Conversations on the Craft, the symbol,
and the long work within.
Esoteric Mythology and EFC2026 with Ike Baker
with Ike Baker
Some people call Ike Baker omnipresent. Three weeks before the Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference 2026, he sits down with Troy Spreeuw to preview a very full Seattle weekend. Friday night at Verity Lodge, Ike presents the tracing board of Walter Leslie Wilmshurst, author of The Meaning of Masonry. Found by Robert Lomas in a personal notebook and posted online too blurry to read, the board communicates in pure geometry, and Ike restored and deciphered nearly all of it. Saturday at EFC, he turns to Conversations in the House of Life, the new public translation of the ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth, a text that reads like an initiation ritual for the scribe-priests of Thoth, catechism and all, with correlations to Masonic ritual he calls startling.
Selected dispatches
“The Tables Turned” - A milestone, an interview in reverse, and an EFC update
with Brett Wolfe & Ken Lane // Art Szabo
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. Then the tables are turned. Art Szabo, the designer behind all of the Mystic Tye artwork, takes over the microphone and puts Troy in the guest chair.
Masonic Wisdom Cards with Jonti Marks and Bridie Blaze
with Jonti Marks and Bridie Blaze
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 divination.
Essays & notes
The Omnipresent Magician: Ike Baker on Wilmshurst, the Book of Thoth, and EFC 2026
Three weeks before EFC 2026, Ike Baker joins Troy to preview both of his Seattle talks: the restored tracing board of Walter Leslie Wilmshurst, and the ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth as an initiation ritual. Plus a sold-out South of France retreat, a new book on the number theology inside the world's myths, and how a hidden page on Tool's website started it all.
By Troy Spreeuw