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…
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 Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference: The Three Working Tools of the Kabbalist, treated the way a Mason treats the square and compasses. Lon is coming in person, and at 78 he has a pretty good argument for why you should be there too.
Also in this issue: nine days to EFC 2026, the Ike Baker preview if you missed it, and the full Lon conversation on the blog.
New Episode
Episode 52: The Three Working Tools of the Kabbalist
w/ Bro. Lon Milo DuQuette | EFC 2026 Keynote Preview
Lon starts with the rough and perfect ashlars and makes the case that a perfect stone has to do more than look perfect: it has to be a working miniature model of the whole universe. His image for it is a giant tuning fork. If the Great Architect is a B flat, your job is to true yourself into a little B flat and let the sympathetic vibration do the rest. Tarot cards are the flashcards of the Kabbalah, and Kabbalistic study is, in Lon's words, a cosmic lube job. You will be lubricated.
Also: whether lodges should already be teaching this, the big tent, why an EFC ticket works out to eight dollars a speaker, Lon's novel Young Aleister Crowley, the expanded Chicken Qabalah coming in December, Homemade Magick in October, and three days at Joshua Tree next spring. Bring your tarot deck to Seattle. Any 78-card deck will do.
In Case You Missed It
The run-up to EFC has been a run of speakers. Episode 51 is Bro. Ike Baker on Wilmshurst's restored tracing board and the Egyptian Book of Thoth, both of which he presents in Seattle. Episode 50 is the milestone: an EFC update with Brett Wolfe and Ken Lane, then Art Szabo turns the tables and puts me in the guest chair. Before that, Jonti Marks and Bridie Blaze on the Masonic Wisdom Cards and WB Dago Rodriguez on Fight Club and Fraternal Review. Follow The Mystic Tye on your favourite podcast platform so new episodes land automatically, and browse the full catalog anytime at mystictye.com/episodes.
Upcoming Events
Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference 2026: nine days out
Saturday September 19th | Ballard Masonic Centre, 2006 NW Market St, Seattle, WA
Keynote: Bro. Lon Milo DuQuette, "The Three Working Tools of the Kabbalist"
Also presenting: Bro. Ike Baker, Bro. Doug Russell, Bro. Dago Rodriguez and Bro. Josef Wäges
$50, lunch included. Brethren and invited guests. Business casual dress.
Advance attendance is at a record and the room may sell out. Lon is presenting in the morning, and he is signing books at the book table. If you are on the fence, this is the week to get off it.
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
The Three Working Tools of the Kabbalist: Lon Milo DuQuette Previews His EFC 2026 Keynote
The full Episode 52 conversation in print, edited only for readability. The perfect ashlar that has to work, the giant tuning fork, the flashcards of the Kabbalah, and the Enochian wax table that turned an oven into an eternal flame. Nineteen minutes.
The Omnipresent Magician: Ike Baker on Wilmshurst, the Book of Thoth, and EFC 2026
Ike's Episode 51 conversation in full: the restored Wilmshurst tracing board, the Book of Thoth as an Entered Apprentice degree, the South of France, and how a hidden page on Tool's website made a teenage magician.
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