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.

Monday, December 31, 2012

‘The new AQC is here!’

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      Courtesy Aspen Film Society Like practically everything in the world of Masonic research publishing, you never know exactly wh...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

‘Symbol in the window’

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   Apropos of nothing, and caught only by happenstance, I share a quick look at a storefront display window on Bleecker near Sixth Avenue. ...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

‘BOTA study group’

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     Among the many avenues for the study of Western Esoteric Traditions there is one named Builders of the Adytum that marries a peculiar ...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

‘The Council degrees at NYC’

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   Click on the image to view it completely. I haven’t heard Piers speak on the degrees of the Council Princes of Jerusalem, so ...

‘Personal best’

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     Alas, Magpie tobacco is no more. Undoubtedly the hot topic of conversation in New Jersey Masonic circles this month is this newfan...
Monday, December 10, 2012

‘Deveney at the Valley’

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   I had intended to forward this announcement to you last month, but my usual lack of organization always sabotages me, but then the event...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

‘Civil War Lodge of Research’

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   The following is an announcement from the lodge released this afternoon: One week until our Stated Communication in Leesburg, Virgini...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

‘Storage Wars: Heredom’

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   Courtesy A&E Ms. Jenny Grumbles, star of A&E ’s Storage Wars: Texas series. Cooped up inside the house again because of ...
Sunday, November 4, 2012

‘Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund’

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   As we say in Rose Croix, faith is, in part, “a modest and unassuming confidence that, if we are resolute, we shall overcome all difficul...

‘Craftsmen’s Calumet Club’

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      You are hereby invited to take part in a new venture for Freemasons in northern New Jersey and New York City:  I’d like to see if I c...

‘Chambre sans frontières’

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     In Freemasonry, particularly its French traditions, there is what’s called the Chamber of Reflection, which is a small room outfitted ...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

‘Postponed: ALR’

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      Due to the vicissitudes and inclemencies of the season, the meeting of The American Lodge of Research scheduled for tomorro...
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‘Justice Robert H. Jackson Lodge of Research’

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     Justice Robert H. Jackson Lodge of Research will meet Thursday at Mount Moriah Lodge near Jamestown, New York for its fall meeting, in...

‘Second Circle plans’

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   The Masonic Society’s New Jersey Second Circle will not host a Feast of Saint Andrew next month, as we have done the past two years on N...
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...
Monday, October 22, 2012

‘A physical representation’

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      I feel like I’m the last one to have seen it, but just in case, let me bring to your attention the Grand Lodge of California’s ex...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

‘A grand evening’

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     Wednesday night was the occasion of the public apron re-presentation for both RW J. Scott Nagel, District Deputy Grand Master of ...
Friday, October 19, 2012

‘The KJV at A-P’

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     This just in: Bro. Oscar Alleyne will speak at Atlas-Pythagoras Lodge tonight! Topic: the frontispiece of the first edition of the ...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

‘Keep the ClockWorks ticking’

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     The Cosmic Bicycle Theatre and The ClockWorks Puppetry Studios is the acclaimed venue of wondrous and spectacular sights and sounds th...
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