From the Quarries

Long before Solomon’s Temple, before the tools of the builder became moral symbols, there was another origin story—one almost forgotten.

In 1723, the Reverend James Anderson claimed that Noah and his sons were the first Freemasons, keepers of geometry and divine order who rebuilt civilisation after the Flood. This episode explores Anderson’s extraordinary idea that all humanity—every nation, every creed—are the “Children of Noah,” united by a single moral law older than scripture itself.

From the Enlightenment salons of London to the echoes of Hermetic, Kabbalistic, and Rosicrucian lore, we uncover how this myth shaped Freemasonry’s vision of a universal brotherhood guided by reason, virtue, and conscience. Was the Ark the first lodge? Was Noah the original Grand Master?

Step inside the Quarries as we uncover the origins of the world’s most enduring moral fraternity.

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