Enlightenment in Europe turned Christendom into a science of the natural world and apparently that sort of triggered Maimonedes (Spanish Mussies also went through an enlightenment stage.. as well as expulsions) to do a esoteric mong thing and sort of started kabbalah. Then they used each other as the blueprint but also thought that they could find secrets in each others texts.
Kabbalah and masonry is just Abrahamic secret clubs with funny handshakes.