https://youtu.be/cDLZ4jWLDO4
In this extended lecture, we explore one of the most extraordinary texts of early twentieth-century esotericism: The Hidden Life in Freemasonry (1926) by Charles Webster Leadbeater. A towering figure within the Theosophical Society and Co-Masonic circles, Leadbeater claimed that modern Masonic ritual is not merely symbolic but the vestigial survival of an ancient Egyptian initiatory system he believed he had personally served in a former life. This presentation examines the world that shaped Leadbeater, the clairvoyant methodology he employed.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
01:11 The Temple That Became a Lodge
03:12 Leadbeater and the World That Made Him
08:15 The Masonic Thesis
12:28 The Lodge as an Occult Machine
16:51 St Germain and the Hidden Hierarchy
21:29 Egypt, Osiris, and Ancient Memory
26:46 Crisis and Collapse
30:57 Scholarly and Masonic Critiques
35:00 Legacy and Afterlife