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 a Past Master of both The American Lodge of Research in New York City and 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.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

‘Manhattan displays of Masonic material culture’

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      Eve M. Kahn’s antiques column in today’s New York Times discusses “Art from Fraternal Societies” (wasting no space before plugging ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

‘Masonic miscellany’

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      This edition of The Magpie Mind admittedly is a mess, but here are announcements of some great local events, so be sure to scroll al...
Friday, October 23, 2015

‘Plato and Emerson just off Central Park’

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      The School of Practical Philosophy on 79th Street offers two great programs next month characteristic of its mission to show how phi...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

‘Social Media Lodge to form in Middlesex’

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      It’s too much of a commute for me, but I want to share the news of the Freemasons in Middlesex, England soon launching Social Media L...
Friday, October 16, 2015

‘Elias Ashmole’s alchemy anthology’

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      Initiated into Freemasonry on this date in 1646: Elias Ashmole! It’s been a while since I posted an unsolicited promotional announc...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

‘Rose Circle: alchemy in the Hermetic tradition’

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      I haven’t been able to say this in a long time, so it gives me great pleasure to tell you the Rose Circle Research Foundation has a...
Thursday, October 8, 2015

‘Freemasonry: The World’s First Global Social Network’

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      As reported here yesterday, Bro. Richard Berman, the 2016 Prestonian Lecturer, will chair a session titled “Freemasonry: The World’s...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

‘Masonic Hall in Open House NY’

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    Masonic Hall, the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, again will be among the Open Ho...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

‘Rhymes of Robert Frost and Rumi’

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      If you like artistic creativity in your spiritual life—and who doesn’t?—or simply if you enjoy music and poetry—ditto—there are two g...
Friday, September 25, 2015

‘Garibaldi Lodge EA° in November’

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      Magpie file photo World famous Garibaldi Lodge No. 542 will confer its totally unique and renowned Entered Apprentice Degree—Fr...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

‘ICHF 2017?’

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      It was announced at the 2011 International Conference on the History of Freemasonry in Alexandria, Virginia that the next conferenc...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

‘The Hidden Business of Masonic Building’

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      No, this isn’t about a dodgy trustees meeting. Earnest Hudson, Jr., Worshipful Master of Joseph Warren-Gothic Lodge No. 934 in ...
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