Upcoming ‘Instant Premiere’
Good afternoon Quarrymen This weekend I’ll be running an instant Premiere on YouTube of a new video titled The Belief in a Supreme Being? — a presentation based on a 2022 lecture by Bro. Harvey Lovewell. The exact start time is still to be confirmed, but the Premiere page will go live 24 hours in…
The Origins of Freemasonry
In this carefully argued presentation, The Origins of Freemasonry by Alphonse Cerza, P.M., dismantles the many romantic and speculative myths that have accumulated around the Craft’s beginnings, from the Temple of Solomon to the Garden of Eden, the Ancient Mysteries, Roman Collegia, and medieval cathedral legends. Drawing on respected Masonic historians such as Henry W.…
Whence come you?
Good evening Quarrymen Something new is landing on 24 January, and it asks a slightly uncomfortable question: what if much of what we think we know about the origins of Freemasonry isn’t quite as solid as we assume? This upcoming video takes a calm but mischievous look at where the Craft is really said to…
Ancient Symbolic Penalties
In this presentation we explore Ancient Symbolic Penalties, a thoughtful and challenging Short Talk Bulletin by K. W. Aldridge, which invites viewers to reconsider one of the most frequently misunderstood elements of Masonic ritual. Rather than treating the penalties found in our obligations as literal or archaic survivals, Aldridge frames them as part of a…
Blood Curdling Oaths!
Good evening Quarrymen This weekend, as voted by our wonderful channel members will be asking the question ‘What do we really mean when we speak of the “ancient penalties” in Freemasonry—and have we perhaps misunderstood them all along’? In this short presentation, K. W. Aldridge invites us to pause and reflect on a subject that…
A Master’s Wages
This presentation examines “A Master’s Wages,” a 1933 Short Talk Bulletin reflecting on the meaning of wages in Freemasonry beyond material reward. Drawing on the original text, it explores how the true wages of a Master Mason are found in rights and privileges, service to others, relief in times of need, fellowship within the Lodge,…
The Measure of all Things: Humanity, Symbol, and the Masonic Universe
ANTIPODEAN SUMMER SERIES A selection of videos from the Quarries Archive.
Between Earth and Heaven: The Philosophical World of Freemasonry
ANTIPODEAN SUMMER SEASON This week we’ve published a suite of Videos originally published in 2023 and 24. I hope you enjoy this selection of four lectures from the archive exploring the Philosophical World of Freemasonry.
The Apocalypse of Adam
Good evening Quarrymen In the giving spirit of the season, here is a short Christmas release … This video explores The Apocalypse of Adam, a striking Gnostic text preserved in the Nag Hammadi Library, presenting Adam’s final revelation to his son Seth as a radical counter-history of creation. The work depicts humanity’s loss of primordial…
Royal Arch Principals
ANTIPODEAN SUMMER SEASON Videos originally published in 2022. These lectures explore the three Principals of the Royal Arch—Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and Haggai—through close reference to A History of Royal Arch Masonry by Everett R. Turnbull and Ray V. Denslow (1955), one of the standard historical treatments of the development of the Royal Arch in the Anglo-American…
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