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This is an anonymous presentation from May of 1934. “Fellowcrafts receive several admonitions and exhortations regarding the Sciences of Geometry and astronomy, and many an initiate has wondered just how far his duty should carry him in undertaking anew the study of branches of mathematics which are associated in his with much troubled effort in…
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Good evening Quarrymen Thanks to all for the kind messages for our simultaneous Fourth Birthday and 10k subscribers over the weekend! Your support has made it all worthwhile. This weekend … “Fellowcrafts receive several admonitions and exhortations regarding the Sciences of Geometry and astronomy, and many an initiate has wondered just how far his duty…
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LET’S CELEBRATE SOME MILESTONES! Today is From the Quarries’ Fourth Birthday … it is also the day that we’ve hit 10 000 Subscribers on YouTube! I can’t help but feel that is a good omen. (365 x 4 + 2 leap days over 10000. I’m sure someone can help me with the numerology 😇) I…
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A selection of 4 more Esoteric videos from the Archive: Source details for each video are in the introductions to each. Stand by for a big announcement coming tomorrow!
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Big news coming this weekend! To whet your appetite, Saturday’s video will be a follow-up to the highly popular “Esoteric Freemasonry Omnibus” from a few weeks ago. Five videos from the Archive: The BIG NEWS comes on Sunday 5 May (Australian Time) – Stay tuned!
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This video explores how Freemasonry in France experienced significant transformation during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte, a period marked by political upheaval and societal reformation. Freemasonry played a unique role in the socio-political landscape of France from the late 18th to the early 19th century. There are four sections to the video:
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend’s paper delves into the intriguing history of Freemasonry during the tumultuous era of the Napoleonic Wars, focusing on the unique role Masons played as prisoners of war. It explores how approximately 200,000 members of the French Army, including Freemasons, were captured and incarcerated in England. Despite the harsh conditions, these…
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This week’s video: What is the Significance of The “All Seeing Eye”? A short question but one which demands a long answer. By Wor.Bro. Major A. Cathcart Bruce, P.G.Stwd. (Undated)
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Good evening Quarrymen After a slight hiccup last week, this weekend let’s finally take a look at …
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This week’s long-form video is a selection of 5 Esoteric videos from the Archive. Details of the source for the videos can be found in the introductions to each. 00:00 – Introduction 00:33 – Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry 23:28 – The Occultism of the Bible and Kabbalah 30:44 – Sects, Secrets and Intitiatic Orders 46:19 –…
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Good evening Quarrymen Personal circumstances have intervened, and I won’t be able to publish the promised ‘All Seeing Eye’ video tomorrow. It will have to wait until next week. In the words of Douglas Adams, ‘We apologise for the inconvenience’. In its place I hope you’ll enjoy ‘An Esoteric Freemasonry Omnibus’ comprising 5 selected esoteric…
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Good evening Quarrymen, Coming this weekend … “Are we not taught that every character, emblem or symbol in Freemasonry has a peculiar meaning? There is need for a careful explanation of them all. Especially is this so, I think, in the case of the ” All Seeing Eye,” since it is seldom referred to directly…
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An anonymous extract from the Masonic Review of 1857. “Though the scriptures furnish but a meagre account of Enoch, the traditions of Freemasonry closely connect him by numerous circumstances with the early history of the institution. All indeed that we learn from the book of Genesis on the subject of his life, is that he…
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend … ” … him the Most High (Rapt in a balmly cloud, with winged steeds), Did as thou seest, receive to walk with God, High in salvation, and the claims of bliss, Exempt from death.” — Paradise Lost.
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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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