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Essays, reflections, and working notes on operative fraternalism — Freemasonry as a living practice.
The Trowel Misread: Five Ways Brotherly Love Gets It Wrong
There is a moment most people recognize but rarely discuss. Someone in a conversation gets a fact wrong, not catastrophically,
Never Go to the Grocery Store Hungry: What Food Aphorisms Have Always Known About the Compasses
You're stopping at the grocery store on the way home from work. You have a list with three
The Ruffians in the Room: Overcoming Negativity as an Inside Job
There is a kind of helplessness that looks like self-awareness. The person who can name every reason their situation is
What the Leader Holds: Custodianship, Vision, and the Art of Giving It Away
by Brian Mattocks There is a moment in the first degree that most candidates experience as a kind of disorientation.
The Anxiety Survey: How Masons Read Discomfort as a Work Order
by Brian Mattocks There is a particular kind of moment that most people who live with anxiety know well. You
The Cement of Brotherly Love, and the Craft of Adult Friendship
The self-made man is a myth, and not a harmless one. Take him at his word for a minute. Say