Fresh From The Quarry

Let's Travel Together. Share Your Masonic Journey.

Menu Skip to content
  • Contributions
    • Between the Compasses
    • Cornerstones
    • From the Mentor’s Mouth
    • My Alchemical Romance
  • Editorials
  • Humor
  • Relief
  • Book Reviews
  • Pure Fiction
  • From the Editor
    • About Me
    • My Journey
    • My Education
    • My Spirituality
  • Amazon Store

Tag: Knights Templar

November 27, 2015November 28, 2015Jared Chapman

The “Original” Black Friday

June 22, 2015August 1, 2015Jared Chapman

My Masonic Journey Pt. IV

My Masonic Education

Masonic Education
Where should you begin?

Online options include blogs and podcasts.

Ashlars to Ashes is a good place to start for an automatically updated and aggregated list of current and past Masonic online contributions.

Blogs that I read most often (alphabetically, not in order of importance):
  • Freemasons for Dummies
  • Millennial Freemason
  • Pike Quotes
  • The Laudable Pursuit
  • The Mason's Lady
  • The Midnight Freemasons
  • The Tao of Masonry
Podcasts that I listen to most often (alphabetically again):
  • After Lodge
  • In the Chair
  • The Masonic Roundtable
  • The Tyler's Place
  • The Winding Stairs
  • Whence Came You?
  • X Oriente
Here are a few more online resources that I check out often:
  • Bessel's Masonic Info
  • California Freemason Digital Magazine
  • Freemason Information
  • Masonic Information Center
  • Pietre-Stones
  • Southern California Research Lodge
Offline, I recommend finding local lodges doing educational events. Around me, there are several lodges sharing light pretty regularly:
  • South Pasadena No. 290 "Illumination Series"
  • Culver-City Foshay No. 467 "Esoterica Group"
The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, USA administers a brilliant set of correspondence courses that cover the Craft and Scottish Rite degrees called the Master Craftsman Course. I highly recommend them, and if you do not already have the books they come with, it is cheaper to purchase the books with the program than by themselves.
  • MC I provides an esoteric perspective on the Blue Lodge degrees through Albert Pike's Esoterika
  • MC II provides a thorough overview of the Scottish Rite degrees through Art De Hoyo's Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor and Guide and Rex Hutchen's A Bridge to Light (must be purchased separately)
  • MC III delves into greater philosophical inquiry of the Scottish Rite degrees through Albert Pike's Moral and Dogma (annotated edition)
I recommend checking with your local Scottish Rite Valley as well for educational opportunities. Starting in January, the Pasadena Scottish Rite will have two different education groups.
  • The Philosophical Discussion Group meets the last Saturday of each month to discuss the historical and philosophical development of each of the Scottish Rite degrees, one per month.
  • The Master Craftsman Study Group will meet the third Saturday of each month to help brethren work together through the Master Craftsman courses described above.
If you have anything that I should add to this list, let me know. I will continually update it. I wish you the best on your search for greater light!

Like me on Facebook

Like me on Facebook

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Recent Posts

  • From The Mentor’s Mouth: Bro. Robert E. Burtt, PM
  • Contributor’s Corner: Bro. Christopher Ford
  • Reflections from a Newly Raised Brother
  • Contributor’s Corner: Bro. Christopher Ford
  • From The Mentor’s Mouth: Bro. Robert E. Burtt, PM

Recent Comments

Jared Chapman on Topic of Masonic Interest: The…
Jay Stewart on Topic of Masonic Interest: The…
Jared Chapman on The Tragedy of the Architect o…
FollowerofYeshua on Topic of Masonic Interest: The…
Scott Mattson on The Tragedy of the Architect o…

Archives

  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.