Southern California Research Lodge

10/29/2025

🎃 Spooktoberfest 2025 🎃
October 31 | 5:30pm–9:30pm
📍 South Pasadena Masonic Lodge – 1126 Fair Oaks Ave.

Celebrate Halloween with the South Pasadena community at Spooktoberfest, our annual Halloween Carnival & Haunted Maze at the historic South Pasadena Masonic Lodge!

Experience South Pasadena’s most terrifying haunted maze, then step outside for an evening of live entertainment, local food, and spooky fun.

🎶 Live Performance by Sam Kogon
🍔 Food by Robins Woodfire BBQ, The Deep Fried Dog, and Papua Coffee
🎧 DJs, carnival games, fortune tellers, and a spooky photobooth

The surrounding streets will be closed for trick-or-treating, bringing hundreds of families right to our doorstep for a night of community and celebration.

👻 The Haunted Maze is free and open all night for the brave at heart.
🎠 The carnival offers a safe, family-friendly space for kids and adults alike.

Come in costume, bring your friends and family, and join us for a night filled with great music, amazing food, and Halloween magic in South Pasadena.

🕸️ Free entry. All ages welcome.

08/04/2024

Putting in work!

02/05/2024

Can Freemasonry save civil society? In the first issue of the 2024 publishing year we explore Freemasonry's role in making the world a more harmonious home. Past Grand Master Russ Charvonia explores this question with contributors: John F. Lowe, Tarik Eker, Steven D. Klein, Michael Samu, Robert Sachs and others put pen to paper in addressing such a timely topic.

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08/12/2023

Our August issue is now out and available to download: “H.P. Lovecraft” explores the author of the macabre and his influence on Freemasonry.

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07/02/2023

Thank you for making SCRL's First Annual Holy Saints John Table Lodge a success.

06/19/2023

TICKET SALES CLOSE this Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at midnight. No tickets will be sold at the door.

SCRL’s First Annual
St. John's Day Table Lodge

You are cordially invited to Southern California Research Lodge’s First Annual St. John’s Day Table Lodge. The event features a 7-course meal and private presentations from Bro. Angel Millar and Bro. Tim Hogan.

WHEN: June 24th, 2023 at 6pm
WHERE: South Pasadena Masonic Temple No. 290
PRICE: $60

Purchase tickets:
theresearchlodge.com/tablelodge

Included with the ticket:
Private presentations by Bro. Angel Millar and Bro. Tim Hogan
Dinner reception
7-course meal
Commemorative shot glass
Commemorative program
30% off select items from our website store

Additional info:
Masons only - Dues card required
The suggested attire is a coat and tie

YOU’RE CORDIALLY INVITED The Southern California Research Lodge’s First Annual St. John’s Day Table Lodge with presentations from Bro. Angel Milar and Bro. Tim Hogan. Table Lodge details: WHEN: June 24th, 2023 at 6pm WHERE: South Pasadena Masonic Temple No. 290 TICKET PRICE: $60 Incl

02/03/2023

Are we doing enough, if anything, to cultivate leaders that will not only keep our lodges alive and inspired, but also spread out into our communities and make a positive impact? We teach the virtues and principles of Masonry, but is it enough in today’s fast moving and divided society to make our Fraternity relevant and effective? Builders must eventually become leaders.If we had more Masons as leaders in our community and government, would our world be a better place? Explore the Masonic Leadership issue with contributions by Jon Ruark, Robert Johnson, Chuck Dunning, Russ Charvonia (PGM), Angel Millar, Bryan Simmons, Timothy Hogan, Samuel Newland, Michael Laidlaw and D**o Rodriguez.
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12/04/2022

The Hermetic Mason (Dec. 2022)

This month’s issue aims to connect Hermeticism and Freemasonry in a way that introduces the subject to those who have not been initiated into what is sometimes referred to as “Hermetic Masonry.” Those who have already investigated the connections between Hermeticism and Freemasonry might agree that there is a definite possibility that the former is the primordial seed of many spiritual and philosophical schools, including our own beloved Craft.

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11/28/2022

The Three Principal Tenets Limited Edition Gift Set is available now!

Only 300 sets in existence.

This gift set includes all three issues, initially released in 2021 and edited by C. Douglas Russell: Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth. This gift set also contains three greeting cards with envelopes, each displaying one of the principal tenets and appropriate descriptive Masonic text. The Southern California Research Lodge created these greeting cards exclusively for this gift set. Also, one unique "3 Tenets" lapel pin is only available in this collection. All items are neatly packaged in an original art-designed folder, hand-numbered to indicate a special, one-time-only limited edition of 300 sets.

The Three Principal Tenets are groundbreaking consecutive Fraternal Review issues released in the late Fall of 2021 (October – December), intended to educate and inspire Masons and non-Masons alike during these challenging social and post-pandemic times. Masonic scholars contributing to these three issues include Angel Millar, Matthew Parker, Jedediah French, Robert Sachs, Charles R. "Chuck" Dunning, John L. Cooper, Robert G. Davis, R. Stephen Doan, Jaime Paul Lamb, C. Douglass Russell, and many others.

Now, you can have all three seminal issues in one beautifully illustrated limited edition set to enjoy for yourself or as a gift to a friend or family member.

This gift set is excellent for the Mason who "has everything," for a newly made Mason, or an installation gift for lodge officers. It will also beautifully complement any Masonic library.

The Three Principal Tenets Limited Edition Gift Collection Includes:

Custom Made Limited Edition Folder, hand numbered, 1 through 300

Brotherly Love issue (October 2021)

Relief issue (November 2021)

Truth issue (December 2021)

Three Greeting Cards with Envelopes

Exclusive "3 Tenets" Lapel Pin

Note: Cost includes online transaction fees and fee priority shipping within the US.

Get it exclusively at:

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11/26/2022

Thanksgiving Weekend Sale on Now!
20% OFF:
✔️ Subscriptions
✔️ Annuals
✔️ Print Issues
Until supplies run out.

AND

BIG Cyber Monday drop! 🥳
A new limited edition set release!🤯

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10/18/2022

We’d like to congratulate our newly elected pillar officers: Michael Laidlaw (Senior Warden-elect), Daniel Rivera, PM (Master-elect) and Johnny Arias (Junior Warden-elect). Congratulations to the SCRL elected and appointed 2023 line of officers!

09/04/2022

***LABOR DAY SALE***

Our September issue, ‘Freemasonry and The American Labor Movement’ is out for you to review. How did Labor Day actually come about? Read about the historical ties that bind Freemasonry and the working class.

For the next 48 hours download the issue for $3.

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