Freemasonry - Freemasonry and the Druids

I've been thinking about looking at the relationship between Druidism and Freemasonry for some time. When I finally got down to reading the source texts I found that, even though they didn't really answer my questions, I think they are of enough interest to be worth publishing.

This video is a two-parter. The first section is a modern short essay by the redoubtably named Bro. Stanley K Sproule, which was published in 1983. This gives a typically contemporary and clearheaded view of the purported relationship between Druidism and Freemasonry. The second is quite a contrast, being a flowery piece of high Victorian prose. A lot of the arguments in this have long been exploded, but the text is a marvelous piece of writing, particularly the uplifting final passages.

i hope you enjoy them both!

[rueporter]

Haven’t gotten to watch the majority yet, but these vids look thorough. Thanks for sharing this info. New to channel, not to ideas. Stay free an healthy man.

[thomasjohnson]

Good comprehensive presentation. Summarizes alot of material in a short time. It reminds me of the "Perennial stream of knowledge", the idea that there is a central source and stream of all wisdom. Brother Waite has suggested that there is often "imitation" (to a certain degree) among men and women of different schools of thought who draw from the Perennial Stream without them having to come into direct contact with each other. You are quite correct, the actual Druid teachings are buried in the past and all we have today are estimations. It is said Brother Sir Winston Churchill was also a Druid and I know of a Past Arch Druid named, John Michael Greer, who I met at a Masonic function years ago. Currently, Brother Greer is the author of "The Dolmen Arch: A Study Course in the Druid Mysteries Volume 2 The Greater Mysteries". Really enjoyed the correlations between Hebrew, Egyptian, Masonic, and Celtic. The mention of the "VEIL OF ISIS" and closing remarks about Love, excellent! 😀👏👏👍🇺🇸

[btjhioi]

It is all so mystical. We really can't be sure.

[jamessilver]

in a slow burn when a saber is shifted.. the hue of the fish raised for a pillar of laser from the builders.. | ◮ |
a gem of aboet session on the chaennel.. 👌🏿✌🏿

[ealaban]

Thank you! Bless you! May God (by whatever name you call it) keep you. Keep up the good work

[frosts]

Love your videos.

From a London mason

[stevearcus]

Hmm, so its safe to say this view point of the Druids has a strong Roman bias. A bias by the Druids enemy, as it is the only source of information. How much of the claim by Romans is a justification for how they treated the Druids and the Christians at that time (ethnic cleansing). One might also consider that maybe the druids were more like the other persecuted group the Christians.

[ashleykinch]

Great to see this content freely available for the seeker.
What can you tell us about the fourth T?
All by E ver the fourth T… to be more precise.

[peoplesrecords]

CAn you provide sources for Druids rituals? For example you mention 9 month seclusion, symbolic death and resurrection, casting in small boats, etc...? furthermore, if Druidism was a natural religion, why does it seem so wrapped up in Judaism and Egyptian religion? I get the need of dropping the Celtic (pagan) gods, but to embrace the desert religions seems entire removed from the British Druids. How is it tied together?

[wakeupandsmellthelies]

Thank you for these informative videos I'm currently a EA going to be passed to FC at the end of this month here in Ohio USA. And thirsty for more light especially in the esoteric. Are there any books you would recommend? I currently finished The Lost Keys Of Freemasonry a big fan of Manley P Hall.

[RyanEdmondsMyLifeAsRyan]

Will you kindly give your source for the druid informaion (example being set onto a boat, etc)? Those of us who study druidry cannot seem to find many actual historical resources, and the ones we do have don't go into as much detail as you do, so yours would be most enjoyed. Thank you for the video.

[AyRCee]

Druid with a L plate on. found a freemasons book on my travels now wondering why.

[animula]

A lot of that is only going to seem convincingly pagan to someone from a Protestant Christian background. The puritans associate a lot of more universal and even intuitive stuff specifically with paganism. It’s part of their weirdness that they look on other monotheistic faiths and don’t merely conclude they are inferior but actively polytheistic or satanic. The ear of corn didn’t make sense to me though. I’d love to hear that one gone into in more depth because it sounded like it literally just means they grow corn on farms.

[lindacarol]

The druids are real and I never really thought about it but I started seeing beings over a year ago and I can see them 24/7 and I think they are one of or the first beings that were born and they have supernatural power's and everything in the universe like on earth the mountains, rocks, water waves, the star systems, the earth itself is a living being and I seen a vision of the earth being ran inside a big rock like a big asteroid inside was the machine but they looked mixed and only in the spirit world of a God could do that and I know it sounds like I'm crazy don't worry everyone does 😢

[beautifulthingsfromthedust]

Which book were you referencing in the beginning of the video please?

[peterrooke]

If a certain race insists the Egyptians were black why is osirus green ?