Craft Masonry
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This is a bit of a cheat really. I recently got some new animation software and wasn’t entirely happy with the last ‘Circumambulation’ video. So I combined the two projects to add some overlays and create a new look. It’s the same old video, with some experimental flourishes! Click here to view.
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This video lecture is a funny and insightful look at the ‘rules’ and symbolism of Masonic circumambulation and their absolute irrelevance to the Southern Hemisphere! It was first presented by V.Exc. Comp. B. G. Patterson, Grand Lecturer of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Qld in 1943, and was originally published in the Qld…
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This article appeared in Time Magazine on 13 August this year. I’d highly recommend John Dickie’s Book, How the Freemasons made the Modern World, from which it is drawn. Details of how to get a copy appear at the bottom of the article. Freemasons, with signs for the various lodges, c1733. Getty Images/Historica Graphica Collection BY JOHN…
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A short text from the archives … by Bro. Arthur E. Powell First published in The Master Mason — October 1926 The following excerpts from a chapter of a most interesting little book, The Magic of Freemasonry, by Brother Powell, to which reference has already been made by Tim BOOKMAN, is a fine example of…
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It’s been a while since my last video. I’m honoured to be working on a couple of large Masonic projects at the moment, which are taking up quite a bit of time and I’m really looking forward revealing them when the time is right. In the meantime, I’ve uploaded a few more historical texts to…
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Just presented via Zoom to the brethren on Halcyon Lodge. The Magic Flute and Freemasonry is a brief examination of some of the Masonic elements in, influences on and interpretations of Mozart’s Magic Flute – first performed just 9 weeks before the composer’s death in 1791. Credit to the following sources of audio, images and…
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An ‘Allegory of Freemasonry’ is a picture by John Harris, which was used by the Reverend George Oliver as the Frontispiece of his 1846 work “The Historical Landmarks and Other Evidences of Freemasonry Explained”. This short video takes a close look at this illustration, using the original description and explanation given by Reverend Oliver in…
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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…
