Episodes

  • Episode 10: The Great Masonic Schism

    Episode 10: The Great Masonic Schism
    Jan 18 2021
    A recreation of an address given by Wor. Bro. E. J. E. McLagan, a member of the Hobart Lodge of Research, on the 21st. July, 1967. This lecture details the background, causes and outcome of the great 'Antient and Modern' conflict, which took place over sixty years and led, ultimately, to the foundation of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1813.
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    15 mins
  • Episode 9: Hermes Trismegistus

    Episode 9: Hermes Trismegistus
    Jan 17 2021
    A brief summary of the highly esoteric 1912 work ‘The Kybalion’, by ‘Three Initiates’. It offers a surprisingly Masonic take on Hermetic Neo-Platonism. The broadcast is a brief summary of its content with reference made to Masonic connections.
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    12 mins
  • Episode 8: Mathematics and Freemasonry

    Episode 8: Mathematics and Freemasonry
    Jan 12 2021
    A Lecture first published in November 1925 by the Masonic Service Association of the United States. I have removed a few small sections of this lecture where the content either is no longer aligned with Masonic practice, or where the views expressed are not in line with the values of contemporary society.
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    15 mins
  • Episode 7: The Old Charges of Freemasonry

    Episode 7: The Old Charges of Freemasonry
    Jan 8 2021
    This presentation originally prepared by Bro. H.L. Haywood takes a detailed look at the 'old charges' and their importance to modern Masonry.
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    28 mins
  • Episode 6: The Ineffable Name

    Episode 6: The Ineffable Name
    Jan 6 2021
    A lecture by R. Ex. Comp B H Whitehouse from 5 Feb 1947. Delivered to Research Chapter No. 100.
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    19 mins
  • Episode 5: How to Memorise

    Episode 5: How to Memorise
    Jan 6 2021
    Here’s four minutes of good advice to crank back up our rusty ritual!
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    4 mins
  • Episode 4: Goethe the Freemason

    Episode 4: Goethe the Freemason
    Jan 6 2021
    This anonymous presentation was first published in the Short Talk Bulletin (Vol. X No. 9) in September 1932 and examines the oft-neglected importance of Masonry on the life and work of the great German polymath.
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    21 mins
  • Episode 3: Cryptic Masonry

    Episode 3: Cryptic Masonry
    Jan 6 2021
    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 historiographical pedantry.
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    9 mins