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…
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 Mund that predates the Golden Rosy Cross by three years. Nobody had ever studied it, let alone translated it, until Bro. Wages and his research partners published it in a limited run of 500 copies. If you want to know where Rosicrucian Freemasonry actually comes from, this is the one.
Also in this issue: catch up on our conversations with Dr. Ric Berman and RWBro. Alex Rofaila, tickets are moving for the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference, and an article from the blog worth your time.
New Episode
Episode 46: The Secret Freemasonry of a Priest in the Temple of Nature
w/ Bro. Josef Wages
The conversation ranges across the wild landscape of continental high degree Masonry: the Chevalier de Beauchêne peddling degrees from a wagon behind the French army at Frankfurt, the patents of Bouchère de Lennoncourt, and how the trail leads directly to Étienne Morin and the Kadosh degree. Bro. Wages makes his case for why primary sources matter, why the era was far more organized than the old story of institutional chaos suggests, and why English speaking Freemasonry has been selling the same vanilla ice cream since the 1850s. His next book, "The Lost Ritual", arrives from Cornerstone on August 21st, and copies will be at the EFC book table in September.
In Case You Missed It
Episode 45: The Genesis of American Freemasonry
w/ Dr. Ric Berman
Historian Dr. Ric Berman traces American Freemasonry from its colonial origins through independence to the formation of the state Grand Lodges, following the people and networks that carried the Craft across the Atlantic.
Episode 44: The Rosicrucian, Vol. 1
w/ RWBro. Alex Rofaila
RWBro. Alex Rofaila discusses the revival of a Victorian periodical and how the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia examines Hermeticism through a scholarly Masonic lens.
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Upcoming Events
Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference 2026
Saturday September 19th | Ballard Masonic Centre, 2006 NW Market St, Seattle, WA
Keynote: Br. Lon Milo DuQuette on "The Tarot Architect"
Also appearing: Br. Ike Baker, Br. Doug Russell, Br. Dago Rodriguez, and this week's guest Br. Josef Wages
$50 · Brethren and Invited Guests Only. Business casual dress.
Tickets and full details are now available at the conference website.
We are looking to create a directory of Freemasonic events and publications. If you are aware of something coming up please let me know by email. In the meantime check out the Masonic Conferences website.
From the Blog
Arthur Conan Doyle and the Occult: The False War Between Reason and the Unseen
Conan Doyle spent the second half of his life as one of spiritualism's most committed public advocates. Most people treat this as a contradiction for the man who created the world's great rationalist detective. It wasn't. This article looks at what he actually believed and why.
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