Talk:Antonio Machado

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Spanish Sections It would be awesome if someone could include translations of the spanish poetry sections. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.125.110.131 (talk) 06:45, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Freemasonry
The link about Freemasonry is to a Spanish-language page that says little except that he was a Mason plus a few basic biographical facts that are in any event well covered in the article. Is there really a reason to include this link? If so, what would that reason be? - Jmabel | Talk 05:22, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's been well over a week, no one gave a reason, I deleted. - Jmabel | Talk 06:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

And now I see someone has added Category:Spanish Freemasons to this page. Why is his being a Freemason significant? - Jmabel | Talk 01:43, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I just looked at his article. It has the freemason category but no reference to it. I am guessing here but, if he was Spanish back in the days, chances are he was Catholic. Catholics are not permitted to be freemasons. It is possible this conflict or disconnect in his upbringing may have incurred the wrath of the church which might have affected his writings. Ronbo76 06:09, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I just found a PDF online after about searching 50 articles on him. Here is the link:


 * Antonio Machado now


 * It appears his grandfather, Antonio Machado Núñez who was a lecturer at at major school, was a freemason who exposed the concepts to Antonio (see p. 2). There is no mention of Antonio being a freemason or a Catholic but on page 5, a married Catholic lady friend of his supposedly ripped up "200 letters from the poet." It is possible the grandfather passed on the ideals to both father and son (Antonio) who in turn became a freemason. Hope that helps. Ronbo76 06:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Machado was actually not a Catholic but a pantheist. This faith was influenced by his education in the Institución Libre de Enseñanza.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.113.48.2 (talk) 06:11, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Catholicism and Freemasonry
Please see this article on Catholicism and Freemasonry to get a feel for the conflict on being a freemason and Catholic. Ronbo76 06:41, 21 January 2007 (UTC)