The Magpie Mason

The Magpie Mason is an obscure journalist in the Craft who writes, with occasional flashes of superficial cleverness, about Freemasonry’s current events and history; literature and art; philosophy and pipe smoking. He is a Past Master of both The American Lodge of Research in New York City and of New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education 1786; and also is at labor in Virginia’s Civil War Lodge of Research 1865. He is a past president of the lamented Masonic Society as well.

Sunday, November 8, 2026

‘Time to renew or join QCCC’

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     It is time to renew with (or join) QCCC for 2027. Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle is the corporate side of  Quatuor Coronati Lod...
Saturday, November 7, 2026

‘In Virginia, the G stands for Gino’

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      Grand Lodge of Virginia MW Gino Warren Williams is the 181st Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, AF&AM . Just kidding. Th...
Friday, November 6, 2026

‘A Light on the Lakes chronicles Michigan Masonry’

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     Did you know there is a PBS documentary on the two centuries of the Grand Lodge of Michigan? That it’s been online for months? A Light ...
Thursday, November 5, 2026

‘About Last Night: The RAM° at Chapter No. 3’

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     Officers and new Royal Arch Masons yesternight. Scratch another one off the bucket list! Enjoyed a great time with Chapter No. 3 of Roy...
Wednesday, November 4, 2026

‘The American’s Creed’

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     In the July 1929  New York Masonic Outlook . I won’t comment on yesterday’s elections here in the United States, except to observe how ...
Tuesday, November 3, 2026

‘St. Albans lodges headed to Louisiana’

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     Charlie Scheu Last weekend, the International Gathering of Lodges Named for St. Alban held its 73rd meeting , this time at St. Albans 3...
Monday, November 2, 2026

‘The Magic Flute returns to The Met’

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     The Met Speaking of Mozart (see post below),  The Magic Flute , his Masonic opera, will return to The Met for its annual run soon. I pr...
Sunday, November 1, 2026

‘Mozart at Mount Moriah’

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     Mt. Moriah Lodge 20, here in the city (not to be confused with Mt. Moriah 145 upstate), has a music education program planned for next ...
Friday, October 30, 2026

‘Franklin’s Fingerprints in Philly’

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     GL of Pennsylvania On the first three Thursdays of November, the Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania, at the Masonic Temple in P...
Thursday, October 29, 2026

‘Robert H. Jackson birthday’

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Robert H. Jackson receives the jewel of the 33°, 1941.      Happy anniversary to Justice Robert H. Jackson Lodge of Study and Research, set ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2026

‘A quick meeting to look back a long way’

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      Don’t park on 24th Street tonight, if you do that kind of thing. The American Lodge of Research enjoyed a brief, but memorable, meetin...
Sunday, October 25, 2026

‘Masonic librarians take Manhattan!’

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     The Masonic Library and Museum Association in action at the annual meeting, Saturday, October 17 at Masonic Hall, New York City. As if ...
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