Royal Arch
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A new video! Owing to work commitments I don’t have time to edit up a full video this week. Instead here is a video of a Zoom presentation I did for the Qld Royal Arch Study Circle recently. It follows on from the Masonic Timeline of the Craft degrees from a few weeks ago. Apologies
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A new video! This short presentation by William F. Kuhn was first presented in 1921. Many thanks to RW Bro. Leitch for giving me a copy. The lecture comes in several sections. This is the first and lengthiest of them. The final section “What of the hour?” will make a nice short video in the
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A new book in the Library! The Textbook of Cryptic Masonry by Jackson H. Chase, New York, 1870.
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A new Video! The Four Banners and Their Relationship to the Cherubim is a lecture delivered within the Research RA Chapter , No. 100 S.G.R.A Chapter of Queensland, by R. Exc. Comp. A.O.C. Davies P.G.J. on August 7th, 1957.
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Newly uploaded to the Library. The True Masonic Chart or Hieroglyphic Monitor (1851) – Containing all the Emblems explained in the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, Master Mason, Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, Royal Arch, Royal Master and Select Master.
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A New Video The Ineffable Name: Lecture delivered in Research Royal Arch Chapter No. 100, S. G. R. A Chapter of Queensland on Wednesday 5th February 1947, by R.Ex. Comp. Rev. V. H. Whitehouse G. J.
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The content of this video has been taken from an 1880 essay by Hugh M’Curdy. It was published in “The Voice of Masonry” in that year. Its tone, language and content are very representative of Masonic lectures of that period, with an emphasis on moral uplift, rather than the more modern approach foregrounding historical and
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It’s been a while since I posted any content, and here’s the reason… A couple of months ago I had the honour of being contacted by the Grand Scribe Ezra of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Queensland asking me to put together a promotional promotional video for the chapter. This coincided with my
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A video based upon a lecture prepared by Rt. Ex. Comp. G. L. Shaw Within Research RAC No 100 on 23rd June, 1970. Presented to the companions of Southern Cross RAC on the evening of 25 September, 2020.
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This short video was presented to the the Qld Royal Arch Study Circle on the evening of 25 August 2020. Thanks to the 50 companions who attended and to GSE Mervyn Gray for affording me the opportunity to do so.
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Presented to Southern Cross Chapter No. 17 SGRACQ on Friday 17 July 2020, this lecture (with an introductory preface) is by V.Ex. Comp. B.G. Patterson of Mt Morgan Royal Arch Chapter in 1944. The preface briefly has a Pythagorean (and slightly tongue in cheek) nod in the direction of number symbolism before commencing V. Exc.
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A lecture prepared and delivered by M.Ex. Comp. F. H. Shannon G. Z. within Research Chapter No. 100 On Tuesday, 27th April, 1971. This 19 minute video is a short examination of the esoteric meanings of the numbers 1-10. Click here to go to the Videos page to access.
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Now available on the videos page. The Banners is a Lecture delivered to Research Royal Arch Chapter No. 100 S.G.R.A Chapter of Queensland on Wednesday 6th August, 1947 by R. Exc. Comp. A. T. Pollard, P. G. H., First Principal. In this lecture R. Exc. Companion details the genealogy, esoteric and exoteric interpretation and size of
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A new ‘Short Tale from the Quarries’ has just been uploaded. This is the first of a series of very short videos on topics of Masonic interest. This ‘Short Tale’ is about John Harris, the original artist responsible for many of the Tracing Boards we know and admire today. At only 3 minutes in length,
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New additions to the Library have been uploaded today: A Familiar Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Masonic Jurisprudence – A book of jurisprudence designed ‘to make it comprehensible to those who have heretofore deemed it too abstruse for the common intellect’. Proofs of the Real Existence, and Dangerous Tendency, of Illuminism – Early 19th Century work
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A new lecture uploaded to the YouTube channel, by R.Ex. Comp. J. H. Parkes. Originally delivered in Research Chapter No. 100 on Tuesday 27th April, 1965, by M. Ex. Comp. N. W. Bauer. G.Z.
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I have been steadily adding to the works in the Library over the last few weeks. There are currently about 80 works available to peruse and download and more are being added daily. As far as I’m aware, all texts are in the public domain – let me know if I’ve got any wrong! Texts
From the Quarries 