Esoteric
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The Mystery of Mithra is short overview of Mithraism and its possible relationship to some of the more arcane aspects of Masonry by Bro. Harry Kenison from April 1961. Of course, correspondence does not imply causation, but I’ll leave any interpretation to the viewer!
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IMPORTANT NOTE: I have just been advised (27 January 2021) that the Leo Taxil video I uploaded to YouTube yesterday contains copywrite material to which I am not entitled. Specifically it includes clips from the 1920 Swedish/Danish film ‘Haxan’. As this content is over 100 years old I mistakenly assumed that its copywrite had lapsed.…
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New text in Esoterica – The Hieroglyphic Monad It’s a bit self-indulgent to mention, but this month marks 30 years since I submitted my Masters Thesis on John Dee’s 1564 work Monas Hieroglyphica. (January 25th was also coincidentally, the date on which Dee finished writing the book)! In celebration I’ve uploaded a copy of this…
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HERMES TRISMEGISTUS A brief summary of the highly esoteric 1912 work ‘The Kybalion’, by ‘Three Initiates’. It offers a surprisingly Masonic take on Hermetic Neo-Platonism. The broadcast is a brief summary of its content with reference made to Masonic connections.
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Now available in the Library. The two Volumes of Arthur Edward Waite’s summative work: The Secret Tradition in Freemasonry – an analysis of the Inter-relation Between the Craft and the High Grades in respect of their term of research, expressed by the way of Symbolism. Originally published in 1911.
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A new podcast This lecture was first published in November 1925 by the Masonic Service Association of the United States. I have removed a few small sections of this lecture where the content either is no longer aligned with Masonic practice, or where the views expressed are not in line with the values of contemporary…
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Now in our Esoterica Collection is the complete 2 volume set of Wallis Budge’s 1920 masterwork. With an index of English words, King list and Geographical list with indexes, List of Hieroglyphic characters, Coptic and Semitic Alphabets, etc. VOLUME 1 VOLUME 2
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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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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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This is the second in a seven-part series of videos examining the relationship between Pythagoras, Pythagoreanism and Freemasonry. In this episode I outline the historical evidence for Pythagoras, or lack thereof. Details of the full series can be found in Pythagoras Part 1 – Introduction.
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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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Presented to Southern Cross Chapter No. 17 SGRACQ on Friday 17 July 2020, this lecture (with an introductory preface) is by V.Ex. Comp. B.G. Patterson of Mt Morgan Royal Arch Chapter in 1944. The preface briefly has a Pythagorean (and slightly tongue in cheek) nod in the direction of number symbolism before commencing V. Exc.…
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A brief video summary of the highly esoteric 1912 work The Kybalion, by ‘Three Initiates’ has just been uploaded. It offers a surprisingly Masonic take on Hermetic Neo-Platonism. The video is a brief summary of its content with reference made to Masonic connections. The book offers far more detail and exposition and can be accessed…
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For something a bit different and in preparation for my next video on Hermes Trismegistus, which will be uploaded soon, I’ve just added a copy of the Kybalion to the Library. This highly esoteric 1912 work by ‘Three Initiates’ offers a surprisingly Masonic take on Hermetic Neo-Platonism. The video will be a brief summary of…
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A lecture prepared and delivered by M.Ex. Comp. F. H. Shannon G. Z. within Research Chapter No. 100 On Tuesday, 27th April, 1971. This 19 minute video is a short examination of the esoteric meanings of the numbers 1-10. Click here to go to the Videos page to access.
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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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This is a lovely brief work from 1891. It examines the Rosicrucian Manifestos and their influence, but in not afraid to acknowledge its own shortcomings. As the Preface states; “IN the following pages an attempt has been made to convey something like an intelligible idea of the peculiar mystic sect known to the readers of…
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