Texts at the crossroads of Masonic tradition, occult philosophy, and the Ancient Mysteries.

Troy Books is pleased to open a new strand in our publishing work: carefully curated editions of classic Freemasonry texts. For many years our list has explored the overlapping worlds of witchcraft, cunning-craft, folklore and Western esotericism; it has become increasingly clear that, for a significant number of our readers, Freemasonry is not a separate interest but part of the same initiatory landscape. By beginning a dedicated line of Masonic titles, we hope to serve both those Fratres of the Craft who walk an occult path, and those witches and magical practitioners who sense – or suspect – that the lodge and the temple share more in common than is often acknowledged.

Our approach to Masonic publishing will be the same as in the rest of our work: respectful of tradition, free of sectarian bias, and attentive to the currents that run beneath the surface of history. These volumes will focus on public-domain works that read Masonry as a Living Mystery tradition and a bearer of the older Wisdom-teachings, offering bridges between the lodge, the circle, and the broader study of Western occult philosophy. In opening this new vein, we invite our readers – Masons and non-Masons alike – to explore Freemasonry not merely as a fraternal institution, but as one of the key esoteric currents shaping the modern craft.

Freemasonry and the Hidden Current of the Craft

Behind the lodge doors of Freemasonry runs one of the great initiatory currents of Western esotericism. Its working tools, allegories and temple drama form a ritual language that speaks directly to questions of soul, destiny and the “Great Work” – concerns shared by students of witchcraft, ritual magic and the older currents of cunning and traditional craft. While many know Masonry outwardly as a fraternal and charitable order, an inner stream has always read its rites as a survival of the Ancient Mysteries: a symbolic map of the soul’s descent, ordeal and restoration. For occultists and witches, this current offers a parallel initiatory structure, a treasury of symbols that mirror the circle and compass, the tools of the witch’s altar and the rites of seasonal and stellar magic. To approach Freemasonry in this way is not to “borrow” from the lodge, but to recognise a shared Mystery language that has flowed for centuries beneath the public face of both temple and coven.