Royal Arch

  • Part 2 of the presentation ‘Masonic Tracing Boards’, by the estimable Brother E. A. T. Breed from 1904.

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  • Coming this weekend

    🎅🎄Merry Christmas Quarrymen 🎄🎅 A special video is coming for this special weekend where we’ll be exploring the question of whether Freemasonry is, or is not, a religion (Hint – AI answered this question in the negative last week). The text for this video was last presented in 1948, so it’s well worth revisiting after

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  • Why the Royal Arch?

    Why the Royal Arch?

    Why the Royal Arch is a presentation by Roy A. Wells, P.J.G.D. (England), which was first delivered at the Greater Atlanta York Rite Festival, May 13, 1989. It looks at the ‘what’ as well as the ‘why’ of the Royal Arch and delivers a cogent and logical argument for why it is essential for every

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  • Hiram, King Solomon’s Ally

    Hiram, King Solomon’s Ally, is another extract from the excellent ‘History of Royal Arch Masonry Vol. 1’ by Everett R. Turnbull & Ray V. Denslow. 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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  • Royal Arch Principals N. 1 – Zerubbabel

    A new Video! This video is another extract from the excellent History of Royal Arch Masonry by Everett R. Turnbull & Ray V. Denslow. It is the first of a series of three giving the background to the three principals of the Holy Royal Arch.

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  • Some notes on the History and Symbolism of the Royal Arch Degree

    A new Video! Some Notes on the History and Symbolism of the Royal Arch Degree was written by Harold V. B. Voorhis and published in THE ROYAL ARCH MASON – Winter 1964. It is a serious of linked reflections on the origin and meaning of the HRA ritual in all of its various incarnations, both

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  • Secrecy

    Secrecy

    A new Video! This is a lovely and moving lecture taken from the Short Talk Bulletin of January 1927. The work is once again anonymous.

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  • The Royal Arch and Ancient Egyptian Ritual

    A new Video! The Royal Arch and Ancient Egyptian Ritual is an extract from the book ‘History of Royal Arch Masonry (Volume 1)’ by Everett R. Turnbull & Ray V. Denslow. It was first published in 1959.

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  • The Ark of the Covenant

    A new Video! It’s been a while since I uploaded a Royal Arch video, so here is a Masonic interpretation of the Ark of the Covenant. It is extracted from the1959 book ‘History of Royal Arch Masonry Vol 1’ by Everett R. Turnbull & Ray V. Denslow.

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  • The Geometry of the Royal Arch

    A new Video! The winner of our poll held last week, The Geometry of the Royal Arch is another chapter taken from F. de P. Castell’s wonderful “Antiquity of the Holy Royal Arch”, first published in 1927.

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  • The Astronomy of the Royal Arch

    A new Video! This video is a chapter from ‘The Antiquity of the Holy Royal Arch’ which was Published by F. de P. Castells in 1927. In it he examines in detail some of the astronomical and astrological symbolism underpinning the Royal Arch degree. I have redacted some small portions of the text which I

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  • Two Reflections on the Royal Ark Mariner Degree

    A new Video! A compilation of two short presentations given in 1969 on the RAM. One is by A.J.M Stoney and the other by O.A.C Davies. Both were presented to the Queensland Chapter of Research, No. 100. While both address the same topic, I think the difference in approaches is instructive.

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