The Correspondence
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Past issues
- Read →September 24, 2026
Best of EFC: Episode 54 and What's Next for EFC 2027
Episode 54 of The Mystic Tye is a Best of EFC collection: seven conversations from Doug Russell, Dago Rodriguez, Ike Baker, and Lon Milo DuQuette, built around the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference. This issue also looks back at EFC 2026 with thanks to the speakers, especially keynote Lon Milo DuQuette, and previews EFC 2027, coming soon at esotericmasonry.com.
- Read →September 17, 2026
Salman asks Troy the questions the other brothers won't
Bro. Salman Arif turns the mic around. Troy on journals, lodge politics, and Thelema.
- Read →September 11, 2026
Lon Milo DuQuette previews his EFC keynote (you will be lubricated)
Episode 52 is live, and it is the last stop before Seattle. Bro. Lon Milo DuQuette, author, magician, Freemason, and one of my own longtime teachers, joins me to preview his keynote for the Esoterici…
- Read →September 4, 2026
A lost tracing board, an Egyptian initiation, and a magician on the move
Episode 51 is live. Three weeks before the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference, Bro. Ike Baker joins Troy to preview both of his Seattle talks: the restored tracing board of Walter Leslie Wilmshurs…
- Read →August 27, 2026
A milestone, an interview in reverse, and an EFC update
Episode 50 is live, and for this milestone we do things a little differently. First, Troy sits down with Brett Wolfe and Ken Lane, his fellow organizers of the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference,…
- Read →August 20, 2026
78 cards, no divination, just Masonic reflection
Episode 49 is live. What happens when the symbolic language of Freemasonry is taken off the tracing board and placed directly into your hands? Troy sits down with Jonti Marks and Bridie Blaze, creato…
- Read →August 13, 2026
Fight Club and Freemasonry
This week Troy sits down with WB Dago Rodriguez, creative director of Fraternal Review and the man who has been running Southern California's Masonic magazine since 2016. They talk about building a p…
- Read →August 7, 2026
Doug Russell on the esoteric art of memory
Doug Russell is back, and this time he is revealing the book he has spent more than a decade building. Remembering the Past, Present, and Future is about memory, and about how deeply memory runs thro…
- Read →July 30, 2026
A priest, a temple, and a secret Freemasonry
Episode 46 is live. Bro. Josef Wages returns to talk about "The Secret Freemasonry of a Priest in the Temple of Nature", an eighteenth century Rosicrucian Masonic system recorded by Johann Samuel Mun…
- Read →July 24, 2026
Dr. Ric Berman on The Genesis of American Freemasonry
Dr. Ric Berman joins us from England to talk about his new book, The Genesis of American Freemasonry, published in June and timed for the semiquincentennial. Ric is a member of Quatuor Coronati, the…
- Read →July 16, 2026
Hermeticism, Egypt, and the value of secrecy
This one is a treat. For over a hundred and fifty years the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia has done its work quietly and out of public view. Now it has published its first global periodical, The Ros…
- Read →July 10, 2026
Br. Jaime Paul Lamb on Astrology, the Cosmos, and the Western Esoteric Tradition
Episode 43 is another throwback from the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference 2022. This time, Bro. Jaime Paul Lamb walks us through astrology in the Western esoteric tradition, from the star-watche…
- Read →June 25, 2026
Elias Ashmole, alchemy, and 23 episodes you may have missed
Episode 41 is a throwback recorded in support of Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference 2022, and it holds up. Grand Lodge of Washington State brother Richard Harris joins me to talk about Elias Ashmo…
- Read →June 19, 2026
What Pike didn't tell you about Morals and Dogma
Episode 40 is live. This one is a recording of the closing panel from Grand Masonic Day 2026, featuring Bros. Josef Wages, Arturo de Hoyos, Zane McCune, and Wes Regan. Four of the Craft's most respec…
- Read →June 5, 2026
New Episode: The Origins of the "Higher" Degrees with Josef Wages and Arturo de Hoyos
Episode 38 is live. This one is a recording of the opening presentation from Grand Masonic Day 2026, featuring Bro. Josef Wages and Bro. Arturo de Hoyos. Two of Masonry's top historians on one stage,…
- Read →March 26, 2026
New Episodes with Ike Baker & Kim March + Your Spring Masonic Calendar
The Mystic Tye Podcast: Ready to explore the essence of Freemasonry? Episode 027 • Br. Ike Baker on Freedom of Conscience and Anti-Masonry About This Episode Br. Ike Baker is the creative force behin…
- Read →March 13, 2026
Br. Julian Rees on the Tracing Boards of the Three Degrees. Plus Grand Masonic Day 2026 (April 18) and Troy's April–May speaking schedule.
The Mystic Tye Podcast: Ready to explore the essence of Freemasonry? Episode 026 • Br. Julian Rees Tracing Boards of the 3 Degrees The Mystic Tye Podcast Website: https://www.mystictye.com | Patreon:…
- Read →March 5, 2026
A Conversation with the Deputy Grand Master + Troy's Spring Speaking Tour
The Mystic Tye Podcast: Ready to explore the essence of Freemasonry? Episode 025 • Br. Lucas Minton DGM Grand Lodge of Arkansas The Mystic Tye Podcast Website: https://www.mystictye.com | Patreon: ht…
- Read →February 26, 2026
3 part series with Br Martin Faulks out now! We are on Patreon! GMD2026, Troy has speaking events...
The Mystic Tye Podcast: Ready to explore the essence of Freemasonry? 3 Part Series with Br. Martin Faulks now available everywhere you listen to podcasts Episode 024 • Br. Martin Faulks on “Long Live…
- Read →February 10, 2026
It's been awhile but we have new episodes and Grand Masonic Day 2026 & more!
The Mystic Tye Podcast: Ready to explore the essence of Freemasonry? Episode 020 • Br. Josef Wages Pre-Grand Masonic Day 2026 Interview Pt 1 You can find us online at mystictye.com Br. Josef Wäges is…