Is there a link between Freemasonry and the occult?
There is indeed an idea that Freemasons are involved in the occult. I mentioned that the Freemasons may date back to 1390, there's another idea that they could actually date back to ancient Egypt and the magic schools where the most intelligent individuals were involved, for instance, with the design and construction of the pyramids. One intriguing idea is that they developed what's called a levitation wand, which enabled the enormous blocks of the pyramids, such as the Great Pyramid of Cheops, to be put in place. Realize that there are 2.5 million blocks weighing anywhere from one to ten tons, created, supposedly, over twenty years. It seems to go beyond the old grunt and groan method. Perhaps these individuals from the magic schools were able to use their advanced occult knowledge to help build it. I should also point out that one of the early members of this group was Djedi, apparently the world's first magician, who, in the court of the Pharaoh, cut off the head of a goose and then restored it, the predecessor to the modern magician's trip of sawing the woman in half and restoring her.