Michael Robert Osborne has written fifteen published works on the intersection of Western esotericism with Christian orthodoxy.

Osborne holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Theology from the University of Birmingham. His postgraduate work focused on the ecclesiastical structure of the Primitive and Post-Apostolic Church, and the post-Reformation polity of the Anglican Church. He has postgraduate diplomas in Education, Law, and Legal Practice from the Universities of London and De Montfort. He is an Anglo-Catholic, a member of the American Academy of Religion, and a practicing Solicitor in England and Wales.

He has examined the alchemical nature of William Blake's art and the theoretical connections between purported haunting and time-slip phenomena. His book 'Brazen Serpent: Chaos and Order' analyzed occult concepts in the biblical Nehushtan myth and the 23 enigma.

Masonic Grand First Principal of New York State, Piers Allfrey Vaughan, described his work as "Well-researched and well-written." Montreal-based broadcaster Jonathan Stewart of the Gnostic Wisdom Network Channel regarded the publication of Fournié's treatise into English as “... a book we've been wanting to read for more than a decade.”

In 2018 Osborne won the Companion of Christian Rosenkreutz prize for his research papers on the 'Lessons of Lyons'. He has contributed to 'Watkins’ Mind, Body & Spirit Magazine' - an internationally recognized publication of various subjects from contemporary spirituality to mysticism.