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.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

'The Last Degree'

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   This shot is an ECU of part of the stained glass window outside the library at the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction's headquarter...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

'The KJV at 400'

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   Yesterday, the American Bible Society in New York City hosted "On Eagles' Wings," a symposium commemorating the 400th anni...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

‘There Used to be a Ballpark’

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     There Used to be a Ballpark Lyrics by Joe Raposo And there used to be a ballpark Where the field was warm and green, And the peo...
Friday, June 24, 2011

‘Second Circle: St. Andrew’s Day ... 2010’

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     Today is the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist, remembered fondly in Freemasonry as the anniversary of the day in 1717 when four lodge...
Monday, June 13, 2011

‘Bloomsday to go a Twitter on Thursday’

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     It deserves more attention in Freemasonry, but James Joyce’s novel Ulysses is the story of a man named Leopold Bloom, who happens to ...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

‘A night at Navesink’

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   I just learned that Bro. Tim Wallace-Murphy will return to New Jersey this Friday night to appear at Navesink Lodge No. 9 in Red Bank. ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

‘Second Circle’s St. John’s Day’

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     The New Jersey Second Circle of The Masonic Society will host its Saint John’s Day Feast on Friday, June 24 in North Brunswick, New Je...

'210 in 2011'

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   Brethren, be sure to raise your glasses at some point today. (No time like the present!) On this date in 1801, the Mother Supreme Counci...
Monday, May 30, 2011

'Sunset on ICHF 2011'

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  The George Washington Masonic Memorial, overlooking King Street in Alexandria, Virginia, site of ICHF 2011.   The third Int...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Bound for ICHF

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     Wow! When I said in the post below that I may be spending too much time blogging, I didn't think I'd take a sabbatical of 90 d...
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

‘Templar no more’

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   Last month, I decided to annul my standing and rank in the Knights Templar, the chivalric branch of the York Rite of Freemasonry. I have...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

‘Orations in Ramsey’

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     It’s been a long day, capped with a great feast at Sagaponack , and I’m too tired and overfed to post a Magpie recap of the utterly mi...
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Friday, February 25, 2011

‘Stellar Theology in the Lamp of Knowledge’

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     Nutley Lodge No. 25 continues its Lamp of Knowledge Lecture Series March 21 with a presentation by RW Bro. Rashied Bey, who will speak ...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

‘Wendell K. Walker Lecture 2011’

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     Independent Royal Arch Lodge No. 2 has announced the Annual Wendell K. Walker Lecture will take place on the evening of Thursday, Marc...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

‘Masonic Week 2011: Knight Masons’

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     I thought I’d be done with posting reports of Masonic Week by now, but you get what you pay for. Once again, sorry for the bad photo...
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