A Freemasonry Podcast & Journal
Conversations on the Craft, the symbol,
and the long work within.
The Best of Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference Interviews
with Doug Russell, Dago Rodriguez, Ike Baker, Lon Milo DuQuette, Brett Wolfe, and Ken Lane
Episode 54 is a change of pace: a forty five minute Best of EFC collection built around this year's Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference, pairing longer explanations from past Mystic Tye guests with two archival interviews Troy recorded for Scholomance at EFC 2024.
Selected dispatches
Students of the Work with Bro. Salman Arif
with Bro Salman Arif
Bro. Salman Arif turns the microphones around and asks Troy Spreeuw the questions the other brothers have been saving up. No preamble, no plan, two Master Masons on the level.
The Three Working Tools of the Kabbalist, with Bro. Lon Milo DuQuette
with Bro. Lon Milo DuQuette
Two weeks before EFC 2026, Lon Milo DuQuette previews his Seattle keynote: the three working tools of the Kabbalist, treated the way a Mason treats the square and compasses. The rough and perfect ashlars, the universe as a giant tuning fork, tarot as the flashcards of the Kabbalah, and Kabbalistic study as a cosmic lube job. Plus Young Aleister Crowley, a new Chicken Qabalah, Homemade Magick, and Joshua Tree.
Essays & notes
Best of EFC: Seven Conversations on the Esoteric Core of Freemasonry
A Best of EFC collection built around this year's Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference. Doug Russell on the classical art of memory, Dago Rodriguez on Fight Club and role models, Ike Baker on Wilmshurst and the Egyptian Book of Thoth, Lon Milo DuQuette on the working tools read through Kabbalah, and Troy Spreeuw on finding brotherhood in unexpected places. This is the companion post for Episode 54, our Best of EFC collection. Listen to the full episode at mystictye.com/episodes, and hear the complete original conversations in Episodes 47, 48, 50, 51, and 52.
By Troy Spreeuw