In this show we discuss the practical applications of masonic symbolism and how the working tools can be used to better yourself, your family, your lodge, and your community. We help good freemasons become better men through honest self development. We talk quite a bit about mental health and men's issues related to emotional and intellectual growth as well.
Latest Episodes
Work Your Own Stone: Insight Is Not Jurisdiction
When a friend is struggling, the impulse to jump in with answers feels generous. It feels like love. But Brian Mattocks opens this week by naming what's really driving...
Does It Square: The Only Honest Weekly Review
Brian closes the week by introducing the square as the tool that makes honest self-evaluation possible, and by redefining what virtue actually means. In Brian Mattocks...
The Empty Journal and the Architecture of Avoidance
Brian opens this episode with a confession: he owns half a dozen beautiful, completely blank journals. Each one was acquired with a clear intention. None of them were ...
When the Gavel Swings at Nothing
There is a specific kind of mental activity that mimics useful work while producing none. Brian opens this episode at 2 a.m., describing the anxious rehearsal of a pro...
Your Preferences Might Be Someone Else's Decisions
How many of your preferences are actually yours? Brian uses the plumb, Freemasonry's tool for testing vertical alignment, to ask a question that sounds trivial until i...