Fraternal Review

Have you ever considered the striking parallels between the film, The Matrix and the symbolism found within Freemasonry?

In this episode, we sit down with Worshipful Brother Darin Lahners, one of the notable Masonic scholars for Fraternal Review's December issue covering the movie, The Matrix and its connections to the symbols and allegories within Freemasonry.

This topic, The Matrix and Freemasonry, reflects the Southern California Research Lodge's commitment to Masonic education that explores new directions and frontiers while emphasizing the Craft's philosophy, symbolism, and history. In this day and age, we seek various ways to improve the Masonic experience for our members.

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What is Freemasonry’s role in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

In this episode, Right Worshipful Brother Michael Jarzabek, Senior Warden of the Massachusetts Lodge of Research, discusses the Fraternal Review issue entitled The American Revolution. Among other topics, Wor. Bro. Jarzabek discusses the importance of understanding our Nation’s history to improve our present and future, as well as a few of the American Revolution’s unsung heroes and Fraternal Review’s effort to publish the first cross-continental partnership with the brothers at The Massachusetts Lodge of Research.

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The beginnings of Stoicism go back 300 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, when a wealthy merchant found himself shipwrecked, destitute, and questioning what it meant to live a good life. In this episode, Worshipful Bro. Daniel O. Molina, 32°, discusses the relationship between Stoicism and Freemasonry. As Bro. Daniel points out, the world faced incredible challenges at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, individuals found strength in the most surprising sources amidst these difficulties—the Stoics and Masonic education.

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In this episode, we speak with Bro. Jaime Paul Lamb, guest editor of our May 2021 issue of Fraternal Review titled "The Middle Chamber". Bro. Lamb hopes to establish the importance of this underexamined feature of the symbolic architecture of the Temple for future ages of accepted Craftsmen.

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In this episode, we explore the parallels this mystic belief has with the oldest Fraternity in the world.

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In this episode, we speak to Right Worshipful Bro. Robert Johnson as he reflects on the mission and vision of the Masonic Legacy Society (MLS). Founded in 2017, the Masonic Legacy Society set out on the honorable mission to deepen one’s awareness of and experience with the practice of Freemasonry.

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In this episode, we kick off the 2021 editorial calendar with a behind the scenes discussion with our guest editor, Right Worshipful Bro. Michael Jarzabek. Please note, that at the time of recording this podcast, the issue was entitled Man’s Need for Ritual, which was changed and finalized in the end to, The Death of Ritual? Why We need ritual now more than ever.

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As the Worshipful Master of the Southern California Research Lodge, Dago Rodriguez points out, one of the most revealing aspects of any individual is their actions, and those actions include the ways we clothe ourselves - every day. The fabrics and accessories that we decide to wear are an expression of our identity. In Masonry, we have our iconic attire such as the Masonic apron, officer jewels, gloves, and more, depending on your jurisdiction. These become the common implements that bind us, but the clothes those items lay over say more about the individual wearing them than anything else.

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In this episode, we turn our attention to the fourth, and final in our series of the four Cardinal Virtues: Justice. To pick up all four in-depth Fraternal Review issues on the four cardinal virtues of Freemasonry and to put these tools to better work in your life, please visit theresearchlodge.com.

Freemasons are charged to cultivate Justice as a spiritual quality. As we listen to the wise words of Brother C. Douglas Russell, Editor in Chief and former Master of the Southern California Research Lodge, we hear how Justice has the ability to lift us further upward by integrating Justice as a crucial responsibility to our communities and the whole of humanity. Justice is truly a duty that extends to the four corners of the world. A duty that we owe to all regardless of race, color, sex, religion, age, or political affiliation. This virtue is not only consistent with divine and human laws but is the very cement and support of civil society.

In this episode, we turn our attention to the third of the four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence. In the July 2020 issue of Fraternal Review, Brother C. Douglas Russell, Editor in Chief and former Master of the Southern California Research Lodge guides an in-depth study of this virtue and enlightens the readers on how Prudence goes beyond simply being careful or cautious, and as having good judgement. Bro. Russell explains that for the brethren who built Freemasonry, and for those continuing to hone this virtue today, Prudence can be seen as all-knowing, eternal, and divine wisdom.

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