Dr. David Harrison is Britain's most well-known contemporary historian of Freemasonry. He is the author of The Rite of Seven Degrees, Rediscovered Rituals of English Freemasonry, and The Lost Rites and Rituals of Freemasonry. In this interview we explore the many mystical Masonic Rites of the 18th century and their legacy. 

"The magician's most important invocation is that of his Genius, Daemon, True Will, or Augoeides" writes Peter Carroll in Liber Null. "This operation is traditionally known as attaining the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. It is sometimes known as the Magnum Opus or Great Work."

Angel Millar (author; mentor and consulting hypnotist for self-development):

The Spiritual Survival:

Jonti Marks is the author Hiram's Way: Meditations On The Masonic Path To Enlightenment (published by Lewis Masonic), among other books. He was initiated into Freemasonry in Nairobi, in 1990, and has lived in England, Zambia, and Kenya. Jonti developed a deep interest in spirituality early in his adult life, and this led him to "temples, mosques, synagogues and churches; to teachers and teachings of East and West." We discuss Freemasonry, enlightenment, spirituality, Buddhism, and the Masonic path of initiation. 

Freemasonry, magic, Kabbalah, and alchemy all fused together in Count Cagliostro’s Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry. In this interview, Philippa Lee (AKA Philippa Faulks) discusses Cagliostro’s life, his Egyptian Rite, alchemy, Egyptology, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and important, lesser-known esotericists such as Martines de Pasqually.

Greg Kaminsky discusses how Kabbalah was adopted from Judaism into Christianity, by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, as well as his spiritual beliefs and practices. Among these, Pico believed in a hierarchy of angels that could be engaged with and emulated by human beings and that, by doing so, we could make ourselves divine. 

Tau Appollonius discuses the little-know Aesthetic Rose+Croix Order of the Temple studies Hermeticism, Gnosticism, Christian esotericism, alchemy, and Kabbalah. And, derived from the Rose+Croix Catholique et Esthétique du Temple et du Graal of Joséphin Péladan (1858-1918), the contemporary Oder exists to create "create a class of artist-initiates who become knights and priests" and to "promote the spiritual and moral ideals of mystic chivalry." We explore its history and its practices today.

Aki Cederberg is the author of Journeys In The Kali Yuga: A Pilgrimage from Esoteric India to Pagan Europe (Inner Traditions) and the forthcoming Holy Europe, as well as a musician, filmmaker, and traveler from Helsinki, Finland.

In this interview, Cederberg discusses the meaning and practices of Yule, the pre-Christian midwinter celebration which influenced Christmas and that lives on, still today, through the Christmas tree, the “Yule log” cake, and Santa Claus (related to the ancient northern European shaman). In particular, he looks at how we can celebrate Yule today, why it should be more about “mystery” than “history,” why we should be joyful, and why, nevertheless, we should remember the deceased at this time of year.