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 Worshipful Master of The American Lodge of Research in New York; is a Past Master 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 McSorley's Old Ale House. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 3, 2024

‘Mecca marks a magician’s birth’

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     Mecca Shrine chose McSorley’s for its premier First Friday bash. The nobles of Mecca Shrine, the mother shrine of the entire Ancient Ar...
Saturday, May 27, 2023

‘Tompkins remembrance next Friday’

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    Magpie file photo Daniel D. Tompkins bust at the church. The brethren of Tompkins Lodge 471 will visit Daniel D. Tompkins’ burial place...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

‘Civil War Lodge of Research in NYC’

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     The fall meeting of Civil War Lodge of Research No. 1865 will take place Saturday, October 2 at 10 a.m. in the Renaissance Room of Ma...
Thursday, January 7, 2010

‘Can Masonry cure insomnia?’

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      No, I don’t mean boring meetings. Insomnia grips the Magpie Mason this time of year. Not even my midnight brandy helps anymore. ...
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