business studies
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academic. He writes primarily about the history of
Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
as well as the
Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...
period, ancient engineering, and
archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary study of how people in the past "have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena and what role the sky played in their cultur ...
.
Career
In engineering and business studies
Lomas gained a First Class Honours degree in
Electronic Engineering
Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...
from the
University of Salford
, caption = Coat of ArmsUniversity of Salford
, mottoeng = "Let us seek higher things"
, established = 1850 - Pendleton Mechanics Institute 1896 – Royal Technical Institute, Salford 1967 – gained ...
before being awarded a PhD for his research into
solid state physics
Solid-state physics is the study of rigid matter, or solids, through methods such as quantum mechanics, crystallography, electromagnetism, and metallurgy. It is the largest branch of condensed matter physics. Solid-state physics studies how the l ...
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
An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, information storage, store, and information distribution, distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems a ...
at the
University of Bradford
The University of Bradford is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be creat ...
's School of Management. According to his website, Lomas is a regular supporter of the
Orkney International Science Festival
The Orkney International Science Festival is a science festival which takes place every September in Kirkwall, Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland and has been running since 1991.
History
The first Orkney International Science Festival took place ...
, having lectured there, chaired sessions, and taken part in the school's support sessions over a period of eight years.
As a writer on masonic and other topics
Outside of his academic specialities, Lomas writes on the Neolithic period and archaeoastronomy, ancient mysteries, stone monuments, and
megaliths
A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. There are over 35,000 in Europe alone, located widely from Sweden to the Mediterranean sea.
The ...
, and on
astronomical
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and
astrological
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topics, as well as the history, ritual, and spiritual journey of
Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
. He has also written a biography of the electrical pioneer,
*The Masonic Tutor's Handbooks
#''Volume 1 - The Duties of an Apprentice Master'' Dowager Press (April 2020).
#''Volume 2 - Freemasonry - After Covid 19'' Dowager Press (April 2021).
#''Volume 3 - Becoming a Craftsman'' Dowager Press (December 2021).
*Classics of Masonic Writing
#''The Templar Genesis of Freemasonry: Turning The Templar Key Revisited'' Dowager Press (September 2018).
*The Complete Works of W L Wilmshurest
#''W.L.Wilmshurst - The Ceremony of Initiation: Revisited by Robert Lomas'' Dowager Press (November 2013).
#''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).
#''Turning the Solomon Key: George Washington, the Bright Morning Star and the Secrets of Masonic Astrology''. Fair Winds Press (September 2006).
#''Turning the Templar Key: The Secret Legacy of the Knights Templar and the Origins of Freemasonry''. Lewis Masonic (October 2007).
*''The Pant Glas Children: Welsh Folk Tales Retold for my Children'' Dowager Press (March 2019).
*''Freemasonry for Beginners'' Illustrated edition (February 2017).
*''The Lewis Guide to Masonic Symbols'' Lewis Masonic (October 2013).
*''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).
*''The Lost Key: The Supranatural Secrets of the Freemasons'' Hodder & Stoughton (June 2011).
*''Mastering Your Business Dissertation: How to Conceive, Research and Write a Good Business Dissertation''.
Routledge
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(February 2011).
*''The Secret Science of Masonic Initiation'': Lewis Masonic (June 2009).
*''The Secrets of Freemasonry: A Suppressed Tradition Revealed''. Constable and Robinson (May 2006).
*''Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science''. Fair Winds Press (March 2003).
*''The Invisible College: The Royal Society, Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science''. Headline Book Publishing (January 2002).
*''The Man Who Invented The Twentieth Century: Nikola Tesla, Forgotten Genius of Electricity''. Headline Book Publishing (January 1999).
With Geoffrey Lancaster
*''Forecasting for Sales and Materials Management''. Palgrave Macmillan (29 April 1985).
With Christopher Knight
*''The Book Of Hiram: Freemasonry, Venus and the Secret Key to the Life of Jesus''. Element Books Ltd. (25 January 2004).
*''Uriel's Machine: The Ancient Origins of Science''. Century (10 June 1999).
*''The Second Messiah: Templars, The Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry'', April 1997
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The Hiram Key
''The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasonry, and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus'', is a 1996 book by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. The authors, both Freemasons, present a theory of the origins of Freemasonry as part of their "tru ...
: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus''. Century, London (1996).
Translated works of Daniel Owen
*''Rhys Lewis - Daniel Owen: Translated By Robert Lomas''. QCS eBooks (January 2018)
*''Daniel Owen's Ten Nights in the Black Lion: A Serial in Seventeen Parts written in 1859'' Dowager Press (October 2020)
*''The Seven Sermons of Daniel Owen: Offerings from Solitude (The Works of Daniel Owen)'' Dowager Press (March 2022)
See also
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Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel, formerly known as the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew, is a 15th-century chapel located in the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland.
Rosslyn Chapel was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a Catholic collegiate church ...
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Daniel Owen
Daniel Owen (20 October 1836 – 22 October 1895) was a Welsh novelist. He is generally regarded as the foremost Welsh-language novelist of the 19th century, and as the first significant novelist to write in Welsh.
Early life
Daniel Owen was bor ...
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Uriel's Machine
''Uriel's Machine: The Prehistoric Technology That Survived the Flood'' is a bestselling book published in 1999 by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. The book's name is derived from a character of the same name in the '' Book of Enoch''. In K ...