WEOFM Lecture "Veiled in Allegory and Illustrated by Symbols" by Chris McClintock, PM

This weeks lecture from WEOFM.org is "Veiled in Allegory and Illustrated by Symbols" presented by Chris McClintock.


I found the following bio on Bro. Chris on his website

Chris McClintock is an author specialising in ancient symbolism. He became an Irish Freemason in 1991, joining Lodge No 754 Coleraine. He became Master of the lodge in 2005. Intrigued by the curious symbolism and gestures used within the workings of the lodge he set about investigating those rituals to try to discover their underlying meanings.

In 2001 he joined Lodge 200 the Irish Lodge of Research to further his studies and to seek assistance to ground his work within a framework that was ritualistically and historically accurate. His eight year quest has culminated in the book The Craft and the Cross.

He has also been a stained glass artist for 20 years carrying out many commissions to design and build windows in civic buildings, churches and private dwellings. He was interviewed for a TV documentary by RTE in Dublin and by BBC Radio Ulster following his commission for a commemorative window for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.

The symbols used in church commissions added to his interest in religious imagery and inspired an interest in the subject that has culminated in his series of books on the subject of ancient symbolism.

His main interest is historical research, in particular the astronomical alignments of the ancient megaliths of Ireland and Scotland and the Celtic folklore that has grown around them. He has travelled extensively through both Ireland and Scotland in search of stone alignments and ancient churches. He particularly admires the work of Prof. Alexander Thom and the groundbreaking work he did to bring the science of archaeo-astronomy to public awareness.

The Craft and the Cross is the first of a series of at least three books on the subject that will in the fullness of time trace the symbols and rituals of modern Freemasonry right back to the dawn of civilisation. He is currently working on the second book in the series that will examine the links between the ancient British Isles and the pyramids on the Giza Plateau, and how that too finds expression in Freemasonry.