By Brian Mattocks in symbol — 26 Jun 2025

The Lodge

Not just a place you go—but the kind of space you help create.

A Sacred Space You Can Carry With You

You might think of the Lodge as a building. A set of chairs, maybe an altar, a room where ritual happens.

But here’s the turn: The Lodge isn’t a building—it’s a container. A container for truth, for care, for becoming.

Every one of us needs a space like that. A space where status takes a backseat to sincerity. Where you're not performing—you’re refining. Where you're not selling yourself—you’re being witnessed.

One Brother told us: “In Lodge, I’m the most honest version of myself. And sometimes, that’s the only place I let that guy out.”

The real Lodge isn’t drywall and mahogany. It’s psychological safety built brick by brick. It’s the trust that lets a man ask, “Where am I falling short?” and get answers that make him stronger, not smaller.

When that space exists—when a Lodge truly lives—men grow. They take off the mask. They lay down the armor. They sharpen each other, not with judgment, but with presence.

And when the gavel drops and the meeting ends? A part of that space goes with them.

Where in your life do you feel most safe to be real—and most challenged to grow?
Are you helping build that kind of space for others, or just visiting it for yourself?
What’s one thing you could say or do to make your Lodge more alive, more honest, more transformative?