What's up, free range rabbits. I hope you are all doing well today. I just wanted to let you know about something new we are doing here on Fridays. We are bringing over the short form content from YouTube for you to also listen to here as well. The only caveat, it will be a month after the original air date. So if you're wanting to get to these recordings earlier than when they drop

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What is the Freemasonic Anderson Legend of the Craft? Now, many scholars and historians

offer up different theories about the nature and origin of the Freemasonic

craft.

And there are four best known legends that give us an idea of those origins and the Anderson

theory being one of the top four.

Now, according to the craft, no one can speak of the origins of Freemasonry as a whole,

but each brother needs to make up their own minds, which legend represents the quote-unquote

truth.

Now, this all starts with Reverend Dr. James Anderson, and he was born in 1690, and he died

in 1739, and he was a Scottish writer and minister. He was born and educated

in Aberdeen, Scotland. Now, he bounced around from a few different churches that he was the

pastor at. He started in the Church of Scotland in 1707, and he ended up at Lyle Street Chapel until

his death.

Now, what he's best known for is his contributions to Freemasonry as a whole.

He was also the master of a Masonic Lodge and Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of London and Westminster.

And he was also a member of the Royal Society.

And another member of the Royal Society, and another member of the Royal Society

was Isaac Newton, and they were actually really good friends. And if you know anything about

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