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A new Video! In response to the comments that I’ve been receiving on the website and YouTube channel from non-Masons, here is a short video – FAQ about Freemasonry, which I hope answers the most frequent queries. Don’t forget – If you want to be a Mason, just ask one 👍
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A new Video! The Mystery of the Holy Grail is a rollicking text written by J. J. Collins. It fuses the historical Grail legend all with a host of theories and conspiracies to weave a fascinating tapestry. I’ve included a list of the works referenced in the comments below the YouTube video. The soundtrack is…
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A New Video! After a few weeks of some heavy content, here’s a bit of levity. There only seem to be a few Masonic jokes in circulation, and these are recycled and reused regularly (a bit like Toasts to the Visitors). If you know of any more you’d like to share, please put them in…
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A new Video! It’s been a while since I uploaded a Royal Arch video, so here is a Masonic interpretation of the Ark of the Covenant. It is extracted from the1959 book ‘History of Royal Arch Masonry Vol 1’ by Everett R. Turnbull & Ray V. Denslow.
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A new Video! ‘Gavels in Freemasonry‘ is a short, undated, text by Paul M. Bessel. The title is pretty self-explanatory. This video is for RW Bro. Leitch, who only asks questions which have no answer. 😉
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A new Video! THE MYSTERY DEGREES is a presentation first given by Leslie M. Scott, 33° Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Oregon. It was presented as an address before Multnomah Council of Kadosh, at Portland, Oregon in August 1946.
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A new Video! This video is Part three, and the final part, of Wor. Bro. Rev. F. de P. Castells impressive and comprehensive lecture from 1914. This section examines what Castells describes as ‘the metrology of the Craft‘.
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A new Video! This video is part two of the series started last week. Therre is just so much in this lecture by Wor. Bro. Rev. F. de P. Castells from 1914 that there will be a Part III published next week. This week’s extract concentrates on the number 15. Enjoy!
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New for 2022. I’ve had a chance to look at the viewer data for From the Quarries over the last few weeks and have discovered, to my surprise, that the vast majority of people looking at the channel are doing so on their mobile phones! This has given me the idea of using the new…
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This is a long and complex lecture by the worthy and estimable Brother F. de P. Castells from 1914. As a result of its complexity, it will be published in two parts. This first section treats the Masonic significance of the numbers 3, 5 and 7. Part two will examine the symbolism of the number…
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In anticipation of Christmas day, which is just one short week away, this is a short video from a text by Bro. David Downie of St Trinian’s Lodge 2050, the Isle of Man. I am not sure of the date of this work, so if I have breached any copyright I sincerely apologise and will,…
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A new Video! The winner of our poll held last week, The Geometry of the Royal Arch is another chapter taken from F. de P. Castell’s wonderful “Antiquity of the Holy Royal Arch”, first published in 1927.
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Two new videos have been uploaded to the site this week. Freemasonry and the Druids: This video is a two-parter. The first section is a modern short essay by the redoubtably named Bro. Stanley K Sproule, which was published in 1983. This gives a typically contemporary and clearheaded view of the purported relationship between Druidism…
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A new Video! This week’s video is a lecture prepared by Bro.D. H. B. Falconer, P.M., which was first published on 22 July 1994. It is divided into 4 sections: – THE CONCEPT OF IMMORTALITY – ELEMENTS OF THE CREATION – THE ARROW OF TIME – ETERNITY and finishes with an impassioned plea for Freemasonry…
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A new Video! There was a clear winner of our YouTube poll held during the week. ‘The Mystical Quest in Freemasonry‘ won exactly 50% of the votes cast. Thanks to all who submitted their votes – the response was far greater than I anticipated, so I think I’ll try it again in future! This presentation…
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A new Video! This video is a chapter from ‘The Antiquity of the Holy Royal Arch’ which was Published by F. de P. Castells in 1927. In it he examines in detail some of the astronomical and astrological symbolism underpinning the Royal Arch degree. I have redacted some small portions of the text which I…
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A new Video! The ‘Morgan Affair’ was the tremendous controversy that followed the disappearance of William Morgan just prior to his publishing a Masonic expose in the 1820’s. So great was the scandal that it nearly destroyed Freemasonry in the United States, and its impacts are still being felt to this day. This anonymous text…
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