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, August 2, 2026

‘FT approaches UGLE’s membership concerns’

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     Charlie Bibby/Financial Times W. Bro. Nando Caicedo strikes a pose, as before in the Metro story last week, at Freemasons’ Hall. He ap...

‘Free museum tours for Heritage Days’

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     Sortir à Paris If you happen to find yourself in Paris next month, maybe you’ll be there during Heritage Days, when the Grand Orient wi...
Saturday, August 1, 2026

‘Colonial EA° at New Haven’

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     Hiram Lodge 1 Hiram Lodge 1 in New Haven plans a Colonial EA° four weeks from today. Dinner will be served at the Annex YMA Club , and ...
Friday, July 31, 2026

‘The Square: Recruitment is Dead’

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     I close July by directing you to this month’s The Square magazine, brought to my attention by longtime reader Edward, who also saw Wed...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

‘Metro writes up the UGLE’

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     Nick Edwards for Metro Nando Caicedo strikes a pose inside the Grand Temple at Freemasons’ Hall, London. A Mason for six years, he appe...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

‘Happy to receive Lodges of Sorrow after all’

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     I wasn’t looking forward to reading this latest bonus book from the Scottish Rite Research Society. There’s more than adequate morbidit...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

‘Anson Jones Lecture announced’

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     The Anson Jones Lecture is one of the most prestigious lectures in the Masonic world. Second only to England’s Prestonian Lectures (whi...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

‘Lodge of Research transactions due in September’

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     The Lodge of Research 2429 announced its next book of transactions is due in September. Located in Leicester, England, the lodge was s...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

‘Tisha B’Av brings evidence of KST era ruins’

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     When the sun sets in several minutes, the Jewish observance named Tisha B’Av will begin. It is known as the saddest day on the Jewish c...
Monday, July 20, 2026

‘Benjamin Franklin’s The Morals of Chess’

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     Lady Howe Checkmating Benjamin Franklin , by Edward Harrison May, oil-on-canvas, 1867. It depicts an actual meeting. Franklin met Lady ...
Sunday, July 19, 2026

‘Researchers discover Acacia in Pennsylvania’

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     Most of the group at Civil War Lodge of Research 1865 yesterday at Acacia 586 in Pennsylvania. Another great weekend with Civil War Lod...
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