What Did We Lose Along the Way?

What happens when a young Freemason starts asking whether progress sometimes costs us more than we realise?

In this episode of The Masonic Mic, we sit down with Bro. Michael Galloway — mechanical engineer, Junior Warden, full-time father and one of Christchurch SRIA’s newest Zelators.

At 32, Michael might seem an unlikely advocate for old traditions. Yet much of what drew him to Freemasonry was precisely its ability to carry ideas, symbolism and human connection forward through generations.

And there is a certain poetry in discovering that Michael also happens to work on the development of modern steam engines.

From ritual, ancient stories and the effects of an increasingly digital world, to community, responsibility, suffering, truth and what he describes as “a ladder to climb,” this conversation moves well beyond the usual question of what Freemasonry is.

Instead, Michael asks something more interesting:

What have we gained through progress — and what might we have lost along the way?

Thoughtful, occasionally strange and frequently philosophical, this is a conversation about preserving what matters without becoming trapped in the past.

And, naturally, about finding somewhere you can ask the "batshit crazy" questions and still get a serious answer.

Masonic Frequency on Frequency.

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