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.

Showing posts with label J.J.J. Gourgas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label J.J.J. Gourgas. Show all posts
Sunday, November 12, 2023

‘Better late than never: A&A Rite removes Christian requisite’

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     A&A Rite Ending a 178-year tradition of reserving its high degrees to professed Trinitarian Christians, the Ancient & Accepted ...
Saturday, April 16, 2016

‘18th century French Rite EA° next week’

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      Courtesy worldofstock.com The Empire State Building no doubt will be illuminated in the blue, white, and red of France’s Tricolour ...
Friday, February 13, 2015

‘EA au français’

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      Courtesy worldofstock.com The Empire State Building no doubt will be illuminated in the blue, white, and red of France’s Tricol...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

‘EA au français’

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      Courtesy worldofstock.com Here is another 2013 date to add to your calendars. (This falls during the window of the coming ninety da...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

‘Rededication and remembrance’

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    The only image of J.J.J. Gourgas extant is this portrait by F. D’Avignon in New York City, a lithograph on paper c.1850. From the col...
Saturday, September 5, 2009

‘A grave concern’

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The committee charged with restoring the J.J.J. Gourgas gravesite memorial met today at the site to finalize the plans for the re-dedicati...
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