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.

Friday, November 28, 2014

‘An honest man is always in trouble’

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    The Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David, oil on canvas, 1787. On exhibit at the Met, located only three blocks from our meeting...
Monday, November 24, 2014

‘Have a Quattro Coronati cigar’

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      I take my tobacco seriously. To quote Winston Churchill, “My tastes are simple. I am easily satisfied with the very best.” In addi...

‘Mark Tabbert on George Washington, Freemason’

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      (Another cross-post with American Creation .) Mark A. Tabbert This is premature—the ink on the contract may not be dry yet—b...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

‘The Anthroposophist Alka-Seltzer ad man’

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      Courtesy Adweek One finds the strangest facts in the oddest places. It is unsurprising that Adweek would publish actress Juliann...
Monday, November 17, 2014

‘Cultivating an Enlightened Mind’

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      New York Theosophical Society will host a national lecturer Sunday at its headquarters in Manhattan. From the publicity: Cultiva...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

‘Cincinnati’s Freemasons’

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      Congratulations to Bro. Donald Crews of Ohio on the publication a few weeks ago of his book Cincinnati’s Freemasons by Arcadia. From...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

‘Symposium Sunday in San Francisco’

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      This just in: The Scottish Rite Valley of San Francisco will be the site of a symposium (free admission) on Sunday titled “ Revisiti...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

‘Mystic Tie in Maryland’

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      Maryland Masonic Research Society will meet for lunch at noon on Saturday, December 13, and Past President Joi Grieg will present “...
Monday, November 10, 2014

‘Introduction to Rosicrucianism’

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      Several programs that are worth your time are scheduled for this week and beyond at the Rosicrucian Cultural Center in New York City ...

‘Tonight it’s AnthroPOEsophy’

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      It’s Edgar Allan Poe night at Anthroposophy NYC. From the publicity: Literature Alive: Edgar Allan Poe With Lenard Petit, Daniel...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

‘Remembering the cold cheap masonry’

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      I couldn’t let today’s silver anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall pass without comment. Something I had thought wouldn...

‘Rosicrucian workshop at Nutley’

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      Julie Scott, Grand Master of the Rosicrucian Order’s English Grand Lodge for the Americas, will present a workshop Saturday, November...
Saturday, November 1, 2014

‘Garibaldi Lodge at 150’

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      In the name of Freemasonry, Virtue, and Universal Benevolence, historic Garibaldi Lodge No. 542 was re-dedicated last night in cel...
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