The Hidden Life in Freemasonry

About this book

A Masonic ceremony may look orderly and familiar to those who attend it. C. W. Leadbeater imagines another ceremony taking place alongside it, one made of invisible energies, subtle forms and spiritual presences.

Drawing on his Theosophical beliefs, Leadbeater interprets lodge rituals as operations affecting the unseen world. The volume offers an elaborate occult reading of established Masonic symbolism. Its claims are speculative, but it shows how two influential esoteric traditions could be joined into a single account of initiation and invisible work.