]. | |||
| Lomas is said to be a regular speaker on the ] lecture circuit and is a regular supporter of the ] International Science Festival. | |||
| ==Education== | |||
| Lomas gained a First Class Honours degree in ] from the University of Salford before being awarded a ] for his research into ] and crystalline structures. | |||
| ==Controversy== | |||
| Lomas's theories about the origins of ] have caused controversy among Masonic historians. The romantic nature of his writings are reminiscent of other famous masonic authors such as the late ] and ]. The Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon is particularly critical of Lomas's work, as is Quatuor Coronati Lodge (The lodge of research attached to the United Grand Lodge of England), dubbing it "pseudo-history" and even "fiction". On the other hand, many Masons find Lomas's work interesting and worthy of further study. For example, the Grand Lodge of Queensland, Austrialia asked him to write a history of Freemasonry for its Masonic Training Module. | |||
| ==Jewellery Designer== | |||
| Robert Lomas is also a masonic jewellery designer. Working with his daughter Delyth, he produces a range of sterling silver, hand finished Masonic jewellery, using the designs she first made for Bro. Robert to wear. The symbols which attracted him are not only the standard square and compasses but also more subtle Masonic symbols, such as the pillars and centre. | |||
| ==Works== | |||
| *''The Secrets of Freemasonry: A Suppressed Tradition Revealed, May 2006'' | |||
| *''Turning The Hiram Key: Making Darkness Visible, April 2005'' | |||
| *''Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science, June 2003'' | |||
| *''The Invisible College: The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science, Mar 2002'' | |||
| *''The Man Who Invented The Twentieth Century: Nikola Tesla, Forgotten Genius of Electricity, May 1999'' | |||
| *''Forecasting for Sales and Materials Management, April 1988'' | |||
| With Christopher Knight | |||
| *''The Book Of Hiram: Freemasonry, Venus and the Secret Key to the Life of Jesus, April 2003'' | |||
| *''Uriel's Machine: The Ancient Origins of Science, March 1999'' | |||
| *''The Holy Grail'', part of ''Mysteries Of The Ancient World: The Mysteries of the Ancient World Explored and Explained, June 1998'' | |||
| *'']: Templars, The Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry, April 1997'' | |||
| *'']: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus'', March 1996 | |||
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Robert Lomas is a British writer, physicist and business studies academic. He writes primarily about the history of Freemasonry as well as the Neolithic period, ancient engineering, and archaeoastronomy.
Career
Lomas gained a First Class Honours degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Salford before being awarded a PhD for his research into solid state physics and crystalline structures. From here he went on to work on electronic weapons systems and emergency services command and control systems.
He lectured on Information Systems at the University of Bradford's School of Management. According to his website, Lomas is a regular supporter of the Orkney International Science Festival, having lectured there, chaired sessions, and taken part in the school's support sessions over a period of eight years.
Outside of his academic specialities, Lomas has written on various topics, such as the Neolithic period, archaeoastronomy, ancient mysteries, stone monuments, and megaliths, and on astronomical and astrological topics, as well as the history, ritual, and spiritual journey of Freemasonry.
Elements of his work have been described as "hoaxes" by members of the Freemasonry community. For example, the redaction of a document called "The Masonic Testament" by Lomas and co-author Christopher Knight, in their Book of Hiram (2003), from fragments of old manuscripts and ritual, has been described as "An invention by the highly imaginative authors ... which has no historical validity". A review from The Square, reprinted on Lomas' website states that Turning the Hiram Key "should be viewed as an invitation to think, rather than a prescriptive statement".
Bibliography
- The Masonic Tutor's Handbooks
- Volume 1 - The Duties of an Apprentice Master Dowager Press (April 2020). ISBN 978-1086544381
- Volume 2 - Freemasonry - After Covid 19 Dowager Press (April 2021). ISBN 979-8721123085
- Volume 3 - Becoming a Craftsman Dowager Press (December 2021). ISBN 979-8483674221
- Classics of Masonic Writing
- The Templar Genesis of Freemasonry: Turning The Templar Key Revisited Dowager Press (September 2018). ISBN 978-1718173699
- The Complete Works of W L Wilmshurest
- W.L.Wilmshurst - The Ceremony of Initiation: Revisited by Robert Lomas Dowager Press (November 2013). ISBN 978-1493794591
- W.L.Wilmshurst - The Ceremony of Passing: Revisited by Robert Lomas Dowager Press (March 2016).
- The keys Trilogy
- Turning The Hiram Key: Making Darkness Visible. Lewis Masonic (April 2005). ISBN 978-0-85318-239-9
- Turning the Solomon Key: George Washington, the Bright Morning Star and the Secrets of Masonic Astrology. Fair Winds Press (September 2006). ISBN 978-1-59233-229-8
- Turning the Templar Key: The Secret Legacy of the Knights Templar and the Origins of Freemasonry. Lewis Masonic (October 2007). ISBN 978-0-85318-286-3
- The Pant Glas Children: Welsh Folk Tales Retold for my Children Dowager Press (March 2019). ISBN 978-1090181756
- Freemasonry for Beginners Illustrated edition (February 2017). ISBN 978-1939994561
- The Lewis Guide to Masonic Symbols Lewis Masonic (October 2013). ISBN 978-0853184362
- A Miscellany of Masonic Essays Dowager Press (December 2012).
- The Secret Power of Masonic Symbols: The Influence of Ancient Symbols on the Pivotal Moments in History and an Encyclopedia of All the Key Masonic Symbols Fair Winds Press (October 2011). ISBN 978-1592334506
- The Lost Key: The Supranatural Secrets of the Freemasons Hodder & Stoughton (June 2011). ISBN 978-1444710601
- Mastering Your Business Dissertation: How to Conceive, Research and Write a Good Business Dissertation. Routledge (February 2011). ISBN 978-0415596794
- The Secret Science of Masonic Initiation: Lewis Masonic (June 2009). ISBN 978-0-85318-318-1
- The Secrets of Freemasonry: A Suppressed Tradition Revealed. Constable and Robinson (May 2006). ISBN 978-1-84529-312-3
- Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science. Fair Winds Press (March 2003). ISBN 978-1-59233-011-9
- The Invisible College: The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science. Headline Book Publishing (January 2002). ISBN 978-0-7472-3969-7
- The Man Who Invented The Twentieth Century: Nikola Tesla, Forgotten Genius of Electricity. Headline Book Publishing (January 1999). ISBN 978-0-7472-7588-6
With Geoffrey Lancaster
- Forecasting for Sales and Materials Management. Palgrave Macmillan (29 April 1985). ISBN 978-0-333-36583-0
With Christopher Knight
- The Book Of Hiram: Freemasonry, Venus and the Secret Key to the Life of Jesus. Element Books Ltd. (25 January 2004). ISBN 978-0-00-717468-3
- Uriel's Machine: The Ancient Origins of Science. Century (10 June 1999). ISBN 978-0-7126-8007-3
- The Second Messiah: Templars, The Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry, April 1997 ISBN 0-7126-7719-4
- The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus. Century, London (1996). ISBN 978-1-931412-75-9
Translated works of Daniel Owen
- Rhys Lewis - Daniel Owen: Translated By Robert Lomas. QCS eBooks (January 2018) ISBN 978-1546721574
- Daniel Owen's Ten Nights in the Black Lion: A Serial in Seventeen Parts written in 1859 Dowager Press (October 2020) ISBN 979-8676846091
- The Seven Sermons of Daniel Owen: Offerings from Solitude (The Works of Daniel Owen) Dowager Press (March 2022) ISBN 979-8795412856
See also
References
- Lomas, R. (1972) Electrical and Structural Properties of Some Evaporated Semiconducting Films, PhD Thesis, University of Salford.
- "Dr Bob Lomas, Lecturer in Technological Management". Bradford University School of Management. Archived from the original on 22 March 2005.
- Lomas, Robert (Foreword by Katherine Neville) (September 2006). Turning The Solomon Key. Fair Winds Press. ISBN 1-59233-229-3.
- The Masonic Testament Description retrieved 6 July 2012
- Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon Part of The Book of Hiram listed under 'Hoaxes', retrieved 5 July 2012.
- Robert Lomas website review of Turning the Hiram Key by Douglas Inglesent, retrieved 5 July 2012.
External links
- Robert Lomas' official website
- Bradford University Special Collections
- Knight & Lomas official partnership website
- The Web of Hiram
- Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon Article on The Hiram Key