Welcome to our special bonus episode where Casey and I interview a friend of our show

Lawn Tibbets. In our previous episode we discussed at length the relationship

between masonry and the development of the temple endowment in Nahu a topic people

have a lot of questions about. So we thought you might enjoy hearing from Lon Tibbets, who has served both as an

LDS Ward Bishop and as a master of his Masonic Lodge in Utah. Lon is a keen student of both

Masonic and LDS history.

And in this interview, he sheds light on the origins of free masonry,

on why so many Nahu Latter-day Saints join the fraternity,

on connections between masonry and the endowment, the Relief Society, and the martyrdom of

Joseph Smith, as well as the later fraught relationship between Freemasons and Latter-day Saints

in Utah.

We hope you enjoy it.

I'm Scott Woodward and my co-host is Casey Griffiths.

And today, Casey and I dive into this bonus episode in our series about the development of Latter-day

Saint Temple worship.

Now let's get into it.

Hi Casey.

Hi, Scott, how are we doing?

We're doing so good and excited for a special episode today.

Yeah, this is kind of like our, you know, network special surprise. I don't know exactly how to describe it,

but we are pausing in the middle of our series on temple worship to do a special episode because we have a special guest with us.

Lon, do you want to say hi to the good people out there in podcast, Lant?

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