March 2024
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This presentation was first published by Everett R. Turnbull & Ray V. Denslow. I do not have a date or provenance for the work, but believe that it is part of their “History of Royal Arch Freemasonry”.
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Good evening Quarrymen. This weekend … “And Cyrus, having constituted Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel (of the seed of David by Nathan, the brother of Solomon, whose royal family was now extinct) the Head or Prince of the Captivity and the leader of the Jews and Israelites returning to Jerusalem, they began to lay the
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This week’s video was written by Bro. Robert T. Runciman (undated) ‘In Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle presented to the public A Study in Scarlet, his first Sherlock Holmes story. From this beginning there followed fifty-six short stories and three novels with Sherlock Holmes and his ‘Boswell,’ John H. Watson, M.D.,
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend, it’s “Elementary my dear Hiram” …
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This video was first published as an article in the Short Talk Bulletin Vol. VII No. 12 — December 1929. “The laws of Masonry, like the laws of nations, are both the unwritten — “Common Law” — and written. The written laws, based on the “General Regulations” and the “Old Charges,” are the Constitution and
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This weekend … Every Master Mason is obliged to abide by the laws, regulations and edicts of his Grand Lodge; the by-laws of the particular lodge of which he is a member, and to maintain and support the Landmarks and “Ancient Usages and Customs of the Fraternity.”
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Welcome to the next instalment of our survey. Each question is designed to gather your valuable insights on Freemasonry’s role and evolution. Any additional comments you would like to add related to this question will be immensely helpful in developing the project! You do NOT need to be a Freemason to respond to the survey.
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An anonymous and undated paper looking at the very earliest use of geometrical symbolism. “In speculating about symbols, especially Masonic symbols, we are naturally led to think of geometric figures. Mindful of the frequently asserted claim that modern Speculative Freemasonry is the inheritor of “the secret tradition” or learning of the ancient priesthoods, who thereby
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Welcome to our survey. Each question is designed to gather your valuable insights on Freemasonry’s role and evolution. Any additional comments you would like to add related to this question will be immensely helpful in developing the project! You do NOT need to be a Freemason to respond to the survey. 😊 QUESTION 2 of
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This Weekend … In speculating about symbols, especially Masonic symbols, we are naturally led to think of geometric figures. Mindful of the frequently asserted claim that modern Speculative Freemasonry is the inheritor of “the secret tradition” or learning of the ancient priesthoods, who thereby exercised the decisive power of knowledge over their rulers and kings,
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“Where to from Here? Freemasonry in the 6th Millenium A.L.” Welcome to our survey. Each question is designed to gather your valuable insights on Freemasonry’s role and evolution. Any additional comments you would like to add related to this question will be immensely helpful in developing the project! Click on the link below to add
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I’ve been given the fantastic opportunity to present at the Australian and New Zealand Masonic Research Council (https://www.anzmrc.org/) in Sydney this October. This isn’t just my journey—it’s ours. As we navigate the future of Freemasonry, I’m calling on you, the vibrant community of “From the Quarries,” to lend your voices to this pivotal discussion. I’ll
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The runner up in last week’s YouTube video poll, “I have heard that Masonry …” is a presentation first put together by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, although I have no date for its publication. “The purpose of the presentation is to provide guidance whereby you may assist [a] man, whom you
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