Esoteric
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“The suggestion has been made that Kabbalism is the parent of Freemasonry; but can that claim be substantiated?” (F. de P. Castells – Antiquity of the Holy Royal Arch, 1927) Coming this Saturday …
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As announced two days ago, we’re very excited to announce that Jesting Pilate is now live! To begin your journey with “Jesting Pilate,” visit the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4pi6IV11ZijThyJuisneew and the official website at https://fromthequarries.com/jesting-pilate/ . Jesting Pilate is an emanation From the Quarries – https://fromthequarries.com/
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This presentation by R. A. Gilbert, was first published in Gnosis during the 1980’s. In it he makes assertions about the relationship between Freemasonry and Hermiticism with which I don’t necessarity agree. What do you think? Let me know in the comments. If you have content that you’d like to add to the archive, join…
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend we will be exploring a topic of deep fascination to me. Indeed, it was my studies in this area that first led me to Masonry many years ago. So make sure you check in this Saturday as we explore …
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Two new videos just posted! Mithraism: Freemasonry and the Ancient Mysteries is a detailed text written by the eminent Masonic author and editor of ‘The Builder’ magazine, H.L. Haywood, sometime in the early 20th Century. While some of it’s content is now outdated, it is a refreshing return to a past era of positivism, where…
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Good evening Quarryfolk Two videos are coming over this weekend separated by nearly 300 years! The first is a short text from 1662 by the remarkable John Heydon – ‘The Rosie Crucian Prayer to God’. The second is by the equally estimable H.L. Haywood from the early twentieth century – ‘Mithraism, Freemasonry and the Ancient…
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This week’s video is an extract from an early work by one of the key figures of the Victorian Esoteric renaissance, A.E. Waite. Although this work ‘Azoth; or, the Star in the East’ was written years before Waite joined the Craft, he still makes many substantial and well reasoned claims about the true ‘secret’ of…
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Hello again Quarryfolk Just to let you know that I’ve just uploaded an experimental ‘out of session’ video “Freemasonry and the Western Esoteric Tradition”. If you’ve been following the channel you’ll know that I’ve developed an interest in the nascent field of artificial intelligence. The technology is growing so quickly that literally last week’s advances…
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Good evening Quarryfolk! This weekend we will be delving into the mind of one of the great figures of the 19th Century Western Esoteric Tradition, A.E. Waite. The text is taken from his theosophical work ‘Azoth; or, the Star in the East’ and was written in 1893 – a full eight years before he became…
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Good afternoon Quarryfolk Two new videos this weekend: The Symbolism on our Lodge Officers – This lovely presentation was written by by Norman Senn, P.M. Mosaic Lodge #176 and presented at the Fiat Lux Lodge of Research #1980. The Origins of Freemasonry Revisited – ‘The Origins of Freemasonry Revisited – A Speculative Journey’ is lovely…
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2 new videos this week! Part 1 and Part 2 of Hippolyta da Costa’s 1820 ‘The Dionysian Artificers’ are now on YouTube and the website. This is a fascinating early look at the esoteric side of Freemasonry, written 80 years before this type of work became something of a cottage industry at the turn of…
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This video is a short paper by the noted Esotericist Franz Hartmann outlining the 16 signs by which a true Rosicrucian Brother may be identified. If you have content that you’d like to add to the archive, join the From the Quarries Community to submit your content. Go to https://fromthequarries.com/community/ for more information Also don’t…
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Good evening Quarrymen It’s been a big Masonic week for me. Last weekend I was asked if I would accept elevation to the 31st degree AASR (a very emphatic ‘Yes!’) and last night I was installed as TIM for the first time in my Chapter. With my Masonic juices therefore flowing freely, this weekend’s video…
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The runaway winner of our ‘Esoteric’ poll on YouTube, Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians is a work published between 1785 and 1788 and is widely considered second only in importance to the original Manifestos in the Rosicrucian tradition. The 1935 AMORC full text translations in English of the Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians can be…
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Good evening Quarrymen, we have a winner! Thanks to everyone for your votes on the latest YouTube poll. The winner by a very wide margin was 1785’s ‘Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians‘. This will be quite a challenging presentation to put together for a few reasons: 1. It is 3 volumes long 2. It was…
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This video combines two source texts – ‘Rosicrucian Manifestos’ by Gian Giuseppe Filippi and ‘Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry’ by Frank C. Higgins. It only manages to scratch the surface of this vast and fascinating topic, so if you’d like more videos on topics like this, please let me know in the comments! If you have content…
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