• The Esoteric

    The Esoteric

    Good evening Quarrymen I recently came across a fascinating periodical from 1895 ‘The Esoteric’. It’s a wonderfully eclectic compendium of high Victoriana with poetry, theoretical and speculative articles, all written with a thoroughly Theosophical sense of gravitas. Coming to YouTube on Saturday 14 October, let’s take a glimpse inside this intriguing publication.

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  • The Opening of a Lodge

    This is a really fascinating and insightful presentation written by Bro. Arthur E. Powell in 1926. Thanks to the Brethren of Halcyon and Pittsworth United Lodges for the opportunity to present this lecture in lodge over the last week.

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  • Through the doors of wonder, mystery and reality

    Good evening, Quarrymen, This weekend, a really fascinating presentation by Bro. Arthur E. Powell from 1926. We’ll take a detailed look at …

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  • The Supreme Architect

    Now on YouTube, an extract from the 1939 work “What Masonry Means” by William E. Hammond.

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  • What Masonry Means

    Good evening Quarrymen, This weekend … “Masonry is primarily a moral discipline. It rests upon certain fundamental ethical principles.” An extract from What Masonry Means by by William E. Hammond.

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  • A Royal Arch Omnibus – 11 Videos

    3 hours of Royal Arch Content! A selection of older Videos ‘From the Quarries’ on the topic of the Holy Royal Arch 1. Introduction 2. The Scriptures and Royal Arch Ritual 3. Why the Royal Arch? 4. Zerubbabel 5. Jeshua 6. Haggai 7. Some Notes on the History and Symbolism of the Royal Arch Degree…

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  • 5000 YouTube Subscribers!

    I am genuinely overwhelmed and filled with immense gratitude as we’ve reached the 5,000 subscribers mark on From the Quarries. 🎉 This isn’t just a number, but a testament to the incredible community we’ve built together. Every click, every share, every comment, and every subscription has contributed to this milestone. It’s not just about the…

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  • Johannes Reuchlin and the Royal Arch

    This undated presentation was written by Bro. P. G. Maxwell-Stuart. AT THE CENTRE OF the Royal Arch lies an extraordinary and potent fact: the manipulation of Hebrew characters to produce words of power, is the heart, the intention, the very purpose of the Royal Arch. Abolish that play with words and you abolish the whole…

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  • De Verbo Mirifico

    De Verbo Mirifico

    Good evening Quarrymen It has been said that “both the speculative Craft and the Royal Arch had their origins in a system of magico-religious philosophy peculiar to certain university and Court circles in Europe between the late fifteenth and late sixteenth centuries.” Learn more this weekend, when we present:

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  • A Walk Through King Solomon’s Temple

    In this week’s video … There can be no subject of greater interest to Freemasons than the Temple of Solomon, King of Israel, Supreme Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Jerusalem. The Temple is intimately bound up with the ritual and traditions of Craft and royal Arch Masonry, as well as the Degrees of…

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  • Tabernacle to Temple

    Good evening Quarrymen This weekend …

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  • Pythagoras: His tenets and his followers

    This is a short introductory extract from William Wynn Westcott’s 1911 work NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES. Let me know in the comments if you’d like to explore this work in more detail in future videos.

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  • To begin at the Beginning

    Good evening Quarrymen This weekend, an extract from the 1911 classic – NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES by the estimable W. Wynn Westcott. This is a complex and abstruse work which will revisited in future videos. To begin at the beginning, however …

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  • The Mysteries of the Ancients

    The author of this week’s presentation THE MYSTERY OF THE ANCIENTS is not a Freemason. In it David Cameron discusses four early non-operative Masons who joined the Craft between 1641 and 1730, and attempts to understand why they joined. The masons in question are William Stukeley, Elias Ashmole, Robert Moray, and the Chevalier Ramsay and…

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  • Masonic Anthropometric Cosmogenesis (Part 2)

    Part two of this inspiring work by W.Bro. Rev. J. R. Cleland, M.A., D.D., P.P.A.G. Chap. (Kent).

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  • Continue the journey …

    This weekend, the journey continues with “the form of the Lodge”.

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  • Masonic Anthropometric Cosmogenesis (Part 1)

    This is part 1 of a detailed and erudite work, exploring how how the Lodge and its Officers might be correlated to the ideal Man. It was written by W.Bro. Rev. J. R. Cleland, M.A., D.D., P.P.A.G. Chap. (Kent).

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