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
The Guide's Gavel: Protecting the Candidate Experience
The Guide—or Steward, depending on your jurisdiction—has a specific charge: bring the candidate from the outside world into fitness for the lodge. When that role holds...
The Tyler's Gavel: Managing Distraction Without Hiding In It
The Tyler's job is to stand at the door and keep out anyone who doesn't belong. In the operative framework Brian works from, giving the Tyler the gavel means applying ...
Secretary and Treasurer: Auditing Your Personal Record
Every person carries a personal record—a running account of experiences, identities, and narratives that shape how they move through the world. When the gavel passes t...
The Gavel and the Worshipful Master's Mind
Most Masons know the gavel as the tool of the first degree—knocking off rough edges, removing what no longer serves. But when you put the gavel in the hands of specifi...
Knowing When You're Done: The Senior Warden and Time Boundaries
The senior warden's ritual function is to close the lodge, pay the craft, and see that none go away dissatisfied. In the context of the 24-inch gauge, that translates ...