The Mystic Tye

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. It opens with Troy's original Scholomance interview, A Space for Esoteric Freemasonry , laying out why the conference exist...

This week the microphones turn around. Bro. Salman Arif of Duke of Connaught Lodge , a brother Troy vouched for and watched take his obligation, sits down to ask the questions that guys who find Troy a little unapproachable have been saving up. No preamble, no plan, two Master Masons on the level. Salman opens with his own inheritance: a grandfather in Lahore who belonged to the lodge the locals n...

Two weeks before the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference , Bro. Lon Milo DuQuette , author, magician, Freemason, and one of Troy’s own longtime teachers, joins the show to preview his Seattle keynote. Lon is coming in person, and at 78 he has a pretty good argument for why you should be there too. The talk is the three working tools of the Kabbalist, from his book The Tarot Architect : the divin...

Three weeks out from the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference , Bro. Ike Baker joins Troy for a preview of a very full Seattle weekend, and a tour of everything else the man some call omnipresent has going on. Ike opens with his Friday night talk at Verity Lodge : the tracing board of Walter Leslie Wilmshurst , author of The Meaning of Masonry and founder of the Lodge of the Living Stones in Leed...

Fifty episodes. For this milestone we do things a little differently, in two parts. First, Troy sits down with his fellow organizers Brett Wolfe and Ken Lane for a quick update on the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference 2026 , coming to Ballard, Seattle on September 19th. The lineup is the strongest yet: keynote Lon Milo DuQuette in person, plus Ike Baker , Dago Rodriguez of Fraternal Review , J...

What happens when the symbolic language of Freemasonry is taken off the tracing board and placed directly into your hands? This episode, I'm joined by Jonti Marks and Bridie Blaze , creators of the Masonic Wisdom Cards, A Deck for Daily Reflection , a 78-card illustrated deck exploring Masonic symbols, working tools, virtues, and sacred geometry as prompts for contemplation rather than divina...

Troy sits down with WB Dago Rodriguez, PM, 32° , creative director of Fraternal Review and two-time past master of South Pasadena Masonic Lodge No. 290, for a wide-ranging first meeting that covers the magazine's origin story, the surprising philosophical overlap between Fight Club and the Masonic path, and what keeps a lodge alive across generations. Dago has been with the Southern Californi...

"The Esoteric Art of Memory" with Doug Russell The night he took his first degree, Doug Russell watched officers deliver the entire ritual from memory, including a lengthy lecture, and asked a question that would take him the next fourteen years to answer. Why do Masons memorize? Doug Russell returns to the show to reveal his forthcoming book, Remembering the Past, Present, and Future: E...

The Secret Freemasonry of a Priest in the Temple of Nature with Bro. Josef Wages Bro. Josef Wages returns to the show to discuss The Secret Freemasonry of a Priest in the Temple of Nature , an eighteenth century Rosicrucian Masonic system recorded by Johann Samuel Mund. The manuscript predates the Golden Rosy Cross by three years, and until Bro. Wages and his research partners transcribed, transla...

There was no England and no America. There was a greater Britain, and a few thousand people in London held most of the levers. Dr. Ric Berman joins us to talk about his new book, The Genesis of American Freemasonry , published this June and timed for the semiquincentennial. It traces the craft in America from its earliest colonial footholds, through independence, to the creation of the state Grand...

"The Rosicrucian" with RW Bro. Alex Rofaila For over one hundred and fifty years, the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia has pursued its founding mission quietly, rigorously, and away from public view: to investigate the philosophy of Hermes Trismegistus, the secrets of the Kabbalah, and the meaning and symbolism of the wisdom, art, and literature of the ancient world. Now, for the first ti...

Recorded at the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference 2022 , this throwback episode features Br. Jaime Paul Lamb , professional astrologer and author. Recently uncovered from an archive of conference recordings, this presentation is titled Astrology in the Western Esoteric Traditions . Please forgive any audio irregularities, as this was captured live at the event. Slides are available to follow a...

In this throwback episode recorded to support Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference 2022 , Bro. Doug Russell sits down to explore how Freemasonry fits into the growing academic field of Western Esotericism. A past editor of the Fraternal Review and an officer of the Academy of Reflection , Bro. Russel brings a unique perspective that bridges scholarly research and lived Masonic practice. The conve...

"Elias Ashmole, Initiation, and Freemasonry" with Bro. Richard Harris (Throwback Episode) Recorded in support of the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference 2022 , this throwback episode features Grand Lodge of Washington State brother Richard Harris in conversation with Troy about his conference presentation on Elias Ashmole, initiation, alchemy, and Freemasonry. Please forgive the minor...

The final recording from Grand Masonic Day 2026 brings together four distinguished brothers for a panel discussion moderated by  Bro. Wes Regan . Joining the conversation are Bro. Josef Wages , Bro. Arturo de Hoyos and   Bro. Zane McCune 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...

Episode 39 · Discovering Secrets of the Unlawful Societies Act Featuring V.W. Bro. Dr. Paul Calderwood Every March, for the better part of two centuries, lodge secretaries across England and Wales sat down and did something we almost never think about today. They wrote out a full list of their members, names, addresses, occupations, and sent it to the clerk of the peace, sworn before a magistrate...

Ecossais Masonry and the "Higher" Degrees with Bro. Josef Wages and Bro. Arturo de Hoyos This is a recording of the opening presentation from Grand Masonic Day 2026 , featuring Bro. Josef Wages and Bro. Arturo de Hoyos . These respected Masonic historians ran through an impressive number of slides in record time. We join RWBro. Wes Regan for his introduction. Bro. Wages is especially wel...

Troy welcomes back Brother Joseph Wages for the story behind one of the most important Masonic source books of the last decade, The Secret School of Wisdom: The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati . This is not another Illuminati conspiracy episode. It is the opposite. Wages traces the five year project that carried him from a skeptical teenager reading of John Robison's Proofs...

"Early Scots Masonry, The Blue Lodge, and the Higher Degrees" by Bro. Arturo de Hoyos Grand Masonic Day 2026 took place several weeks ago. We were pleased to welcome Arturo de Hoyos to the podium on his own, after a first joint presentation with Josef Wages . Arturo de Hoyos is Grand Archivist and Grand Historian of the Supreme Council, 33rd Degree, Southern Jurisdiction , and an executi...

"The Life and Death of John Yarker" by Bro. David Harrison Dr. David Harrison is a UK-based Masonic historian and lecturer who has written fifteen books on the history of English Freemasonry and has published many papers and articles. Harrison has also appeared frequently on TV and radio discussing his work, and he is with us today to discuss his most recent book, The Life and Death of J...

"Lodge Leadership Retreat, Grand Lodge of Washington" — Organizer VW Bro. Zane McCune You can find us online at mystictye.com patreon.com/mystictye Email me feedback, guest suggestions and any other questions at troy@mystictye.com The Grand Lodge of Washington State has held a Lodge Leadership Retreat for many years. In more recent years, VW Bro. Zane McCune has been one of the organizer...

Is Freemasonry Esoteric? — Lon Milo DuQuette EFC 2022 Keynote Throwback episode: Bro. Lon Milo DuQuette delivers the opening keynote of Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference (2022). "Is Freemasonry esoteric? The simple answer is yes, of course it is. It is, if you are. " To kick off the first Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference in 2022, we invited one of the most respected voices in mo...

"The Lost Seeker" by RWBr. Royston Colbourne RWBr. Royston Colbourne is introduced by friend of the show RWBr. Wes Regan . This was recorded during the traditional address of the Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of BC & Yukon , just after lunch at the 43rd Annual Grand Masonic Day on Saturday, April 18th. Connect Website: mystictye.com Patreon: patreon.com/mystictye Email: troy...

The Tarot Architect w/Br. Lon Milo DuQuette You can find us online at mystictye.com Support us on Patreon Email me feedback, guest suggestions and any other questions at troy@mystictye.com Br. Lon Milo DuQuette is an internationally recognized authority on Tarot, Qabalah, and Ceremonial Magick, and has written extensively about the life and works of the controversial English magician, Aleister Cro...

"What to Expect as DDGM" w/ RWBr. Michael Demers, DDGM District 17 GLBCY RWBr. Michael Demers has been honored to serve MWBr. Ken Christofferson as Deputy Grand Master of District 17 of the GLBCY for the 2025/2026 Masonic Year. I was recently informed that I would be his successor. We get together to discuss what this was like for him. Connect Website: mystictye.com Patreon: patreon.com/...