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.

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...
Monday, April 20, 2026

‘Virginia: Reunion of the Founding Lodges’

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     I’m not sure if this is an annual or more occasional event in Virginia, but next month Fredericksburg Lodge 4 will host the 2026 Reunio...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

‘Washington inauguration next week’

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     Re-Enactment of Brother George Washington’s First Presidential Inauguration on its 237th Anniversary Thursday, April 30 at 11:45 a.m. F...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

‘Founding of Semiquincentennial Lodge 250’

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     Rhode Island might not come to mind immediately when contemplating the Revolutionary War * , but their Grand Lodge has devised the nove...
Friday, April 17, 2026

‘The Low Vale Degree’

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     Click to enlarge. I have too many Masonic Saturdays next month, so I’m on the fence—a stretch of Virginia Worm, if you will—about atten...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

‘Amazing Academy of Humanities at Jerusalem 26’

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     Click to enlarge. There is something amazing in New Jersey Freemasonry. Jerusalem Lodge 26 in Plainfield is hosting diverse events con...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

‘Sacramento: Freemasonry and the Declaration of Independence’

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     Speaking of conferences in California (see post below), the Scottish Rite bodies of Sacramento, Santa Rosa, and Stockton will host an e...
Monday, April 13, 2026

‘Call for Papers: 2027 International Conference on Freemasonry’

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     I see it’s on the Grand Master’s calendar , so it is official: The 15th International Conference on Freemasonry is set for March 6 of n...
Friday, April 10, 2026

‘Going to Nutley Lodge next month’

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     It’s official: The Magpie Mason will return to Nutley Lodge 25 in New Jersey for a speaking engagement—first time in ten years, as a ma...
Monday, April 6, 2026

‘A poetic chamber of reflection’

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     Click to enlarge. RW Bro. Francis Dumaurier, of l’Union Française Lodge 17 in the Tenth Manhattan District, recently launched what he ...
Friday, April 3, 2026

‘Let the benign Genius of the Mystic Art preside’

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     Monitor of the Work, Lectures and Ceremonies of Ancient Craft Masonry in the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Mason...
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