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, May 14, 2013

‘Storage Wars: The Shrining’

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   Courtesy A&E The May 14 episode of Storage Wars (the original, in California) features the Shriners of El Bekal in Anaheim, ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

‘Historians and America’s First Secret Societies’

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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...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

‘The 2013 Ingathering’

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   I don’t know if we’re still calling it the Harold V.B. Voorhis Ingathering anymore, but this year’s will take place on Saturday, July 20...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

‘Serious times for The Players’

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     Trevor Stewart delivering the Wendell K. Walker Lecture, March 24, 2011 at The Players Declining membership, financial debt, perso...
Friday, April 5, 2013

‘Isaac Newton and King Solomon’s Temple’

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   Two rules of thumb: 1) If you’re a regular reader of this website, you’re a guy who has nothing to do on a Friday night; and b) Bro. Len...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

‘Pennsylvania Lodge of Research’

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   Founding Members jewel. I’m just on my way out the door to attend the Wendell K. Walker Lecture tonight, but not before I spread the...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

‘Wendell K. Walker Lecture 2013’

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   If it’s spring, it must be time for the annual Wendell K. Walker Lecture hosted by Independent Royal Arch Lodge No. 2 – “Old Number 2” –...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

‘Town Hall’

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RW William J. Thomas      Come one, come all to the Town Hall... uh, meeting. Brethren of the First, Fifth, Seventh, and part of the ...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

‘Join the club’

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      Craft apron, probably European, I shot at the House of the Temple a few years ago. Bro. Bil Vassily of New York announces th...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

‘Spring 2013 Truman Lecture’

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     This just in from Bro. Aaron: The Spring 2013 Truman Lecture , hosted by Missouri Lodge of Research, will take place Saturday, May...

‘2013 College of Freemasonry’

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     The flier below speaks for itself. This part of New York is too far north for this Magpie, but if you are in the area, you would do we...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

‘Bro. Lyn Beyer: Friar of the Briar’

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     While the Craftsmen’s Calumet Club , by far the pre-eminent society for pipe smoking Freemasons in New Jersey, is off to a start, with...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

‘Kent Henderson on tour’

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   Before there was Laudable Pursuit ; before the Knights of the North; before Vitruvian; before there was a Traditional Observance lodge i...
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

‘Hodappenings’

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     Bro. Chris Hodapp, author, raconteur, heart of The Masonic Society, Blue Friar, The Most Interesting Man in Indiana Freemasonry, ...
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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 ...
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