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…
Category: Scottish Rite
Scuttlebutt
Good evening Quarrymen, This weekend on YouTube, the runner-up in our recent video poll. See you then.
‘Other’ Orders of Freemasonry
This week’s video is a brief look at 15 of the ‘other’ orders that are associated with Craft Masonry: 1. The Order of the Secret Monitor 2. Knights Templar 3. Supreme Council for Scotland 33º Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 4. The Worshipful Society of Free Masons (The Operatives) 5. Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar…
Take a Tour of the Craft
Good evening Quarrymen Coming to YouTube this Saturday 18 November, by popular demand, a topic I have been requested to cover on numerous occasions over the years. I’m by no means an expert in most of them, so don’t expect too much … but we’ll take a top-down look at some of the ‘other orders’…
Tabernacle to Temple
Good evening Quarrymen This weekend …
The Masonic Witch Hunt of the 1980s
This video is a review of the book ‘The Brotherhood: The Secret World of the Freemasons‘ by Stephen Knight, was written by Thomas E. Weir. In it he first describes and then debunks the claims made in the book, which did so much to damage and attack the reputation of the Craft during the decade….
What is a Mason?
This is an impassioned presentation by Bro. Charles H. Tupper MPS. Initially I thought that the author was the famous early 20th century Canadian politician of that name, but from the language of the text it was clearly written at a later date, probably the 1970s or 80s. If you have content that you’d like…
Colour Symbolism in Freemasonry
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…
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.
The Mystery Degrees
A new Video! THE MYSTERY DEGREES is a presentation first given by Leslie M. Scott, 33° Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Oregon. It was presented as an address before Multnomah Council of Kadosh, at Portland, Oregon in August 1946.
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