Esotericism and Reality
Good evening Quarrymen There’s a new post on our sister platform Sub Umbra: “The World as Analogy: How Esotericism Understands Reality” Head over to https://www.subumbra.net/ and subscribe to never miss an update.
Architecture of the Mind
Good Morning Quarrymen and a warm welcome to our new YouTube Channel Members *Bj Johnson*, *Jackson Smith*, *Stories with the b’ys*, and *Will*. This weekend … For centuries, Freemasonry preserved a vision of knowledge very different from our own: not information as accumulation, but education as formation. This week’s lecture explores the hidden architecture behind…
Where to From Here? 2.0
In 2024, From the Quarries conducted a major international survey examining the future of Freemasonry in the 6th Millennium A.L. Two years later, the question was revisited. The results revealed something unexpected. To explore the full dataset from the surveys go to the interactive dashboard:https://where-to-from-here-2026.netlify.app/ While membership decline remains a serious concern, a second issue…
“Hermes at the Crossroads”
A new essay has been posted on our Sub Umbra platform: “Hermes at the Crossroads” Interested? https://www.subumbra.net What is Sub Umbra? Sub Umbra is a digital platform for the serious exploration of the Western Esoteric Tradition: its symbols, philosophies, texts, rituals, myths, and hidden currents of influence. https://www.subumbra.net
The Druid and the Mason – Stonehenge, Sacred Groves, and the Masonic Imagination
Do you want to dive even deeper into the Western Esoteric Tradition?Visit https://www.subumbra.net In this lecture, we examine one of the more persistent and beguiling claims in Masonic literature: that Freemasonry inherited something from the ancient Druids. The evidence does not support a direct descent, and Stonehenge was not built by Druids, inconvenient though that…
“The West never stopped being Magical”
Good afternoon Quarrymen A new essay has been posted on our Sub Umbra platform: “The West never stopped being Magical” Interested? https://www.subumbra.net What is Sub Umbra? Sub Umbra is a digital platform for the serious exploration of the Western Esoteric Tradition: its symbols, philosophies, texts, rituals, myths, and hidden currents of influence.
Freemasonry’s Greatest Symbol: Light
For a deeper dive into the Western Esoteric Tradition Visit Sub Umbra What is Freemasonry’s greatest symbol? The Square and Compasses? The Temple? The Working Tools? The Brotherhood of Man? This lecture offers a quieter but more profound answer: Light. In Freemasonry, Light is not simply knowledge. It is the illumination by which symbols are…
Illumination
Good evening Quarrymen and a warm welcome to our new YouTube channel member Trevor Weinbrecht. Coming to YouTube this weekend… There are some things in the Craft that illuminate more than they reveal. If you’d like to take an even deeper dive into the Western Esoteric Tradition, visit our new site Subumbra, a digital platform…
Are you ready to take a deeper dive?
Six years ago today, From the Quarries began as a place to explore Masonic history, symbolism, ritual, philosophy, and tradition. Today, that work enters a new phase. Sub Umbra is a new home for the serious study of the Western Esoteric Tradition: its symbols, texts, figures, philosophies, and hidden lines of influence. It brings together…
The Ancient Mysteries Behind Freemasonry
Egypt, Mithras, and the Hidden Wisdom of Freemasonry brings together four earlier From the Quarries lectures into a single long-form compendium exploring Freemasonry’s symbolic relationship with the ancient mysteries. This extended presentation considers the enduring fascination with Egypt, Greece, Mithraism, and the wisdom traditions of antiquity, not as evidence of simple institutional descent, but as…
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