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, May 10, 2026

‘The five senses at Nutley 25’

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     I’ll try to catch up recapping recent events. Maybe work my way backward, starting with a visit to Nutley Lodge 25 in New Jersey last M...
Saturday, May 9, 2026

‘A Historic 1820s Table Lodge’

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     Ben Hoff has researched the period accuracy of the ritual to be employed in this table lodge, so expect something different from the us...
Friday, May 8, 2026

‘MRF is going to Texas’

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     It's official: The Masonic Restoration Foundation’s 2027 Symposium (No. 15 if you’re keeping score) will be hosted in San Antonio, ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

‘Elected Grand Officers installed’

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     Ted Jacobsen photo The Most Worshipful Robert L. Hogan, Jr. takes the obligation with the help of Past Grand Masters Vincent Libone, Wi...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

‘New York’s 24-Month Gauge’

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     The two-year tenure of The Most Worshipful Steven A. Rubin, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York, is in its final hours. Thi...
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Sunday, May 3, 2026

‘Staten Island corner named for historic Freemasons’

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     Staten Island Advance The intersection of two avenues in the Rosebank section of Staten Island has been named for a pair of historic It...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

‘Revisiting Solomon’s House’

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     Title page of one edition of New Atlantis , from 1899, found online here . The original copy in the digital scan comes from the Bodleia...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

‘James Mitchell Varnum at Collegivm Luminosvm’

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     Click to enlarge. Collegium Luminosum, the researc h lodge in the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, has an evening planned for next month wh...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

‘An “unhappy Man” vs. the “pursuit of Happiness”’

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     The Sunday Times Mr. Cole Tomas Allen of California, an unhappy man, is in custody after a failed attempt on President Donald Trump’s l...
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Saturday, April 25, 2026

‘Ric Berman’s new book’

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     Ric Berman has a new book out. Well, maybe not brand new. The Foundations of Modern Freemasonry , released last week, is a reworking of...
Friday, April 24, 2026

‘Visiting Vitruvian for St. John’s Day’

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     “Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers wit...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

‘Master Mason “Farm Degree” this Fall’

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     Connecticut’s third eldest lodge will be back on the farm later this year for a conferral of the Third Degree. I know, I know. I’m sorr...
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