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A Freemasonry Podcast & Journal
with Bro. Ken Lane and Bro. Brett Wolfe
Spreeuw and fellow Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference organizers Ken Lane and Brett Wolfe look back at EFC 2026: why five speakers was too many, the book table, the first published proceedings, and what changes for EFC 2027.
with Bro. Salman Arif
What does it actually mean to be good at Masonic ritual? Bro. Salman Arif of Duke of Connaught Lodge turns the microphone around for a second time, with a page of written questions and one theme: the Work. Troy, newly installed as District Deputy Grand Master, takes them one at a time, and argues that getting the words right is only the barest minimum of what makes Masonry amazing.
with Bro. Julian Rees
Julian Rees, nearly sixty years a Freemason, an accomplished English Emulation ritualist, and one of the best-known writers on the spiritual side of the Craft, returns to The Mystic Tye to talk about a book that turns his own lens around. A Life in Many Colours: A Masonic Memoir, published by Arima Publishing, started with a nudge from Dr. David Harrison, who told Julian his life in Freemasonry had been exceptional enough to merit one. Julian explains why Lewis Masonic passed ("we don't do biographies"), why a memoir is not a biography, and how a Romanian artist friend came to draw the cover.
Troy sits down with fellow Esotericism in Freemasonry Conference organizers Ken Lane and Brett Wolfe for an honest debrief of EFC 2026. Why in-person beats virtual, the first published proceedings, why five speakers was too many, the book table, why attendees keep coming back, and the plans for EFC 2027: a Friday night practical, a breakfast of champions, more vendors, and the return of the closing panel.
By Troy Spreeuw
Bringing the Work to Life: Bro. Salman Arif Asks Troy What Makes Good Masonic Ritual
A Life in Many Colours: Bro. Julian Rees on Ritual, Spirituality, and the Crooked Road of Freemasonry
Best of EFC: Seven Conversations on the Esoteric Core of Freemasonry