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…
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 respected voices on one stage, moderated by Bro. Troy Spreeuw, covering everything from Pike's unattributed sources to whether AI belongs in the lodge. If you've ever wondered what happens when you put four Masonic scholars around one table and let them go, this is the one.
Also in this issue: The Mystic Tye Pop-Up Bookstore is at Grand Lodge this week, the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference has tickets available, and a couple of articles from the blog worth your time.
New Episode
Episode 40: Four Freemasonic Leaders, One Epic Panel
w/ Bros. Wages, de Hoyos, McCune & Regan | Grand Masonic Day 2026
The panel opens with the state of Masonic research. Bro. de Hoyos recounts his twenty-year quest to reverse-engineer Albert Pike's Morals and Dogma, tracing its unattributed sources across libraries throughout the United States. Bro. Wages describes their joint archival photography expeditions across Europe, capturing tens of thousands of images from collections that even local archivists had never fully explored. The conversation shifts to ritual evolution, technology in the lodge, and a spirited audience Q&A on memorization, Zoom conferrals, and whether AI-generated ritual set to music belongs anywhere near the Craft.
The Mystic Tye Pop-Up Bookstore
Copies of ALL these and many more available at The Mystic Tye Pop-Up Bookstore at Grand Lodge of BC & Yukon Grand Communication this week. Come see us at the table and enter for your chance to win a FREE BOOK!
Piles of new releases from Lewis Masonic including:
"Discovering Secrets of the Unlawful Societies Act"
Dr. Paul Calderwood | Featured in Episode 39
A fascinating look at the law and the historical documentation it created.
The Mason's Friend Series
Br. Kim March | Featured in Episode 28
Br. Kim March's series of degree guides. Also featured is a special 20% off discount on "The 5 Minute Ritualist" mentioned on the podcast. I am a huge fan of these books and believe every new brother should be reading them.
"The Rosicrucian" — First Edition: Hermeticism
S.R.I.A. Periodical
The new periodical from S.R.I.A. with beautiful full colour production, more like a graphic novel than a journal. Highly recommended. Watch The Mystic Tye for a near-future interview with editor Alex Rofalia.
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Upcoming Events
Esotericon 2026
This Saturday, June 20th
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 on "Catechism in the House of Life"
$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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