Brian Mattocks
Host and Founder of A Mason's Work - a podcast designed to help you use symbolism to grow. He's been working in the craft for over a decade and served as WM, trustee, and sat in every appointed chair in a lodge - at least once :D
Appears in 218 Episodes
The Plumb: Stating the Objective and Acting in Alignment
This episode integrates the Plumb as a practical decision test, using the “nice guy finishes last” pattern as a concrete example. The focus is on how unstated objectiv...
The Plumb: Values as the Non-Negotiable Reference
This episode examines the systemic application of the Plumb, focusing on how durable systems stay grounded by aligning to values rather than locking themselves to fixe...
The Plumb: Grounded Behavior and Trust
This episode explores the relational application of the Plumb, focusing on how grounded, consistent behavior shapes the quality and durability of relationships. The Pl...
The Plumb: Staying True While in Motion
This episode examines the behavioral application of the Plumb, focusing on what it means to stay grounded without becoming rigid. The Plumb is used to test whether beh...
The Plumb: Grounding What You Build
This episode introduces the Plumb by explaining its operative function and why it matters for anything intended to stand upright over time. From there, it establishes ...
The Worshipful Master: Ego, Alignment, and Building the Environment
This episode brings the series together by naming what happens when the person in charge hasn’t learned how they participate in outcomes — especially when ego becomes ...
The Worshipful Master: Space Creation and Barrier Removal
This episode frames the Worshipful Master’s systemic role as a space creator — designing conditions where work can emerge “harmonious and functional and good.” It focu...
The Worshipful Master: Culture, Alignment, and Referential Integrity
This episode examines the relational function of the Worshipful Master, focusing on how leadership shapes culture by setting conditions rather than performing the work...
The Worshipful Master: From Behavioral Ambiguity to Action
This episode examines the behavioral function of the Worshipful Master, focusing on how responsibility is exercised when clarity is incomplete. The role is presented a...
The Worshipful Master: Entering the Executive Function
This episode introduces the Worshipful Master as a role you can consciously step into, both within the lodge and as a mental posture in your own life. The focus is on ...
As Above, So Below Integration: Designing for What Actually Happens
This episode integrates the principle of correspondence by translating it into practical, everyday adjustments that make desired outcomes more likely. Rather than focu...
As Above, So Below: Systemically Align to Reality & Regain Agency
This episode frames the systemic application of correspondence as the practice of aligning your objectives to the way the world actually works, rather than trying to f...
As Above, So Below: Relational Alignment Over Force
This episode explores the relational dimension of the principle of correspondence, focusing on how attempts to influence others succeed or fail based on alignment rath...
As Above, So Below: Behavioral Patterns as Mirrors
This episode examines the behavioral application of the principle of correspondence, focusing on how outward actions can be read as indicators of underlying thought an...
As Above, So Below: The Principle of Correspondence - A Useful Lens, Not a Fact
This episode introduces the principle of correspondence, often expressed as “as above, so below” or “as within, so without,” and reframes it as a functional lens rathe...
The Compasses — Integration: Noticing Boundaries and Bringing Other Tools to the Work
This episode steps back to look across the entire Compasses series and clarifies the true function of the Compasses: noticing boundaries and boundary violations. While...
The Compasses — Episode 4: Capacity, Appetite, and Cycles of Collapse
This episode examines the Compasses at a systemic level, where growth, demand, and capacity interact over time. Rather than treating expansion as inherently positive, ...
The Compasses — Episode 3: Boundary Dignity and the Conditions for Trust
This episode examines the Compasses at a relational level, where boundaries become the primary mechanism for trust, predictability, and mutual understanding. Rather th...
The Compasses - Episode 2: Containment Without Suppression
This episode examines the Compasses at the behavioral level, where the work is neither moral purity nor self-denial, but awareness and redirection. Rather than suppres...
The Compasses — Episode 1: Circumscribing Desire Without Suppression
This opening episode introduces the Compasses as more than a moral restraint, framing them instead as a diagnostic tool for understanding boundaries, ambition, and car...