Craft Masonry
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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…
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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…
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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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Step into the “First Restoration” and journey beyond the “starry-decked heaven” of the Temple ceiling. This presentation explores the deep esoteric architecture of the Craft, moving from the “uninstructed” view of the Zodiac as mere decoration to its true purpose: an initiatic map of human development.In this video, we delve into:The Living System: Understanding the…
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This presentation provides a technical and philosophical analysis of the Western Esoteric Tradition, examining the structural methodologies used to transition human consciousness from material density to spiritual realization. Based on a paper by W.Bro. R. A. L. Harland, P.M, this study treats them as a functional “Curriculum of Liberation”—a systematic framework designed for the rehabilitation…
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The Square: More than just a tool, it is the “Great Symbol” of Freemasonry and a universal emblem of truth that predates history itself. In this video, we explore why the Square has been denominated by legends like Mackey and Newton as the most vital landmark of the ancient Craft. We journey from the prehistoric,…
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Long before the grand lodges of the 18th century and the elaborate rituals of modern Masonry, a mysterious poem was penned that would define the “Honest Craft” forever. Dating back to approximately 1390, the Regius Manuscript (also known as the Halliwell Manuscript) is the oldest surviving document of the “Old Charges.” It is not just…
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This lecture introduces Harold W. Percival’s Masonry and Its Symbols (1952), a distinctive twentieth-century interpretation of Freemasonry that approaches the Craft through the lens of symbolic philosophy rather than institutional history. Percival presents Masonic ritual and imagery as expressions of a broader metaphysical system, centred on the concept of consciousness and articulated through his model…
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In this video I try something a little different from the usual From the Quarries format: a tier list of Masonic authors. A tier list is simply a ranked set of categories, from S (exceptional) down through A, B, C, and D. I’m judging these writers by a mix of usefulness to serious Masonic study,…
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This omnibus explores one of the longest and most misunderstood tensions in modern religious and Masonic history: the relationship between the Church and the Craft. Drawing together three earlier talks, it examines the Catholic Church’s condemnations of Freemasonry, the question of whether Freemasonry is a religion, and the issue of its compatibility with Christianity. Grounded…
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This compilation offers concise, historically grounded introductions to major Masonic traditions—Russia, Japan, Ireland, Sweden, and Prince Hall (USA)—tracing their origins, key turning points, and the distinctive features of their rites and lodge culture, so you can see how the Craft expresses itself differently across jurisdictions while remaining recognisably Masonic.
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This lecture was originally presented by Bro. Harvey Lovewell at the ANZMRC conference in Dunedin in 2022. Download the original lecture and supporting PowerPoint of this presentation here: The Belief in a Supreme Being?
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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