Craft Masonry
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This is the first in a seven-part series of videos examining the relationship between Pythagoras, Pythagoreanism and Freemasonry. In this episode I outline the rationale for the project and explain the sequence of videos to follow: 1. Introduction 2. The Pythagorean Question 3. The Pythagoreans 4. The Philosophy of Pythagoras 5. Pythagoras’ Mathematics and Cosmology…
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A new video! This lecture details the background, causes and outcome of the great ‘Antient and Modern’ conflict, which took place over sixty years and led, ultimately, to the foundation of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1813.
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Three historic Masonic texts from the nineteenth century have been added to the Library for your reading pleasure! Some of the Beauties of Freemasonry – 1816 Masonic Biography, or Sketches of Eminent Freemasons – 1863 Sermons on Freemasonry – 1856
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A video of UGLQ Lecturette No, 9. was premiered tonight at the Zoom meeting of Halcyon No. 492 Lodge. Thanks to the 19 members and guests who attended … and special thanks to RW Bro. Cyril Leitch for providing the voice-over! The video can be accessed here.
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A short video outlining the origin, history and symbolism of the use of the Cable Tow in the Masonic ritual. To access the video click here. It is protected by the password leading from the first to the second degrees.
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New additions to the Library have been uploaded today: A Familiar Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Masonic Jurisprudence – A book of jurisprudence designed ‘to make it comprehensible to those who have heretofore deemed it too abstruse for the common intellect’. Proofs of the Real Existence, and Dangerous Tendency, of Illuminism – Early 19th Century work…
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By R. Jeffery, 1977. This lecture, from the 1970s, provides a thoughtful analysis of the great pillars which stood outside the Temple. It focusses to a great extent on what the archaeological record can tell us about the pillars, their provenance, construction and size; as well as the vexed issue of just what exactly is…
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A new video in the YouTube Channel – A lecture published in February 1962 by the Masonic Service Association of the United States.
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I’ve just uploaded the next in my series of ‘forgotten’ lectures to the YouTube Channel. This one is entitled “Mathematics’ and was published in November 1925 by the Masonic Service Association of the United States. I’ve slightly edited the text as some references were either not in alignment with current Masonic practice, or expressed views…
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A new video has just been uploaded to YouTube. This is a lecture first given by WBro JH Parkes sometime in the early 1940’s. There is no date on the manuscript, but from the penmanship, paper type and internal evidence I’d say that it comes from early in his Masonic career. Brother Parkes was Grand…
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New to the Library are a few musical works. Mostly from the mid to late nineteenth century, they are a trove of songs old and new. Masonic Melodies adapted to the Ceremonies and Festivals of the Fraternity Masonic Odes and Poems Masonic Songs: Old and New
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The ‘From the Quarries’ YouTube Channel has just been launched! I’ve uploaded a short test video “The Young Mason’s Catechism” from a 1929 pamphlet published in Dundee. I’m still working on the technicalities of recording, so the audio track is a bit faint. Things can only improve with time and experience.
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I have been steadily adding to the works in the Library over the last few weeks. There are currently about 80 works available to peruse and download and more are being added daily. As far as I’m aware, all texts are in the public domain – let me know if I’ve got any wrong! Texts…
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Just uploaded to the Podcasts page, the Young Mason’s Catechism is a light-hearted look at the ‘real’ meaning behind the Entered Apprentice degree! Published in 1929, I can promise that you’ll never look at Hiram Abif in the same way again.
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William Harvey, J.P., F.S.A. Scot (1874 to 1936) wrote a number of short pamphlets and lectures in the first decades of the Twentieth Century. Copies of these can still be found in the libraries of Lodges across the world. Topics range from reflections on Lodge matters to comic poems on a Masonic theme. We have…
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