From the Quarries

What does it mean to call Masonry a “Progressive Science”?

For the author of this weekend’s video Bro. D. O. Ryan, it is both a reminder and a challenge: that Freemasonry is no resting place, but a path—and one that demands effort, insight, and continual striving. In this stirring address, Ryan exhorts his brethren to move beyond passive membership and toward a deeper engagement with the Craft’s philosophical, historical, and symbolic dimensions. Blending wit, classical wisdom, and piercing honesty, he urges Masons to cease being mere spectators and instead become seekers—those who “look beneath the surface” for the true light of knowledge. This is a powerful meditation on the responsibilities and potential of every Mason who dares to progress.