Esoteric
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend’s video is a collection of presentations exploring aspects of Masonic Symbolism: 00:00 Introduction 00:28 The philosophy of Freemasonry 08:55 The Arithmetic of Freemasonry 1 28:19 The Arithmetic of Freemasonry 2 46:38 The Arithmetic of Freemasonry 3 57:29 The ineffable name 1:16:32 Why Symbolism?
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend we’re going back to look at some more ‘hidden gems’ from the channel archives. Please join us for a compendium of videos exploring the symbolic side of the Craft: 1. The Philosophy of Freemasonry 2. The Arithmetic of Freemasonry Part 1 3. The Arithmetic of Freemasonry Part 2 4. The…
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Good morning Quarrymen Tomorrow a new series of YouTube video Shorts will commence: THE BOOK OF ENOCH Explore the mysteries of an ancient text with our new series: a slow, immersive reading of the Book of Enoch. This apocalyptic religious work, also known as 1 Enoch, is traditionally attributed to the patriarch Enoch, father of…
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This is a lengthy anonymous presentation which asks some intriguing questions. From the style and tone it was clearly written in the late 19th or early 20th century. I suspect it is from the pen of AE Waite. In the interests of length, I did elide a lengthy discursive passage about Graeco-Roman religious practices. Please…
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Good evening Quarrymen The votes are in, and this weekend’s video, as selected by our Channel Fellowcraft members, will be …
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This anonymous work from June 1924 makes some interesting, and at time controversial, observations about the significance of the Level and Plumb in Masonic tradition. I was particularly intrigued by the author’s attitude to ‘Equality’ both in a Masonry and societal context. Perhaps not a fashionable viewpoint 100 years later!
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LET’S CELEBRATE SOME MILESTONES! Today is From the Quarries’ Fourth Birthday … it is also the day that we’ve hit 10 000 Subscribers on YouTube! I can’t help but feel that is a good omen. (365 x 4 + 2 leap days over 10000. I’m sure someone can help me with the numerology 😇) I…
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Big news coming this weekend! To whet your appetite, Saturday’s video will be a follow-up to the highly popular “Esoteric Freemasonry Omnibus” from a few weeks ago. Five videos from the Archive: Geometry and Masonry Time and Eternity Truth Freemasonry and the Hermetic Tradition The Secret of Freemasonry The BIG NEWS comes on Sunday 5…
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This week’s video: What is the Significance of The “All Seeing Eye”? A short question but one which demands a long answer. By Wor.Bro. Major A. Cathcart Bruce, P.G.Stwd. (Undated)
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Good evening Quarrymen Personal circumstances have intervened, and I won’t be able to publish the promised ‘All Seeing Eye’ video tomorrow. It will have to wait until next week. In the words of Douglas Adams, ‘We apologise for the inconvenience’. In its place I hope you’ll enjoy ‘An Esoteric Freemasonry Omnibus’ comprising 5 selected esoteric…
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Good evening Quarrymen, Coming this weekend … “Are we not taught that every character, emblem or symbol in Freemasonry has a peculiar meaning? There is need for a careful explanation of them all. Especially is this so, I think, in the case of the ” All Seeing Eye,” since it is seldom referred to directly…
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An anonymous extract from the Masonic Review of 1857. “Though the scriptures furnish but a meagre account of Enoch, the traditions of Freemasonry closely connect him by numerous circumstances with the early history of the institution. All indeed that we learn from the book of Genesis on the subject of his life, is that he…
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An anonymous and undated paper looking at the very earliest use of geometrical symbolism. “In speculating about symbols, especially Masonic symbols, we are naturally led to think of geometric figures. Mindful of the frequently asserted claim that modern Speculative Freemasonry is the inheritor of “the secret tradition” or learning of the ancient priesthoods, who thereby…
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Good evening Quarrymen, This weekend on YouTube, the runner-up in our recent video poll. See you then.
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Good evening Quarrymen, This weekend on YouTube … “Few references in Freemasonry are less understood than the two brazen pillars in the porch of King Solomon’s Temple. Probably a greater mass of misinformation exists regarding these than any other symbol in the Craft”.
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This paper by Harvey Lovewell, presented at the ANZMRC Conference in Dunedin in 2022, explores the requirement of belief in a Supreme Being for Masonic membership. It delves into historical and contemporary perspectives on this belief, examining its implications within Freemasonry’s constitution and practices. The paper challenges traditional views, suggesting a re-evaluation of the role…
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This weekend, a presentation provided by the estimable Harvey Lovewell, which was first given at the ANZMRC Conference in Dunedin NZ in 2022. Thanks, Brother Harvey, for the contribution!
