Craft Masonry
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Good evening Quarrymen and welcome to our new YouTube channel members *Eric J* and *Ephriem Asnake*. This weekend a deeply insightful look into ‘The Meaning and Purpose of Freemasonry’ from the pen of R.A.L. Harland. On YouTube Saturday 5 July.
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend we’ll be taking a brief look at some of the famous figures who have donned the lambskin apron as we present 7 Famous Freemasons. Stay tuned to the end when we reveal a ‘special guest star’! On YouTube Saturday 28 June.
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Behind the visible forms of Freemasonry—its tools, its rituals, its allegories—lies a deeper and more ancient current of thought: the Hermetic Art. In this sweeping meditation, W. Bro. Cleland traces the Craft back to a primordial science of spiritual regeneration, veiled in symbol and passed down through sacred architecture, alchemical allegory, and initiatory practice. This…
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What is the true origin of the Masonic tradition—and what is its ultimate aim? In this weekend’s video two profound extracts offer strikingly different yet harmonising answers. Albert Churchward, in his exploration of The Divine Name, seeks Freemasonry’s roots in the high antiquity of Egypt, tracing the lost sacred syllables of YHWH to Horus, Hu,…
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend … In these two contrasting yet complementary texts, Dr. Albert Churchward and Arthur Edward Waite approach the arcana of Freemasonry from opposite ends of the esoteric spectrum—one through comparative mythology and Egyptological reconstruction, the other through mystical theology and perennial philosophy. Churchward’s extract from The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) boldly…
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What does it mean to call Masonry a “Progressive Science”? For the author of this weekend’s video Bro. D. O. Ryan, it is both a reminder and a challenge: that Freemasonry is no resting place, but a path—and one that demands effort, insight, and continual striving. In this stirring address, Ryan exhorts his brethren to…
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend … In this contemplative and candid oration, Bro. D. O. Ryan challenges the Craft to reconsider the essence of Freemasonry not as a static inheritance but as a living, evolving science—a “Progressive Science” rooted in the perennial quest for truth. Bridging philosophy and ritual, he traces the intellectual lineage of…
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In this video Arthur Edward Waite reimagines Masonic symbolism as a spiritual itinerary—a contemplative journey of the soul toward divine union—rather than merely a framework for moral instruction. Core emblems such as the Pentagram, Hexagram, Blazing Star, Sun and Moon, and the Point within a Circle are interpreted as metaphysical representations of cosmic principles and…
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Good evening Quarrymen and welcome to our new YouTube Channel Members Rocky and francis Akpata. This weekend, as voted by our Channel members we have a presentation by Arthur Edward Waite that reinterprets Masonic symbolism beyond mere ethical instruction, framing it as a spiritual pilgrimage—an itinerarium mentis in Deum, or “journey of the mind into…
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This video is a compilation of reflective pieces exploring some of the quiet and tranquil backwaters of the Masonic philosophical tradition. You may not agree with all of the viewpoints presented, but that is one of the great strengths of the Craft. Non-judgemental acceptance of difference.
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Good evening Quarrymen and welcome to our new YouTube Channel members FatherSith13fox and Don Read! As the year races forward and the days seem to vanish more swiftly with each passing week, it is worth pausing to reflect—not only on the nature of time, but on the deeper rhythms that shape our inner lives. In…
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Journey beyond the well-lit halls of recognized Freemasonry into its hidden peripheries, where charlatans, idealists, and political agitators alike have donned the square and compasses in pursuit of power, parody, or revelation. “Mockeries and Mavericks” uncovers the riotous satire of the Gormogons and Scald Miserables, the chivalric fictions of the Knights Templar revivalists, the mystical…
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend, explore the fringes and forgotten corners of Freemasonry in “Mockeries and Mavericks,” an illuminating journey into the fascinating world of irregular, satirical, and often scandalous pseudo-Masonic orders from the past three centuries. From the biting satire of the 18th-century Gormogons and Scald Miserable Masons to the elaborate mysticism of Cagliostro’s…
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This lecture offers a sustained inquiry into one of the most compelling esoteric intersections in the history of Western thought: the symbolic and ideological convergences between the Rosicrucian and Masonic traditions. While distinct in origin, structure, and purpose, these two movements emerged from the same intellectual ferment of the early modern period—an age captivated by…
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Good evening Quarrymen and welcome to our new YouTube channel Apprentices Pax “Gin” Giuntini and Alfredo Salcedo! This weekend … In the shadowed corridors of European history, two great esoteric traditions emerged—separate, yet curiously intertwined. One, veiled in allegory, appeared in the form of mysterious manifestos: the Rosicrucians, promising spiritual renewal and a secret fraternity…
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Occult Science in Masonry presents A.E. Waite’s incisive examination of the myriad occult systems that emerged alongside Freemasonry in eighteenth-century Europe. From Cagliostro’s Egyptian rites to the mystical philosophies of Saint-Martin and the magnetic theories of Mesmer, Waite charts a landscape of visionary quests and extravagant claims. Yet beneath the allure of hidden knowledge, he…
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Good evening Quarrymen As voted by our wonderful YouTube channel Masters and Fellowcrafts, this weekend’s video ‘Occult Science in Masonry’ by A.E. Waite is a penetrating study of the esoteric currents that flowed through eighteenth-century Freemasonry, particularly in France. Exploring the interplay between Masonic ritual and occult disciplines such as alchemy, astrology, and ceremonial magic,…
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