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Essays, reflections, and working notes on operative fraternalism — Freemasonry as a living practice.
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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.
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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
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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
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Money, Valuables, and the Exchange Beneath the Exchange
Picture a car dealership on a Tuesday morning. You came in to look at a sedan, and before you'
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Finding Your Plumb: Purpose Is Not a Destination, It's an Excavation
Purpose is not a beam of light. Waiting for it to arrive is how you guarantee it never does. I
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Patience Won't Fix Your Temper
There's a scene from the old Simpsons that everybody my age files under harmless cartoon nonsense. Homer catches