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Good evening Quarrymen This weekend’s video (as voted by our YouTube channel members) looks at a topic completely new to me. I learned a lot making it and I hope you enjoy it! If you’d like to support the channel further, please consider becoming a Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcTX1SySa4M9sarg6075sA/join or visit the From the Quarries Merchandise…
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Good evening Quarrymen A NEW SHORTS SERIES After 111 videos, the Shorts series ‘Masonic Musings‘ will have a well-deserved break from tomorrow. In its place I am going to try out a series targeting a more general and younger demographic. It’s called ‘Did You Know That Freemasons…’ and will give information about the Craft designed…
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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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Good evening Quarryfolk This Saturday a short, reflective and tranquil interlude after a busy week. Extracts from “The Masonic Review” of 1851 and “The Builder” Magazine of 1915. If you’d like to support the channel further, please consider becoming a Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcTX1SySa4M9sarg6075sA/join or visit our Merchandise 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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Good evening Quarrymen Thanks to all for the kind messages for our simultaneous Fourth Birthday and 10k subscribers over the weekend! Your support has made it all worthwhile. This weekend … “Fellowcrafts receive several admonitions and exhortations regarding the Sciences of Geometry and astronomy, and many an initiate has wondered just how far his duty…
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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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A selection of 4 more Esoteric videos from the Archive: Source details for each video are in the introductions to each. Stand by for a big announcement coming tomorrow!
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Big news coming this weekend! To whet your appetite, Saturday’s video will be a follow-up to the highly popular “Esoteric Freemasonry Omnibus” from a few weeks ago. Five videos from the Archive: The BIG NEWS comes on Sunday 5 May (Australian Time) – Stay tuned!
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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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This week’s video: What is the Significance of The “All Seeing Eye”? A short question but one which demands a long answer. By Wor.Bro. Major A. Cathcart Bruce, P.G.Stwd. (Undated)
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Good evening Quarrymen After a slight hiccup last week, this weekend let’s finally take a look at …
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This week’s long-form video is a selection of 5 Esoteric videos from the Archive. Details of the source for the videos can be found in the introductions to each. 00:00 – Introduction 00:33 – Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry 23:28 – The Occultism of the Bible and Kabbalah 30:44 – Sects, Secrets and Intitiatic Orders 46:19 –…
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Good evening Quarrymen Personal circumstances have intervened, and I won’t be able to publish the promised ‘All Seeing Eye’ video tomorrow. It will have to wait until next week. In the words of Douglas Adams, ‘We apologise for the inconvenience’. In its place I hope you’ll enjoy ‘An Esoteric Freemasonry Omnibus’ comprising 5 selected esoteric…
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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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