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The Great Masonic Conspiracy. This video is a response to the viewers of this channel who believe that Freemasonry is a vast, world encompassing and ominous conspiracy (Hint: it’s not). Watch out though – this video is exactly 13 minutes long. Surely that can’t just be a coincidence?
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This week’s video is an anonymous talk from August 1953, Curious Masonic Words looks at some of the strange terms used in our ceremonials and identifies their origin, meaning and provenance. The talk is clearly American, but my copy has no authorial attribution beyond the date.
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A new Video! This video is a recreation of a presentation I gave on 1 June 2021 at Halcyon Lodge No. 492 UGLQ. Expanding on the Masonic Timeline published a few weeks ago, this presentation examines the historical events referenced in our rituals of the first, second and third degrees.
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A new Video! This week’s presentation, Why Symbolism?, is taken from the book “The Old Past Master” by Charles H. Claudy which was first published in 1924. It takes the form of a conversation between a new Mason and an ‘old past master’, who shares his wisdom by explaining why Freemasonry is so concerned with…
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A new video! This is a direct transcription of the complete 1564 Hieroglyphic Monad of John Dee including all illustrations and technical diagrams. A notoriously dense and complex work, the Hieroglyphic Monad comprises 24 theorems detailing the geometric and esoteric perfection of the Monad itself. Although not directly Masonic, and published well before the official…
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A new Video! “Bronze Castings in Freemasonry – How they may have been built”, is another meticulously researched paper from Harvey Lovewell (and we know what that means – Maths content ahead!). It was first presented at the ANZMRC Kellerman lectures in 1998. Thanks again to Harvey for permission to reproduce this work.
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A new Video! This video details a project I have been working on to try and map the events detailed in the rituals of Craft Masonry, the Royal Arch and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite to their historical periods. It is necessarily sketchy and most probably inaccurate, but I’d welcome any feedback to help…
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A new Video! This is the second part of the presentation ‘The Necessity of the Royal Arch to the Master Mason’ by William F. Kuhn from 1921. ‘What of the Hour?‘ is a short philosophical reflection on the true nature of the Royal Arch and its spiritual significance to those who take up its challenges.
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A new video! This short presentation by William F. Kuhn was first presented in 1921. Many thanks to RW Bro. Leitch for giving me a copy. The lecture comes in several sections. This is the first and lengthiest of them. The final section “What of the hour?” will make a nice short video in the…
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Was King Solomon the Ancient World’s first shipping magnate? In the first new archaeological evidence for decades, KS’s extensive Phoenician connections are starting to be unvelied. Masonically we’d never say “I told you so”, but new archaeological evidence announced TODAY supports biblical descriptions of a partnership between Solomon, who “excelled all the kings of the…
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A new Video! Geometry and Masonry is a wonderfully researched paper is published with the kind permission of the author, Bro. Harvey Lovewell of Lodge Millaa. It was first presented in 2008. Many thanks to Harvey for allowing me to reproduce it.
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I just came across this teaser site for Blue Lodge the Game online. Apparently you “Take control of Adam, a young entered apprentice and experience a journey to become a master mason that brings to life stories of legend. Challenge and hone your skills as you also learn about freemasonry in a unique experience, faithful…
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From the William Harvey collection. The Wages of an Entered Apprentice is a meditation on the significance of Corn, Wine and Oil in Masonic Ceremonial. It was originally published in 1944.
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A new Video! There are literally dozens of interpretations of the ‘Point within a Circle‘ in the Masonic corpus. This enigmatic figure, universal in its use, is capable of seemingly infinite explanation. In this anonymous 1931 paper a simple and straightforward interpretation is provided, eschewing the esoteric and instead looking back to the Operative Masons…
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This is the 50th video from the quarries and it is a special one. More than double the length of the usual lectures at over 50 minutes long, ‘Our affinity with the Ancient Egyptians‘ is a deep, thoughtful and moving address by W. Bro. R. W. Harwood, first presented in October 1977. The address looks…
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The Mystery of Mithra is short overview of Mithraism and its possible relationship to some of the more arcane aspects of Masonry by Bro. Harry Kenison from April 1961. Of course, correspondence does not imply causation, but I’ll leave any interpretation to the viewer!
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A new book in the Library! The Textbook of Cryptic Masonry by Jackson H. Chase, New York, 1870.
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