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.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

‘May Mystical Weekend’

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      I bet you didn’t know this weekend is May Mystical Weekend in New York City, did you? Well, that’s why you read The Magpie Mind . Two...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

‘Journey to the Source of Ancient Wisdom’

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      More news from the aptly dubbed Golden State . Again, far outside my flight plan but must be shared here. From the Rosicrucian Order’...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

‘Remembering a philosophical giant’

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      I would be remiss if I didn’t share the sad news of the death Tuesday of Mr. Albert B. “Al” Feldstein, 88, editor of the invaluable a...

‘Tarot and the Western Hermetic Tradition’

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      On the whole, New York Open Center provides programming that I would say leans to the East (Zen, yoga, et al.) in spiritual matte...
Monday, April 28, 2014

‘Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman’

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      More great programming at the School of Practical Philosophy. No need for me to even say anything. From the publicity: The America...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

‘The Fine Arts Inspiration of Rosicrucianism’

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      Transfiguration , by Raphael, oil on wood, 1516-20. It’s back to Centerpoint next Wednesday night for David Lowe’s long-awaited ...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

‘Hieroglyphical Key’

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      An unsolicited commercial endorsement—hey, I just like the company: Ouroboros Press has announced its publication of Nicholas Flam...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

‘The Wisdom Within’

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      Friday night was my first class at the School of Practical Philosophy . Located in a gorgeous townhouse on the Upper East Side, cle...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

‘The Hero’s Return’

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      The Joseph Campbell re-releases keep coming. The professor’s biography, originally published in 1990—and has been in and out of print...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

‘The Odyssey as Spiritual Quest’

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      The School of Practical Philosophy in New York City will host David A. Beardsley next month for a lecture on one of the cornerstones...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

‘The Sacred Circle: Ancient and Modern’

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      The Rosicrucian Order has planned a week’s worth of discussion on how we Westerners, and Rosicrucians particularly, divide our time. ...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

‘2014 Alchemy Conference’

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      The 2014 Northwest Alchemy Conference is scheduled for later this spring—Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8—at Venusian Churc...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

‘Rosicrucian book sale’

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      Let’s break out of the New York City area for news from California. On Saturday, a book sale will be hosted at Rosicrucian Park to ...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

‘Full Moon Meditation next week’

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    Full Moon and Autumn Flowers by the Stream , by Ogata Gekko , c.1895. Color woodblock print at Art Institute of Chicago....
Sunday, April 6, 2014

‘Red King and White Queen’

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      This just in from the indefatigable Mark Stavish: A daylong program next month at the Institute for Hermetic Studies in Pennsylvania...
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