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, February 25, 2013

‘Masonic quilt on Antiques Roadshow’

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      Masonic quilt c. 1875 as seen on Antiques Roadshow on PBS.      The material culture of the Craft keeps popping up on reality ...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

‘Regalia and Obscura’

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     An exciting week coming at the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library. First and foremost, do not forget Bro. Patrick Craddoc...
Friday, February 22, 2013

‘Massachusetts Masonry in May’

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   On Saturday, May 18, Massachusetts Lodge of Research will meet for a multifaceted day with so much allure I have to believe brethren fr...
Monday, February 18, 2013

‘National Brotherhood Week’

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      Yes,  Magpie  coverage of Masonic Week 2013 is still to come. I haven’t had five minutes to download the photos yet, as renovatio...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

‘Repetitive tasks in dusty conditions’

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   Repetitive tasks in dusty conditions?! There was a time when that meant lodge night, but this concerns the unglamorous side of Masonic l...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

‘California streamin’ ’

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     Bro. Adam Kendall should be cloned, and his clones deployed and employed at Masonic museums everywhere. Until then, he is sharing his ...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

‘Masonic Week 2013’

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     Magpie coverage of Masonic Week 2013 to come shortly. In the meantime, an inside joke:     

‘Mercedes mea culpa, maybe’

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     Merkley and Partners, the Manhattan-headquartered ad agency that gave us the Mercedes-Benz Super Bowl commercial, has issued a perfunc...

‘WTF?!’

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     I leave town for two days, and some nut tries to burn down Cincinnati Lodge? The lodge, chartered in 1803, is a special lodge in New...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

‘Ben at Mariners’

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   RW Bro. Ben Hoff, Past Master of New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education No. 1786 and Highland Park Lodge No. 240, will a...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

‘The Bernie’

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      The flier above says it all. Click to enlarge. See you there. (Thanks to Bro. Mohamad for the tip.)      
Sunday, February 3, 2013

‘Masonic Super Bowl pick’

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   Super Bowl XLVII will be one of those forgotten contests for its improbable match-up of the San Francisco 49ers versus the Baltimore Rav...
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‘Mercedes employs Faust to slur Masons’

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   During the Holocaust, Daimler-Benz was one of the German manufacturers that exploited slave labor, so it knew something about cutting de...
Friday, February 1, 2013

‘George Washington Masonic Stamp Club’

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   The 2013 annual meeting of the George Washington Masonic Stamp Club , with the conferral of the Master of Philately ceremony to make new...
Monday, January 28, 2013

‘St. Patrick’s No. 4’

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   There are plenty of blogs out there devoted to Freemasonry, but it can be more fun reading blogs from outside the fraternity that occasi...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

‘A mystic tie?’

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     The Masonic Society’s club tie is available for sale! Note the quills and the TMS emblem. The color looks great too. (No, it ’ s n...

‘Livingston Library lecture’

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     The Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library will host its next lecture February 25, when Bro. Patrick Craddock will present “A...

‘As Above, So Below’

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     On Saturday at 6 p.m., New York Open Center will host the opening reception of an art exhibit titled “As Above, So Below,” featuring w...

‘Your brother will rise again’

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   A lot of positive things are happening in New Jersey, among them the creation of a “new” lodge in the Camden area. This edition of The...
Monday, January 14, 2013

‘Sunday Morning on CBS’

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      C ourtesy Mo Rocca/Twitter Word comes from Bro. Piers of the taping today of a segment on the George Washington Inaugural ...
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