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A short selection of peaceful meditations on the meaning of Masonry through extracts taken from the ‘Masonic Review’ of 1851 and ‘The Builder Magazine’ of 1915. Please consider supporting the channel by becoming a member or visiting our store. Your support will assist us to maintain and enhance the channel. Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcTX1SySa4M9sarg6075sA/join Store: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcTX1SySa4M9sarg6075sA/store
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This is an anonymous presentation from May of 1934. “Fellowcrafts receive several admonitions and exhortations regarding the Sciences of Geometry and astronomy, and many an initiate has wondered just how far his duty should carry him in undertaking anew the study of branches of mathematics which are associated in his with much troubled effort in
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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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This video explores how Freemasonry in France experienced significant transformation during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte, a period marked by political upheaval and societal reformation. Freemasonry played a unique role in the socio-political landscape of France from the late 18th to the early 19th century. There are four sections to the video:
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend’s paper delves into the intriguing history of Freemasonry during the tumultuous era of the Napoleonic Wars, focusing on the unique role Masons played as prisoners of war. It explores how approximately 200,000 members of the French Army, including Freemasons, were captured and incarcerated in England. Despite the harsh conditions, these
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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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This presentation was first published by Everett R. Turnbull & Ray V. Denslow. I do not have a date or provenance for the work, but believe that it is part of their “History of Royal Arch Freemasonry”.
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Good evening Quarrymen. This weekend … “And Cyrus, having constituted Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel (of the seed of David by Nathan, the brother of Solomon, whose royal family was now extinct) the Head or Prince of the Captivity and the leader of the Jews and Israelites returning to Jerusalem, they began to lay the
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This week’s video was written by Bro. Robert T. Runciman (undated) ‘In Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle presented to the public A Study in Scarlet, his first Sherlock Holmes story. From this beginning there followed fifty-six short stories and three novels with Sherlock Holmes and his ‘Boswell,’ John H. Watson, M.D.,
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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend, it’s “Elementary my dear Hiram” …
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This video was first published as an article in the Short Talk Bulletin Vol. VII No. 12 — December 1929. “The laws of Masonry, like the laws of nations, are both the unwritten — “Common Law” — and written. The written laws, based on the “General Regulations” and the “Old Charges,” are the Constitution and
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This weekend … Every Master Mason is obliged to abide by the laws, regulations and edicts of his Grand Lodge; the by-laws of the particular lodge of which he is a member, and to maintain and support the Landmarks and “Ancient Usages and Customs of the Fraternity.”
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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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A short video of a script by Christopher A. Harris, MPS FGCR, unpacking and exploring the meaning of ‘Charity’ as it relates to the Masonic experience.
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This anonymous work from 1935 looks at the two brazen pillars at the entrance of King Solomon’s Temple and how they represent one of the most enigmatic symbols in Freemasonry, surrounded by a rich tapestry of historical and mythical interpretations. These pillars, often confused with ancient stone pillars mentioned in old Masonic manuscripts, embody a
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