From the Quarries

Behind the visible forms of Freemasonry—its tools, its rituals, its allegories—lies a deeper and more ancient current of thought: the Hermetic Art. In this sweeping meditation, W. Bro. Cleland traces the Craft back to a primordial science of spiritual regeneration, veiled in symbol and passed down through sacred architecture, alchemical allegory, and initiatory practice. This is not speculative theory, but a map of the soul’s ascent drawn in stone, geometry, and word. At once poetic and precise, this work invites the thoughtful Mason to look again at the temple—not as a metaphor, but as a living diagram of the Great Work.