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, July 5, 2026

‘Write a Short Talk Bulletin’

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     The Masonic Service Association of North America wants you to write a Short Talk Bulletin . Well, maybe not you , but they are looking ...
Saturday, July 4, 2026

‘The Elements of Life’

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     Oklahoma Masonic Indian Degree Team’s gavel. Masonry endeavors to instruct men about the elements of life that are worthwhile and have ...
Friday, July 3, 2026

‘Academy speakers announced’

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      With temperatures here today exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit, imagine, if you will, a clear crisp autumn day at the bucolic Masonic V...
Thursday, July 2, 2026

‘At last: The Book M’

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     The Masonic Book Club has done it again—or at least it will later this year. The 2026 volume , announced by the MBC and Arturo de Hoyos...
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

‘California conference call for papers’

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      The deadline is August 1 , so I thought I should share this information again. The 15th International Conference on Freemasonry is set...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

‘Grotto going to Great Jones distillery’

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     Grotto News You Can Use Azim Grotto—The Handsomest Grotto in the Realm™️—will gather next Tuesday for a tour of a local distillery. Fro...
Monday, June 29, 2026

‘Annual St. John’s/St. Alban’s gathering’

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    If you’re lucky, you look forward to all your Masonic gatherings. (The secret is to purge your calendar of events that don’t do “it” for...
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Sunday, June 28, 2026

‘Rubicon’s 14th annual festive board and conference’

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     Click to enlarge. It’s official: The Rubicon Masonic Society’s fourteenth annual festive board and conference is set for the weekend o...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

‘Lodge ◆ Arch ◆ Crypt ◆ Temple’

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     Academia Lux Borealis Lodge 25, the research lodge laboring in the Grand Lodge of Alaska, has a series of discussions on the York Rite ...
Friday, June 26, 2026

‘CANCELLED: John Skene Masonic Conference’

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     Sorry to spread the news of the cancellation an hour ago of the John Skene Masonic Conference in New Jersey in late August. Ticket sale...

‘The ALR’s installation on Tuesday’

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     The American Lodge of Research will conduct its elections and installation of officers next Tuesday night. We’ll be inside the Colonial...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

‘The Mystic Tye on the art of research’

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     I’d never heard of The Mystic Tye Podcast until Monday, but they’re up to the fortieth episode, apparently. Published last Friday, “Fo...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

‘Chapter of Research to meet Saturday’

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     UPDATE: Meeting is cancelled. Happy St. John’s Day! Naturally, Grand Lodge will host its St. John’s Weekend in Utica in a few days, du...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

‘Civil War Lodge to take Monterey Pass’

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     Civil War Lodge of Research 1865 will return to Pennsylvania next month to visit the site of the Battle of Monterey Pass. I admit this ...
Monday, June 22, 2026

‘MLMA introduces BINO’

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     The front page of the MLMA’s spring newsletter shows one of sculptor Bryant Baker’s George Washingtons, located in the famous Hollender...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

‘2027 Prestonian Lecture’

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     PGL of Shropshire RW Bro. Roger Pemberton The United Grand Lodge of England announced earlier this month that RW Bro. Roger Pemberton w...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

‘Hughes! Hodapp!! Hrinko!!! And more!’

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     Looks like a great day of Masonic learning. If I wasn’t committed to Civil War Lodge of Research that weekend, I might have signed up f...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

‘Grand Lodge whisky returns!’

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     The Grand Lodge of Scotland announces the return of its Grand Master Mason’s Choice single malt. For those of us in the United States,...
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