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, October 25, 2016

‘Light! Camera! Aprons!’

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      What a great night at Masonic Hall underway now! As this edition of The Magpie Mason goes to press, a film crew from Pinstripe Produ...
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Monday, October 24, 2016

‘Garibaldi EA° next May’

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      I realize this comes a bit early, but save the date, mark your calendar, program your phone or whatever for Friday, May 5, 2017 when ...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

‘Masonic Feast of Feasts next week’

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      It really is idiomatic to the Southern Jurisdiction of Scottish Rite Masonry in the United States, but there are traditionalist-minde...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

‘New Light on the Golden Dawn’

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      This just in from the Rose Circle Research Foundation: Magpie file photo Christopher McIntosh On March 18, 2017, Rose Circl...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

‘The Ashmole anniversary’

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      Attention Freemasons, wherever dispersed: Three hundred and seventy years ago today, renowned scholar, antiquarian, and public offi...

‘Masonic Week schedule posted’

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      The Masonic Week organizing committee has published a draft of the schedule of events awaiting Masonic Week attendees next February i...
Friday, October 14, 2016

‘Current events in the Keystone Craft’

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      Courtesy Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Sorry to say I will not be able to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Masonic Knowledge’s F...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

‘Piers Vaughan reading and book signing next month’

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      The Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library and Museum will not host its usual fourth Thursday lecture in November, due to ...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

‘Voyage into Mystery at Mariners next week’

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      My Brother Mason Ari Roussimoff will be the keynote speaker next Wednesday at Mariners Lodge 67 , in a meeting that will be open to ...
Monday, October 3, 2016

‘Renaissance Man & Mason’

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      Piers Vaughan has a new book out as of last week. Renaissance Man & Mason is available via Amazon. From his compound overlooking...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

‘This lodge is your lodge’

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      The Fourth Manhattan District, known among New York Masons as “The Capital of the Metropolitan Districts,” includes a fascinating div...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

‘Why the soul is immortal’

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      Another great opportunity at the School of Practical Philosophy has been announced. A day-long class on Plato’s Phaedo , replete with...
Monday, September 26, 2016

‘Washington Monument closed indefinitely’

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      The National Park Service closed the Washington Monument for an indefinite period, it announced today, citing nagging elevator malfun...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

‘Prince Hall cornerstone ceremony in Jersey’

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      Prince Hall Freemasons will gather at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Summit, New Jersey next month to dedicate a cornerstone. From the pub...

‘Arnold Palmer, 1929-2016’

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      Courtesy Ezekiel Bates Lodge 1870 Golf legend and Brother Mason Arnold Palmer died today, just a few weeks afte...

‘The Secret of the Golden Silence’

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      I’ll continue advertising events where the hosts impart mindfulness techniques and insights into mindfulness techniques because I bel...

‘The Work for Awakened Attention’

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      The Gurdjieff Foundation of New York will offer another of its introductory events next month to explain a bit about its mystical te...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

‘LaPlace to head MSANA’

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      Simon R. LaPlace Connecticut Past Grand Master Simon R. LaPlace will become Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Associatio...
Monday, September 19, 2016

‘Emerson’s point with circles’

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      The School of Practical Philosophy will host another study day to examine more writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson next month. This will ...
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