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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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This presentation, from November of 1931, looks into the history, derivation and contextual meaning of the terms ‘free’ and ‘accepted’ and how they came to be representative of the Craft worldwide. 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
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Good evening Quarrypersons This weekend we will be looking at a term that we all take at face value, but never really question. What exactly does it mean to be a ‘Free and Accepted’ Mason? Tune in this weekend to find out.
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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 While some of it’s content is now outdated, it is a refreshing return to a past era of positivism, where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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Good evening Quarryfolk A second video for the week looking at the history and architecture of Babylon and their relationship with the Royal Arch. I came across this excellent presentation while researching the previous video ‘Babylon’ and thought it was worth a video in its own right. I hope you agree! This presentation was first
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Babylon is a presentation first given by Most Excellent Companion F.H. Shannon in the SGRACQ Chapter of Instruction on Tuesday 26 October 1971. 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 forget to
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Good evening Quarryfolk! This weekend we will be taking a look at some of the historical and Biblical background to the Royal Arch story. Please join us on Saturday as we go on a journey to …
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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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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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This presentation is a deeply heartfelt examination of the letter ‘G’ and what it means to the Freemason. My copy has no provenance, beyond a publication date of July 1927. I believe that it may be one of the Short Talk Bulletins from the Masonic Service Association of the USA. If you have content that
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Good afternoon Quarryfolk! This weekend’s video, Colour Symbolism in Freemasonry, is a detailed analysis by Bro. Leon Zeldis of the significance and role of colour in the Masonic tradition. It was first published in 1992. If you have content that you’d like to add to the archive, join the From the Quarries Community to submit
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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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Part 2 of the presentation ‘Masonic Tracing Boards’, by the estimable Brother E. A. T. Breed from 1904.
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This is a fascinating and comprehensive account of the history, origin and use of the Tracing Board in Freemasonry. It was written by the imposingly named Brother E.A.T. Breed and first published in 1904. As it is a complex and lengthy work it has been split into two video. This is part one. If you
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Good evening Quarrymen First up a shout out to the members of the Victorian Lodge of Research who I had the pleasure of joining for a virtual ‘Night at the Movies’ on Sunday. Thanks for your warm welcome and a great evening’s entertainment. Coming this weekend, a fascinating presentation penned by the estimable Brother E.
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This presentation is the 1862 translation of the anonymous 1774 French publication Essai sur les mysteres et le veritable objet de la confrerie des Francs-Macons. It takes the form of a letter to an unnamed gentleman outlining both the misconceptions held and true aims of the Craft. It is a fascinating glimpse into the world
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