Esoteric

  • The Mystic Virtue of Numbers

    Good evening Quarrymen Coming to YouTube this Saturday, we’ll continue our exploration of William Wynn Westcott’s 1911 ‘Numbers – Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues‘ as we examine Pythagorean Views on Numbers. This follows on from Pythagoras – His Tenets and his Followers published back in September.

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  • A Masonic Symbolism Omnibus

    Hidden Treasures from the Archive – an hour of Masonic Symbolism:

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  • Hidden Treasures

    Hidden Treasures

    Good evening Quarrypersons I’ve got a big Masonic weekend ahead, so I won’t be able to put together a new video until next week. Instead, I’ll be posting a compilation of some older videos on Saturday looking at different aspects of Masonic Symbolism. I hope you’ll enjoy …

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  • Mind – Mundane and Celestial

    A video presentation of a fascinating extract from the July 1895 edition of ‘The Esoteric’ Magazine. ‘Mind – Mundane and Celestial’ was written by T. A. Williston.

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  • The Esoteric

    The Esoteric

    Good evening Quarrymen I recently came across a fascinating periodical from 1895 ‘The Esoteric’. It’s a wonderfully eclectic compendium of high Victoriana with poetry, theoretical and speculative articles, all written with a thoroughly Theosophical sense of gravitas. Coming to YouTube on Saturday 14 October, let’s take a glimpse inside this intriguing publication.

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  • The Opening of a Lodge

    This is a really fascinating and insightful presentation written by Bro. Arthur E. Powell in 1926. Thanks to the Brethren of Halcyon and Pittsworth United Lodges for the opportunity to present this lecture in lodge over the last week.

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  • Through the doors of wonder, mystery and reality

    Good evening, Quarrymen, This weekend, a really fascinating presentation by Bro. Arthur E. Powell from 1926. We’ll take a detailed look at …

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  • The Supreme Architect

    The Supreme Architect

    Now on YouTube, an extract from the 1939 work “What Masonry Means” by William E. Hammond.

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  • Johannes Reuchlin and the Royal Arch

    This undated presentation was written by Bro. P. G. Maxwell-Stuart. AT THE CENTRE OF the Royal Arch lies an extraordinary and potent fact: the manipulation of Hebrew characters to produce words of power, is the heart, the intention, the very purpose of the Royal Arch. Abolish that play with words and you abolish the whole

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  • De Verbo Mirifico

    De Verbo Mirifico

    Good evening Quarrymen It has been said that “both the speculative Craft and the Royal Arch had their origins in a system of magico-religious philosophy peculiar to certain university and Court circles in Europe between the late fifteenth and late sixteenth centuries.” Learn more this weekend, when we present:

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  • Pythagoras: His tenets and his followers

    This is a short introductory extract from William Wynn Westcott’s 1911 work NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES. Let me know in the comments if you’d like to explore this work in more detail in future videos.

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  • To begin at the Beginning

    Good evening Quarrymen This weekend, an extract from the 1911 classic – NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES by the estimable W. Wynn Westcott. This is a complex and abstruse work which will revisited in future videos. To begin at the beginning, however …

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  • Masonic Anthropometric Cosmogenesis (Part 2)

    Part two of this inspiring work by W.Bro. Rev. J. R. Cleland, M.A., D.D., P.P.A.G. Chap. (Kent).

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  • Continue the journey …

    This weekend, the journey continues with “the form of the Lodge”.

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  • Masonic Anthropometric Cosmogenesis (Part 1)

    This is part 1 of a detailed and erudite work, exploring how how the Lodge and its Officers might be correlated to the ideal Man. It was written by W.Bro. Rev. J. R. Cleland, M.A., D.D., P.P.A.G. Chap. (Kent).

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  • Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and the New World Order

    Ah yes, the timeless intertwining of Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and the New World Order — a treasured triptych of conspiracy theories that always keep our imaginations churning. Get ready to enter the nebulous, shady comic book world of the conspiracy theorist!

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  • Masonry and the Ancient Sciences

    This presentation is the work of Brother Robert N. Crawford, Clearwater Lodge No. 127, Clearwater, Florida, who gave it as a lecture to enthusiastic groups of Masons in his vicinity. – December 1960 If you have content that you’d like to add to the archive, join the From the Quarries Community to submit your content.

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