This in-depth work examines a compendium of Masonic rituals found in Richard Carlile's once popular Manual of Freemasonry, some of the exotic high degrees displayed in his exposé being regularly practiced in England during the early C19th. For the first time, Carlile's work is fully discussed, degree by degree, to not only reveal the full Masonic story, but to examine the eclectic sources of these degrees and the writers who influenced his work. Indeed, these writers, such as Thomas Paine, William Finch and Godfrey Higgins will also be observed, along with an examination of the radical, free thinking ideas that Carlile projected in his exposé. This new examination of The Manual of Freemasonry is a much overdue rediscovery of the significance of his work on English Masonry and published in 2020, commemorates the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, an event that was witnessed by Carlile.