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
Looking Down Is Still the Same Trap
Looking down on someone else's work, situation, or choices feels nothing like looking up at someone else's brilliance and deflating. But the brain mechanism underneath...
Admiring Greatness Without Turning It Against Yourself
The comparison engine does not just run when you feel superior to someone else — it also runs when you encounter something genuinely excellent and immediately use it a...
Your Brain's Measuring Stick Is Not a Moral Compass
The mind defaults to measurement. It ranks, sorts, and evaluates without being asked to. Workman's Rules Six and Seven, drawn from Brian Mattocks' book A Mason's Work,...
The Plumb Is Never Finished, Only Refined
This episode opens by drawing a necessary distinction: the ego-dissolution that signals alignment with your plumb is not the same thing as the escape that comes from d...
Finding Your Plumb by Looking Backward
A mentoring conversation with a newer brother in the fraternity opens this episode. The young man wanted the answer to what the plumb means — he wanted it handed to hi...