On this episode of Icebreakers, Nathan is joined by “Canada’s Dan Brown”: Frank Albo. Albo is a Canadian architectural historian, the academic inspiration behind The Hermetic Code and the author of Astana: Architecture, Myth, and Destiny. Albo is responsible for extensive research into the Freemasonic and Hermetic symbolism of the Manitoba Legislative Building and has spent the last decade leading Hermetic Code Tours through the Manitoba Legislative Building, which more than 25,000 have taken. On today’s episode, Nathan and Frank explore how freemasonry uses architecture as a vehicle for moral, spiritual and ethical illumination and Albo’s reflections on Astana, freemasonry and the Canadian connection.

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0:00 - Intro

0:39 - Introducing Frank Albo

1:45 - Freemasonic architecture tradition in Canada

7:47 - Announcing Kazakhstan's arrival on the world stage

11:50 - Core principles of Astana/Nur-Sultan architecture

23:43 - Astana: The Eurasian Disney

35:06 - Unique element of Kazakh nomadic life

39:56 - Parallels between Canadian and Astana architecture

42:42 - What made Frank Albo a leader?

43:28 - Greatest priorities in life

43:56 - Conclusion