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A project dedicated to exploring the topics of Freemasonry and the Western Esoteric Tradition through podcasts, research papers, blogs, and multimedia.
Tria Prima Podcast
Jaime, Jake and Pat produce a biweekly podcast where they discuss Freemasony and the Western Esoteric tradition.
A DIVERGENT PERSPECTIVE ON FREEMASONRY’S MEMBERSHIP DECLINE
here has been an ongoing debate regarding the decline in Masonic membership for some time now. From what I have read and heard firsthand, in and around the Lodge, most of the proposed solutions to the matter involve making Freemasonry somehow...
DO YOU PROFESS A BELIEF IN A SUPREME BEING?
t is a fair assessment to say that, in modern times, there has been increasingly popular tendency toward secularization. In the West, particularly, a mass exodus from the Abrahamic and other monotheistic faiths has been underway for some time. For...
ALCHEMY AND ROSICRUCIANISM IN FREEMASONRY
oth the alchemical tradition and Rosicrucianism may be counted among the many tributaries to what would become modern speculative Freemasonry. Evidence of this may be found in the work of the Fraternity’s appendant bodies, such as the Scottish Rite...
FREEMASONRY AND THE MEDIEVAL CRAFT GUILDS
s Europe began to stabilize after the barbarian invasions and the fall of the Roman Empire, we begin to observe the formation of craft guilds. These organizations – which, like the collegia, offered their members mutual support, fellowship,...
WHAT DO TAROT CARDS HAVE TO DO WITH FREEMASONRY?
On the Tria Prima Podcast we have off the cuff conversations about Freemasonry, Tarot and the Western Esoteric Tradition. Hit the button to subscribe.s Freemasons, we periodically encounter references to Tarot cards and Tarot imagery in the...